Example sentences of "if he [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If he likes to use large dragons I think the choice of counter-measure if obvious . |
2 | If he had to wait all day for Master to come home , that was all right . |
3 | If he had to make that list of horrible moments , Masklin would have put this one at the top . |
4 | Even if he seeks to deploy fewer warheads per boat than the maximum possible , why should not other countries follow his example and say that that is also their ideal of a minimum deterrent ? |
5 | At the age of 19 he sat the Queen 's Scholarship Examination , which he would have to pass if he wished to pursue any form of teacher-training after the initial apprenticeship . |
6 | If he failed to pay one instalment , he was fined a halfpenny for every shilling , which became a penny after the second omission when the loan society secretary sent him a circular letter for which a fee of threepence was exacted . |
7 | He looked around him , as if he expected to see another presence there . |
8 | Titch left him a key , you see , while he was away , so he could keep an eye on the place , or maybe if he wanted to do some painting , the way your nan carried on about him doing it at home — anyway , he went round there that night . ’ |
9 | Indeed the Law Commission Working Paper No 77 , Implied Terms in Contracts for the Supply of Goods ( 1977 ) , recognised three possible approaches : firstly , the bailor is strictly liable ( Jones v Page ( 1867 ) 15 LT 619 per Kelly CB at p621 ) ; secondly , the goods must be as fit as care and skill can make them ( Hyman v Nye ( 1881 ) 6 QBD 685 per Lindley J at p682 ) ; thirdly , the bailor is liable only if he fails to take reasonable care to ensure that the goods are fit which , as the via media of the two other approaches , was eventually adopted in s9 of SGSA 1982 . |
10 | Example 4:10 Tenant 's power to make time of the essence ( 1 ) if the landlord fails to take any step in the procedure for rent review within a period of time prescribed by this lease ( whether or not that step could also have been taken by the tenant ) the tenant may give the landlord written notice : ( a ) referring to the step which the landlord has failed to take ( b ) requiring the landlord to take that step within such period of not less than 21 days as may be specified in the notice and ( c ) informing the landlord that if he fails to take that step within the period specified in the notice he will be precluded thereafter from taking it and that time is of the essence of the period so specified ( 2 ) if the landlord fails to take the step specified in a notice under paragraph ( 1 ) within the time specified in that notice ( time being of the essence ) he shall thereafter be precluded from taking it |
11 | ‘ To have intercourse with a woman who is not your wife is , even today , not generally considered to be a course of conduct which the law ought positively to encourage and it can be argued with force that it is only fair to the woman and not in the least unfair to the man that he should be under a duty to take reasonable care to ascertain that she is consenting to the intercourse and be at the risk of a prosecution if he fails to take such care . ’ |
12 | As an example , contrast a contract to paint the whole of a house , but containing a clause exempting the contractor from liability if he fails to paint certain parts ( caught under s 3(2) ( a ) ) , and a contract to paint a whole house with the exception of certain parts ( not caught ) . |
13 | I noted the point , erm I think to some extent we probably can now move forward to H two , in in a proper sense , but I 'll ask Mr Davis er A if he wishes to give some reaction to the last few comments er and then your lead in to H two . |
14 | I think it 's a good time to spend in the garden to be honest , I mean you ca n't , you ca n't , it 's not really long enough to try and do it at weekends , not if he wants to move that garage back , it 'll probably take the best part of the week to sort that out |
15 | If he wants to make European comparisons , I refer him , as I referred the hon. Member for Sheffield , Hillsborough ( Mr. Flannery ) , to what is happening in France . |
16 | If he wants to get another club , he has to pull his finger out . |
17 | If he remembers to set realistic targets and play within himself , he can perform with credit . |
18 | Mr. Stern : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he intends to make any proposals to alleviate the impact on the ports of south Wales of proposed barrage schemes . |
19 | A man , if he needs to express masochistic impulses , must put a great deal more effort and imagination into it . |