Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [subord] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I wanted to convince myself that I was going to be all right because if I did n't and if I stopped to think about what was really going on , I would have been a mess . |
| 2 | We ourselves have found that if a patient goes on to a diet which is relatively free from pesticides , herbicides and chemical additives , then often the homoeopathic remedies work much better than if the patient continues to eat an additive and junk-food-laden diet . |
| 3 | Into the Home territory beyond they had to go fairly warily , but less so than if they had been a weaker company , not because of fears that the Homes would betray them to Dunbar but in that they were always jealous of their declared rights to decide who should enter their country and what they should pay for the privilege ; but two hundred and fifty well-armed men in tight formation carried their own safe-conduct , and they rode through without challenge . |
| 4 | If I take it to the police the matter will be dealt with much sooner than if we leave it where it is and wait for them to call here . |
| 5 | You see them much more as people , you know their interests much more than if they are just there listening to the lesson and so in a way this open access to the teacher , I think , although at times it does give extra pressure in the long run I think it 's tremendously beneficial . |
| 6 | And if a cold-blooded animal is cold , then it metabolizes less rapidly than if it is warm — and so needs less energy , which means less food . |
| 7 | I have expressed phenomenalism so far as if all phenomenalists agree that observation statements report the nature of the reporter 's own sensory states . |
| 8 | Now if this is erm , a perhaps a non representative hundred in so far as if , if you can compare it with er the , the average in the West of Scotland , I know your speaking as , as an expert because you work , well , well tell me exactly what you do , I know your with the transport |
| 9 | Because of the nature of this sort of book you can afford to let the identity of the murderer become more obvious much earlier than if you were writing the classical blueprint . |
| 10 | That they have cost me no more than my time makes such decisions much easier than if I had paid for them in gold . |
| 11 | ‘ You ca n't go down again because if you do you 'll be guzzled up at once . |
| 12 | With a final darting glance to ensure that her appearance was in order she made her way as nervously downstairs as if it had been she herself about to marry . |
| 13 | However things turn out , try to reflect the mood of the scene by the pace of the cutting of your shots : if the children are quiet and thoughtful , the shots can be held a little longer than if they are lively and excited ( provided that the adult does a good job of filling in the gaps in the action ) . |
| 14 | Anyway perhaps if if I come back to you after next Tuesday afternoon when I 've got a meeting to talk just about that subject with the deputy and see what options are going to come forward . |
| 15 | What is more , de Man argues , metaphor overcomes the opposition between inner repose and outer action because Marcel 's imagination gives him access to the outside world ; of a kind that allows him to possess it " much more effectively than if he had actually been present in an outside world that he could then have only known by bits and pieces " ( 1979 : 60 ) . |
| 16 | I think ( actor 's voice ) people who are not in this great business of ours think the idea of electronic messages flying around is really odd and they may get freaked if some of what is said is a bit inflammatory- maybe more so than if they saw it printed . |
| 17 | It is because they take to these artificial sites so readily that pied flycatchers have been studied in such detail : breeding in a nest box allows nests to be checked and the adults to be caught and ringed much more easily than if they were in natural cavities . |
| 18 | Study and check these examples : unc Lots of practice is needed to become familiar with the metric system , but once you have got to know it you should be able to use this system more easily than if you were working with miles , furlongs , yards , feet and inches . |
| 19 | Often it is very useful to study your complete set of jobs and arrange the elements of that set in order , so that they can be done better , or more easily than if you did your work in a different order each day . |
| 20 | Then one of the four buys the stakes of the other three : suddenly , that single investor emerges with almost a fifthof a quoted company ; the stake — a high platform for any a potential bidder — has been built far more cheaply than if one person had bought alone . |
| 21 | Town 's drugs are often made in Britain , flown to the Far East or some other convenient staging post and then brought back on the next night — to be sold more cheaply than if they had never left Britain . |
| 22 | This means that , even if a given address is known , it will be reached no more quickly than if only the track on which the record is stored is known . |
| 23 | Rose shared those sort of days with him even more extravagantly than if the days had been her own . |
| 24 | As the whole system is headed by a man , it is likely that the village has to move more frequently than if it were headed by a woman . |
| 25 | Individualised programmes , alternative activities and simplified worksheets , when they are directed at certain children can cut them off from their peers as effectively as if they had been withdrawn . |
| 26 | He stood back to look down the line of her figure under the flimsy nightgown , his eyes caressing her as blatantly as if she had been naked . |
| 27 | If you eat more on some days and less on others , you will shed weight just as successfully as if you stuck to the same number of calories each day . |
| 28 | Lee had felt the emotional voltage in the room heighten to a point when she thought that Philippa would slam the door behind her , hard , but the door closed as gently as if there were a baby asleep in the house . |
| 29 | She instructed him to wash her , and was surprised when he soaped her as gently as if she was a baby . |
| 30 | He had carried her in his arms as naturally as if he had been doing so for years , and she had felt right there . |