Example sentences of "if [indef pn] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If everyone in the developed world made energy efficiency a priority in all parts of their lives , the carbon dioxide we add to the atmosphere could drop quickly enough to make a real difference to global warming . |
| 2 | For example , if somebody in the distant kitchen drops a tray with a clatter in the middle of your speech you could say , ‘ Applause at the end please ! ’ |
| 3 | If none of the original material is left in the preparation , how can it possibly have any therapeutic effect ? |
| 4 | Sigarup bowed his head and cupped both palms loosely in front of his face , as if none of the yellow rice should fall to the ground . |
| 5 | The situation would be very different , however , if something like the no-boundary proposal were correct . |
| 6 | It was as if something in the skinny mare compelled him ; he did not look at any of the others . |
| 7 | And that way when you analyze the results you can sort of say , Well we found that say Birmingham was very disliked erm but you can say that was n't I mean if everybody in the whole sample |
| 8 | Held ( 1 ) that the public interest in preserving confidentiality underlying the particular implied undertaking by B. added little if anything to the public interest which gave rise to the basic claim of public interest immunity attaching to the authority 's documents ; so that , if that immunity ought properly to be overridden in the light of countervailing public interest arising , that countervailing interest would also outweigh such limited value as still attached to B. 's implied undertaking ( post , pp. 926H — 927A ) . |
| 9 | There could hardly be a more opportune time for attempting to salvage something for those young people who are currently gaining little if anything from the educational system . |