Example sentences of "if we [vb base] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again , pragmatism can be defended as providing a good fit with what judges actually do and say in hard cases only if we assume that a pragmatist would have noble-lie reasons for constructing and deferring to the best account of the principle underlying past cases in these situations . |
| 2 | If we assume that a LECTURER can only teach one COURSE , and many LECTURERS teach on one COURSE , then the ‘ closed loop ’ shown in Figure 4.21 represents such a set . |
| 3 | If we estimate that an enquiry will take us longer than ½ hr , we will advise that we can not help , and that the caller should visit here and undertake their own research . |
| 4 | For example if we know that a section of script has an ascender close to the beginning of a word , and there are candidate words without one , then we can reject those candidates . |
| 5 | Even if we admit that an element of calculation usually enters into racist practices , rather than blind hatred , it is clear that this model ignores the deeper reaches of the racist imagination , the structures of feeling and phantasy which are embedded in even the most rationalized forms of racist argument and action . |
| 6 | This is a result that is much easier to account for if we suggest that a body clock is responsible for the alternation between sleep and activity . |
| 7 | We seem to be on firmer ground , however , if we suggest that a singer who draws upon a training in the English choral tradition will not readily perform in a way that is bogus , trivial or solipsistic , for the choral tradition is none of those things ; it embodies the results of countless individual strivings for the best results in conformity to a communal discipline . |
| 8 | In saying this , however , Blackie ignored the evidence of his colleagues in Scotland who unequivocally denied any protection , adding , ‘ If we have a criticism of a teacher or if we feel that a teacher is weak in some respects … the matter would be discussed very frankly with the teacher in the first place ’ . |
| 9 | Or if we find that a grand-daughter is assisting her own mother in caring for an elderly parent , whom is the granddaughter helping ? |