Example sentences of "if they [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If they went to the common law courts , they would be told that the legal estate in the land was vested in the grantee , and that he was entitled to the benefit himself . |
| 2 | If they went for the traditional look I suppose they 'd all be wearing hard hats that looked like the flat cap Victorian cyclists always wore . |
| 3 | The Assembly had 386 seats and under the country 's complex electoral system ( approved in October 1989 — see p. 36961 ) , there were 176 single-member constituencies , where results were decided either by overall majority in the first round , or in a second round to which candidates would go forward if they finished in the top three or obtained over 15 per cent of the vote . |
| 4 | Improving life expectancy gave them every hope of doing so , especially if they belonged to the rising middle-class . |
| 5 | It may be ‘ accidental that there is no Beaverbrook or Rothermere ’ but it is more likely that they would encounter an enormous backlash if they trespassed into the formal world of politics . |
| 6 | The other factor we should also bear in mind is the great majority of the people are not only not interested , they 're basically hostile the whole business and I think that members may not have really noticed if they looked at the European newspaper , the highest ever figure , fifty three percent of all the people of Britain are now totally and completely opposed to the whole business of the E C , they do n't think it 's a good idea . |
| 7 | I think they did these figures a week or so before xmas … which explains the figures if they looked at the high scoring charts for each club . |
| 8 | ‘ Contemporary writers , ’ she said , as if they bordered on the unmentionable . |
| 9 | So many Britons whose lives were little more than hard unremitting toil would have used the licence of the festival to make fun of these imagined orgies , especially if they occurred in the great houses . |
| 10 | If they remained at the current 14 per cent rate , they would be £402m . |