Example sentences of "if a [noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if a person does not want to remember names of minor characters in a novel , or does not have to remember arbitrary names to perform an experimental task , a representation of content from which that information is omitted — an incomplete mental model — will suffice . |
| 2 | If a person does not want something , the quickest way to instil the necessary desire is to create urgent and inescapable need . |
| 3 | The use of earplugs can simulate the effect , and help one to appreciate the implications for safety if a person does not hear the whistle of the boiling kettle , or the sound of a pot of food boiling over , or the noise of approaching traffic . |
| 4 | Even if a person did not know the consequences of giving up their autonomy , it is in fact these consequences which make the relinquishing of autonomy wrong . |
| 5 | If it were clear when a party has formed an intention to incur legal obligation , if a person did commonly define the obligation he desired to assume in terms which left little doubt as to its nature , it would be unnecessary , and indeed merely foolish , to require an additional test of that intention . |
| 6 | If a law does not account for all that happens , then it has to be modified . |
| 7 | If a symbol does not symbolize what one thinks good or true , there can be no reason to retain it . |
| 8 | Even if a share does not pay dividends temporarily , it must eventually pay dividends to have any value . |
| 9 | Secondly , if a worker does not want that to happen , sufficient funds may be transferred to a commercial company to enable it to continue to pay pension entitlements , including index linking . |
| 10 | And she died of a cancer and er so did me father , and probably so shall I , but if a cancer do n't kill me summat else will . |
| 11 | However the Americans are so helpful and flexible that if a starter does particularly take your fancy you are perfectly welcome to make a meal of that and nothing else . |
| 12 | In those days , if a writer did n't get approval from the Lord Chamberlain , councils had to approve the plays being presented in their areas . |
| 13 | But equally if a school does not matter to a pupil because the school itself does not try hard enough , there is as much risk to the achievement of a sound education as would arise if all the fault lay with the child 's own family . |
| 14 | Even if a will does not give property to trustees , the property , whether real or personal , does not go directly to those for whose benefit it is given , nor does property passing on intestacy go directly to those entitled under the rules above stated . |
| 15 | If a bill does not complete its parliamentary course in a session , it lapses . |
| 16 | If a Bill does not obtain the approval of a majority in each House , or if the Parliament Acts are not complied with , or if the Royal Assent is withheld , the product should not be regarded as an authentic Act of Parliament . |
| 17 | If a resident does not wish to be disturbed , respect their wishes , but visit the room regularly , even if you do not speak . |
| 18 | If a subsidiary does not have enough reserves to pay the required dividend , its reserves could be augmented ( without creating a corresponding tax charge ) in a number of ways , for example by transferring an asset to another group company at fair value , although the potential effect of the CGT value shifting legislation would have to be considered . |
| 19 | He said that the reserve powers to make pension orders would be used to secure existing pension rights if a subsidiary did not take the steps that , the Secretary of State considered appropriate to secure the pension rights of its employees . |
| 20 | For example , if a user does not have DC Operations privilege then it will not be possible to generate a Design Change , or if a module is password protected then access to that module will not be automatically given . |
| 21 | The force facility can be used as often as required for a particular SPR , for example , if a user does not wish to take responsibility for the SPR or if a user accepts the SPR but at a later date passes the work onto someone else . |
| 22 | " If a prisoner does not escape from here , it is because he does not want to , " said the state government 's acting secretary , Americo Carneiro Paes . |
| 23 | If a prisoner did not apply in the next term after execution to receive the benefit of the Act , he lost it . |
| 24 | So if a girl does not feel able to go and ask for the Pill , or if she is reluctant to use it because she sees it as a health risk , the alternative may be to use nothing . |
| 25 | If a child does not know any other black people , he or she does not value them ; all his or her values descend from the adoptive parents . |
| 26 | If a child did not know what to make of this question Piaget would prompt him : ‘ When you walk , you walk with feet ; well then , when you think , what do you think with ? ’ |
| 27 | and gave the best fucking he could : if a man does not do this , a young woman 's love will disappear when he has her , and he will not find ecstasy with her : for a young woman , properly brought up , wants to be fucked often . |
| 28 | As the Cloud-author might say , contemplative understanding comes from nowhere and is experienced as a gift : We must not be surprised if a man does not attain the heights of contemplation or experience its sweetness at the beginning of his Christian life . |
| 29 | If a man does not suffer trials he can not be perfected . |
| 30 | If you 're not a member of the club and you 're not accepted the rituals and people do n't like you , they wo n't tell you and as a result you wo n't be an effective hunter , you wo n't be able to support many wives even if you wanted them and if you have wives what they needed , because if a man does n't feed his wives they , they , they all eventually get up and go , they 'll say two fingers you know , you ca n't feed us . |