Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [adv] if " in BNC.

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1 And the other one takes seventy minutes or longer if they wish to examine things .
2 Or with regard to the wedding plays , silk satin cotton rags or even if the offspring would be boy lass twins triplets or what these babies were to be rocked in .
3 I do n't think we 've got anything particularly unusual about our hubcaps or well if they were really sort of amazing hubcaps then
4 This can be for periods of one , two , three , six or 12 months or longer if required .
5 She still giggled girlishly and reverted to the old tomboy type during TV and radio appearances , cleverly signalling to her fans that even if she had become their older sister , she was still their favourite sister .
6 Naturally , there are no perfect vacuums and even if we create a perfect vacuum inside the tube , the elements will ‘ outgas ’ ( the material will put out oxygen and other molecules from gases absorbed in the metal ) and the vacuum will not be perfect any more .
7 " The dangerous feature of these unions " , wrote one such shipowner , " is that they really are benevolent societies and as such will necessarily accumulate funds , giving their members a contingent interest in those funds and therefore if a man should wish to retire from them as combinations , he is held by interest in them and consequently they must always be in operation " .
8 If you need urgent information you are invited to use the following telephone number but , please , only use it between 19.00 and 21.00 on Mondays to Thursdays and only if it is absolutely necessary …
9 Now , he does n't say anything about penis envy in , in putting that forward and I do n't know whether penis envy was in his mind at the time he wrote those words and even if I asked him today , he probably would n't admit it .
10 And in your Ks whenever you come across a word that starts with a K make sure you put it in your book and have a look at those occasionally so that you 're pretty sure you know all these K words and then if it is n't you say well okay got to be a C.
11 They 'd hire them for a couple of months and then if they worked out they 'd keep them on , paying them a pittance , and if they did n't , they 'd say ‘ sorry ’ and the guy would go away .
12 Well if we could send that with the amenities and perhaps if they 've got any , we ca n't say that er , I view this as very much , we 've , we 've got a platform here .
13 A couple more feet and even if the toe had caught he would have gone over backwards .
14 Mr Gray said : ‘ On that basis , it is very alarming that £75 million is being top-sliced from the level of consents and only if these sums are achieved will local government be able to spend up to the figure of £628 million . ’
15 But do remember that the house still belongs to the parents and even if you do love black walls painted with silver moons and stars , bright red carpet and eerie holograms , but remember they have to live there after you are long gone .
16 The Review of Child Care Law stated an acceptance that the state should not intervene between parent and child simply because it could provide something better than the parents but only if parents were falling so far below an acceptable standard that their children were suffering harm as a result ( DHSS , 1985 ) .
17 We have attended a meeting on this subject and are working towards national recognition of our revised Syllabus as incorporating the necessary elements but meanwhile if you can take any such courses without undue difficulty we would advise you to do so .
18 Road show schedules and lots more and granddad goodies as well if you phone up this show for any reason at all , as long as it 's a nice reason .
19 This exchange of ideas during the class in no way impeded the work of the children , as these conversations never lasted longer than a few minutes and even if two children spoke together they continued their work .
20 When using very light yarns and particularly if working on a Passap/Pfaff. it is a good idea to knit eight or ten centimetres of waste yarn first , as this gives a little extra stability to the beginning of your skirt .
21 So be bold in your plans and even if you do n't accomplish them all , those you do achieve are probably far more than you ever dreamed possible anyway !
22 They avoid trouble at all times and only if they are cornered or pestered will they bite at their attackers .
23 They enjoy earthworms , shrimps and pellet food and will live for a good ten years or more if they 're cared for correctly .
24 With someone who 's not I 'd try and get them to wait for a couple of days and then if they would n't I 'd go through the and get them it today .
25 Whizz round the sights and then if you 've got any sense get back inside the Palast . ’
26 So is n't it good for us rather than quibbling , rather than criticizing , and recognizing that we 've all got different abilities and perhaps if you had n't got one of those abilities there , the , the body that it speaks about , you see every part plays a part does n't it on our physical body and so we are in accommodation , we all have a part to play , and that 's the way we , we grow you see and we mature and we become better , able , equipped to go out and tell others , gives us confidence as well if we know what we 're talking about , that way we can learn , so never quibble about assignments and arrangements , never criticize brothers and sisters in the congregation .
27 As we have seen in the last chapter the surface of even the smoothest glass is infested with tiny invisible cracks and even if it were not , it soon would be when it had brushed against some other solid .
28 You should , you , you 're advised not to jog on tarmac because the surface is hard and jars and so if you do a lot of it can you see and if , particularly if your joints are not equal to it , then you set up a lot of trouble .
29 Patients poorly controlled in clinic are referred to the Unit as outpatients and only if this fails to resolve their problems is a short admission considered .
30 ‘ We are not going to stop our style of play , we are a free-running side who want to score tries and even if we come unstuck against good sides with well-organised defences we will still keep on with the kind of game which we know pleases the fans . ’
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