Example sentences of "if [pers pn] have [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had to give a single criterion of that dubious category , the homosexual sensibility , it would be this connection between perversity and paradox — if only because it suggests why that sensibility does not exist as such . |
| 2 | ‘ If I have to kill a few more people , so be it , ’ said Robert . |
| 3 | If you had to give a phoney address , could n't you at least have picked something that did n't have a remote basis in reality ? |
| 4 | Keep it simple , avoid jargon and if you have to give a long explanation , try to break it up . |
| 5 | If you have to do a major shop without having had a meal , eat one of your snacks first . |
| 6 | If you have to carry a heavy load , divide the weight between two bags . |
| 7 | You will also need planning permission if you have to create a new access to your property from a classified road , and if you do , you 'll need the consent of the local highways authority to cross a footpath or verge to reach it . |
| 8 | But arrivals follow departures and the new appears very promising — even if you have to wait a little time for it . |
| 9 | If you have to make a close-run decision then ask yourself which factor is the most important one and which candidate made the best showing on that particular subject . |
| 10 | Now unle now unless there are any participants that want , really burning to make a comment , er I feel that we have settled , well we 've had enough discussion on little A , I 've got enough , well I 've got enough from you in terms of your views about size of settlement , and Mr Brighton has pointed me again in the direction of his submission about er the definition of an integrated and balanced community , I would like to know , er from Mr Davis whether he concurs with that sort of interpretation , and I have a feeling that we have also had an expression , generally , that at the moment one settlement is probably appropriate , if you have to have a new settlement . |
| 11 | If you have to have a special diet for health reasons , and find you can not afford the price , make sure you are claiming the supplementary benefits to which you are entitled . |
| 12 | If you have to eat a cold chip , you 're better off with an old-fashioned greasy one . |
| 13 | If we had to cite a bad point , it would be the hard-to-reach drain plug on the rear axle housing . |
| 14 | If we have to make a major change , you will be offered compensation or a credit towards the cost of an alternative Summer 1990 holiday you choose from this brochure ( where available ) as follows . |
| 15 | The council agreed to object to the pylons , but said if they had to have a preferred option , it would be for the western , or red route . |
| 16 | a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service . |
| 17 | Strange as it may seem , some people have more difficulty in handling or expressing warm , loving feelings than negative , angry ones ; or it may feel as if they have to keep a tighter reign on the loving feelings , which they perceive as making them more vulnerable to rejection and disappointment . |