Example sentences of "if we [vb base] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If we subscribe to a truth-conditional semantics , we shall therefore be forced to find a place for such meanings in pragmatic theory .
2 Such latent knowledge is not at all surprising , if we reflect on the amazing complications of the rules of syntax , of constructing intelligible sentences , including the use of tenses , negatives , hypotheticals , which children pick up between the ages of 18 months and 4 or 5 , generally without any teaching at all .
3 I Admittedly if we stay in the rural districts of England in 1700 we will discover that forty to fifty years is not unrealistic , but old age is rare .
4 So , if that is the case how can we possibly lose our identity because we have n't , we 're not , there 's no suggestion if we go on an inward journey , the inward journey must be within our selves , within our individuality , not , not jumping out into some form of spacial context .
5 ‘ It 's not the end of the world if we go into the Second Division .
6 If we go into the New Year in 10th place , we are not going to be able to do it . ’
7 If we go to the first style of A this is an activist and some of you have got high scores here we 've got sixteen fifteen and twelve these are , these are hard activist .
8 We can see the reason if we go to the opposite end of the scale and focus on selfishness .
9 If we go to the High Atlas of Morocco , we find even closer similarities , with basic intrusions and extrusions within the familiar red sandstone .
10 If we go for a single currency because we wish to protect , above all , the position of the City of London — still the premier financial centre of Europe — and if we also concede ground on foreign policy , in terms of majority decision making , and on defence policy by creating effectively a defence community , and if we allow the Commission to issue visitors ' visas , we shall be on a slippery slope .
11 We 've been told if we go over the two pound , they wo n't sell , sell so well , erm , so really I 'm not too sure , but er , I , I can work on bigger , er , like I got this couple of days off living Manchester , I 'm sure if I approach erm , you know , the police , they might give me a couple of days selling out there .
12 For example , if we go from the 1792 clock 's slow ( perhaps spurious ) ‘ Quail ’ 'minuet' ( a ‘ traditional ’ title , no manuscript source is available ) to the 1793 clock 's fast Minuetto allegretto from Haydn 's ‘ Clock ’ symphony , the ranges on the Niemecz mechanical organs , flywheel going at 60 , go from dotted minim = 36 to 72 .
13 If we go round the same group and ask them how much management training they 've had , we 'd be lucky if we could dredge up fifty weeks .
14 This means risks of the order of , say , being gored by a buffalo if we shoot an arrow at it , being struck by lightning if we shelter under a lone tree in a thunderstorm , or drowning if we try to swim across a river .
15 if we stick to the original proposed target , we 'd only be now some twenty five minutes for general debate and I would be , this is probably therefore a serious issue
16 If we pivot in the first of these , as indicated in the tableau , we obtain P3/T2 in which θ = θ .
17 But I will plan ahead , even if we crash into the Fourth Division .
18 Not surprisingly , they argue that if we persist with the established electoral system then we will continue with the problems of government which they identify .
19 If we succeed in the biggest executive operation , we can succeed with almost any operation . ’
20 if we follow on the same way
21 If we speak of the stylistic values of a non-literary text , we are interested in the way in which linguistic choices are adapted to communicative function — to such functions as newspaper reporting , advertising , scientific exposition .
22 Since the transformations are similar , all the derived matrices B , C , D , … have the same eigenvalues as A ; and if we proceed to the diagonal form , then the chain product X3 … gives the modal matrix X.
23 er because you know , if we wait till the twenty eighth of October er that you know , wo n't suit their purpose which is that they would like to get on with this so they can invest in plant renewal .
24 If we cling to an outmoded view of neighbouring , peering at it through deeply rose-tinted spectacles , we may make false assumptions about what is actually available to old people , or ought to be available .
25 This procedure may break down if we get to a single pair of edges , but we will see that this can happen only if a pair of corners has also to be exchanged .
26 So if we get to the all play and we win the all play we 've won .
27 In fact , we know that if we get into a confined space with the intention of defying gravity we are running a risk and have decided to tolerate it .
28 If we get into the Second Division our objectives would change .
29 Er however erm if we get past the three stages that er I 'm just talking about here , er we 'll be talking about in the minute at least , er then er you 'll fully understand what I mean about er you 're almost as as employed as you 'll ever be as a self employed person .
30 If we enquire into the evolutionary background to this situation , it is immediately clear that the evolution of behaviour in both humans and primates rests on a common mammalian basis which can doubtless be traced to the greater adaptiveness , activity and independence of environmental conditions which the acquisition of warm-bloodedness provided .
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