Example sentences of "if we want [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we want to erect any distinction , it should be between genes that pass from body to body via the orthodox route of sperms or eggs , and genes that pass from body to body via unorthodox , ‘ sideways ’ routes . |
| 2 | Though it hardly seems possible , spring-flowering bulbs are on sale again , and if we want to bring some winter cheer to the home we should be planting them now . |
| 3 | If we want to influence another person and that person is working under enormous stress and is irritated by our request , we can stand back and wait until she or he is more relaxed . |
| 4 | If we want to understand another person we have to learn how to see things from their point of view . |
| 5 | If we want to have that freedom again — to stand out against the trend and , if necessary , to be on our own — then I pray that the Government will look hard at the question of retaining the right of a single foreign policy , with the decisions made by this country alone . |
| 6 | Or we can if we like we can close the shutter at night at Summer nights , But in the Winter if we want to have some light , we open the shutter and put the fenestral back again , either way round it does n't really matter . |