Example sentences of "if they [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Harold asked the question that I expected ; ‘ If they wo n't meet Barbara , who will they meet ? ’
2 As er , she can go if they wo n't let Kirsty in , she can go one night , he can go another night .
3 Town need … have to win tomorrow … if they ca n't beat teams like Sheffield United then it 's big big trouble …
4 Of course , this is something that private schools already do , but it is interesting that , even in the public sector , some ‘ magnet ’ schools , upset by their relatively poor performance in examination results , are asking if they ca n't exclude children who come to them on placing requests from deprived areas .
5 ‘ Give those out and pray that even if they ca n't speak English they can at least read it ! ’
6 Says Bert Wiegman : ‘ The smarter venture capitalists have realised that if they ca n't add value , they wo n't be able to raise new funds from investors .
7 I hear murmurs all around me of ‘ If they ca n't win Basildon .
8 If they could n't beat Greycoats by skill , they might stand more chance by guile , and one needed to learn all one could about the opposition .
9 Neglect of this obvious truth led to computer programs ( say , for language analysis ) being regarded as failures if they could not record 100% success .
10 Craig Brewin , chairman of the Football Supporters Association , said fans who could not get tickets for big matches would face ‘ frustration ’ if they could not afford satellite dishes .
11 There are even now other issues on the pensions debate we have employers like Telecom using pension funds to fund redundancies we now even have the government looking to see if they can get hold of pension fund money in British Rail and in the Coal Board to see if they can also fund job losses .
12 Similarly , bankers become committed to a customer if they can not withdraw facilities without causing that customer financial distress .
13 Those responsible for implementing the change will be thwarted in their efforts if they can not have access to the resources they need .
14 No well what we said is we 're gon gon na scrap Saturdays unless we s consider it to be critical and unavoidable on the basis that , if they , they can work Saturdays if they 'd rather work Saturdays than in the week , but that 's their choice not ours
15 He wondered if they 'd ever find husbands or boyfriends who would take them on such a holiday as this and rather doubted it .
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