Example sentences of "if they [vb base] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Now this also could mean that under a future Labour government if they wish to support certain industries , they will not be allowed to do so by the European community .
2 In one sense they are the British equivalent of political advertising on American television ‘ but they differ from such advertising in three very important ways : first , PFB broadcasting is free ( although the parties have to bear at least some of the production costs — indeed , all of the production costs if they wish to use private production facilities ) ; second , the number of PEB broadcasts is fixed by agreement between broadcasters and the parties to reflect ( roughly ) the current popular standing of the parties ( in 1987 Labour , the Liberal-SDP Alliance , and the Conservatives got exactly equal time for PEBs while other parties received very much less ) ; third , the broadcasters have insisted , against the politicians ’ wishes , that PEBs be short programmes typically ten minutes long , rather than high-impact adverts of perhaps twenty or thirty seconds ' duration .
3 Chief executives are obliged to back and fill , to accommodate , to deal and to compromise if they wish to accomplish that modicum of public policy change that , short of crisis situations , is usually the best that can be hoped for .
4 But I guess they have got something to point to if they 've built good roads and railways and so on . "
5 So if ever you read work apiece , and re-submit it , you must change the title because if if you send it in , they look up to see if they 've seen that title before , if it was rejected before it will be rejected automatically .
6 You know often they do n't stay through the whole meeting but if they 've got specific points to bring up you know th you know it 's flexible really you know sort of depending on what 's going on really .
7 So I said wonder if they 've got that headboard for Ken , you know I did n't know he had one I said we 'll have a look and see how much they are .
8 yeah and er I would n't mind the extra width , I do n't know if they 've got that size in though
9 If they 've got that piece of paper on top of , they remember what it was all about .
10 Well if they 've got that grounding
11 He and Jake always look as if they 've got one skin less than other people , Ruth thought .
12 Although , understanding the way , volume manufacture and I would say they 've probably if they 've got similar production facilities , got a very good chance of producing good stuff anyway .
13 1938 Caption — ‘ You might ask them if they 've got two ringside seats left ? ’
14 I wonder if they 've got Thin Lizzie in Norway ?
15 If they 've got free time .
16 Have a look this side see if they 've got any lambs .
17 Come on , let's go to bed , and if they 've got any sense that 's what Seb and Carrie will be doing , up at the farm . ’
18 Now if they 've got any sense of course they will put down businesses which they already have lots of dealings with
19 If they 've got any sense at all they should be I mean they 're getting it for free except for the telephone calls you might use
20 Nobody puts references down here if they 've got any sense that are gon na give bad references .
21 ‘ I 'll go down to the village and see if they 've got any newspapers and magazines . ’
22 I wonder if they 've got any barracks there now ?
23 I 'll ring them up and see if they 've got any places left .
24 Well we 'll try and get some erm we 'll look down , the next time I 'm down the library and look and see if they 've got any Enid Blyton because that might just be a way in .
25 I 'd like to know just what did happen when Hatton 's lorry was hi-jacked on the 15th of Marchand if they 've got any McCloys in their district . ’
26 I 'm going to walk down to the hotel on the other side of the bay and see if they 've got any rooms free — ’
27 I ca n't understand it because if they 've got fewer beds why do n't they , they just hide a few of the beds they 've got already ?
28 If they 've had three bits of beef then there would have been .
29 erm the women that I talk to in groups up and down this county , I think some are angrier than they were , some are feel more empowered erm if they have if they 've had these sorts of experiences that I was talking about earlier .
30 Newcomers are welcome to the group next term — but only if they 've had some experience of tap dancing .
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