Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] if we " in BNC.
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1 | But it helps to expiate our imagined sins if we have a bogeyman to hand , a Drug Baron . |
2 | ‘ We 'd have half the police force here in a few minutes if we did , ’ she said . |
3 | While we are now well aware that too much fat , especially in saturated forms , increases the risk of heart disease and certain cancers , the latest from the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) — Diet , nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases — says we run further risks if we do not eat enough fruit and vegetables . |
4 | It is comparable with the oddness which might visit all our outward appearances if we stopped looking in mirror . |
5 | We can not say we are concerned about social problems if we are not concerned about abortion . ’ |
6 | Obviously we can not simply rely on the raw figures if we wish to consider whether local authority expenditure had grown since the £9,230 million spent in 1974 — the year of reorganisation . |
7 | We need to motivate young people , whatever their aptitude or ability , to acquire further qualifications if we are to have a competitive and well-motivated work force in the 1990s and the next century . |
8 | This had been of something more than philosophical interest to Karen and I in our pre-coital phase , since it meant that we could count on at least a minute thirty seconds before he reappeared , or as much as three minutes forty-five seconds if we heard the seat go down for a big jobby . |
9 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
10 | Deputy director general John Dorken promised to ‘ press for further cuts if we consider they are justified . ’ |
11 | We need to jointly work together in public services if we are to combat the problems faced by the . |
12 | Would you like to see them in against the outside candidates if we look at this |
13 | Even the great spread of inter-war surburban houses , such as those which line the Kingston by-pass in Surrey , have a fascinating story to tell of the growth of such areas if we are prepared to look at them properly . |
14 | However , we can understand it in similar terms if we numerically ( as opposed to analytically ) compute return maps on a suitable plane . |
15 | Erm so that we could actually produce about two hundred annual reports if we wanted , but we |
16 | But we are always on dangerous grounds if we accept this as anything other than a last resort in the absence of really adequate evidence of evolving fossil lineages . |
17 | However , hillwalking is largely safe but there are risks and we have to educate people about these risks if we are going to improve safety . |
18 | The therapeutic response must be tailored to these needs if we are economically and effectively to use our resources . |
19 | He thinks that we will never deal intelligently with these questions if we confuse them with questions about what is good in itself . |
20 | If machines such as JET prove the scientific feasibility of fusion there will have to be even larger machines if we are to prove fusion 's technical and economic feasibility . |
21 | The only issue that I think we have some er difficulty with in the policy as it stands at the moment , is the uncertainty that arises between the figure provided in policy I five of forty six hectares for the city , and actually our agreed calculation which I think the County Council accept , that site availability in the city is limited to something in the order of thirty three hectares if we exclude er one site which is subject to a dispute between parties er in relation to the greenbelt . |
22 | All average rents on our stock across the whole of the south east is twenty seven pounds a week erm , I think is , is the figure now the bulk of that funded down to the old er regime that we had from the housing corporation where we got er , a lot more grant and we had the residual line and the money we 've had to borrow ourselves for the scheme was actually from the corporation themselves that all changed in the ninety eighty eight housing act and we now get a fixed er , sum of monies , it 's fixed percentage of local cost from the housing corporation and the balance has to be borrowed from a private lender just like anybody else going out and and buying a home , if you like er , from a , a bank , from a building society or somebody like that and we have to charge a rent er to the property that will repay that loan and , the way in which we actually do it is , is we charge a lower rent and actually who pays the rent quite substantially below that er , because erm the rent on these properties if we i if we charge what the the housing corporation 's grant as it 's set would be round about ten , twelve pounds more expensive than that . |
23 | But it is easier to cope with these pressures if we go back to first principles . |
24 | We can not reach an understanding of these divisions if we are constantly denied the alternative perspectives . |
25 | Electric windows if we go out later . |
26 | We therefore have to make adjustments to these cereals if we are going to provide the horse with the nutrients it needs . |
27 | But we could not draw these conclusions if we relied on external norms , on general historical information as codified in historical textbooks , or on our own ‘ intuition ’ . |
28 | The drives that bind one person to another are primitive and intense , and can be disturbing to our normal perceptions if we allow ourselves to see what is going on . |
29 | ‘ There may be reasons for his silence , perfectly good reasons if we only knew them . |
30 | We are poor guardians if we do not ensure its unalterable right to childhood , to mystery , to dreams , to tenderness and to love ; if we do not realise that by ceasing to provide authority we may also cease to care ; if we do not conscientiously maintain the spiritual foundations without which the young can not build anew ; if we do not teach that there is a third way , neither reactionary nor libertarian , which still waits to be explored . |