Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [adj] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the sentences of ( 35 ) would be marginal or outright unacceptable if to be were omitted is in itself a datum worth taking into account , along with the further fact that to be can also be inserted into the statement forms in ( 33 ) . |
| 2 | Is it more or less progressive if the exemption is raised from 2000 to 5000 ? |
| 3 | The activities of politicians , pop stars and policemen notwithstanding , life for most people is much the same , obviously , whatever decade it is — more or less endurable if you are young , that is , and quite the opposite if you are not . |
| 4 | 1.9 In every case the onus lies on the defendant to prove that the plaintiff should have been wearing a seat belt and that his injuries would have been avoided or less severe if he had been . |
| 5 | The change in net debt , er worth referring worth mentioning minus three point three million that much worse would have been significantly lower thirty five million or so lower if we 'd had the same year end exchange rate as we did in nineteen ninety one . |
| 6 | To qualify you must be responsible for one or more children aged under 16 , or under 19 if they are still in full-time non-advanced education . |
| 7 | To qualify you must be responsible for one or more children aged under 16 , or under 19 if they are still in full-time non-advanced education . |
| 8 | To qualify you must be responsible for one or more children aged under 16 , or under 19 if they are still in full-time non-advanced education . |
| 9 | Those excluded from paying for prescriptions are : hospital in-patients , those suffering from diseases that need continuous medication , expectant mothers and those with a baby under 12 months , children under 16 ( or under 19 if they are in full-time education ) , men over 65 and women over 60 . |
| 10 | As you have an 8:1 compression engine ( or slightly higher if the cylinder head has been skimmed ) set the timing to 3 deg A T D C and the pinking should disappear . |
| 11 | In the general population in 1987 , 11% of households contained a non-dependent child , defined as a child over 16 , or over 19 if in full time education or training up to this age . |
| 12 | To ignore the interests of relatives is neither ethically justifiable nor practically helpful if we wish to involve them in care . |
| 13 | We have some armchair gardening to do , a thoroughly enjoyable pastime and most important if you are to get the best from your roses . |
| 14 | However , they would become noisy if ignored or neglected and downright troublesome if the family itself became lazy or rude . |
| 15 | And these were the type of conditions that our members worked in , whilst at the same time the management provided plastic roofing you know , but it was n't efficient and it was cold and bitterly cold if I might say so erm for a long period . |
| 16 | We cut grass with a ride-on mower and dead head if not growing for seed . |
| 17 | ‘ God , you 're a lot of trouble , I could get along so easy and so nice if I did n't have you on my tail ’ , ‘ You crazy fool … blubbering like a baby ? |
| 18 | Second , the notion of a contract carries the implication that medical care is a commodity to be bargained for in the market-place , and only available if the price is right , a notion specifically rejected in England . |
| 19 | In all developing countries for which data are available , the number of children born to a woman during her childbearing years was , on average , 70 children if she married at age 17 or earlier , 6.1 if the marriage occurred at age 20–21 , and only 4.2 if she was older than 24 years when first married . |
| 20 | It seems to me much better and less confusing if you admit in print that you were wrong . |
| 21 | Not only will the fish be happier , more colourful and likely to breed , but it will be healthier and less disease-prone if kept in its natural state . |
| 22 | Early on in the running of the clinic it had been found that treatment with house dust 200 alone was less effective and less long-lasting if the avoidance programme was not also undertaken , but it was not possible , from the nature of the study , to assess what proportion of the benefit was attributable to each measure . |
| 23 | And each of them becomes less and less funny if they are too closely followed by a third . |
| 24 | Use all four terminals where two or more cables are present , to maintain the existing circuit and switch connections , and just three if there is only one cable . |
| 25 | We have long been committed Europeans , believing that Britain can only be secure , successful and environmentally safe if we play our full part in building a more united and democratic Europe . |
| 26 | So long as there is one copy somewhere modern techniques of microphotography can make the text widely and rapidly available if there is a demand for it . |
| 27 | For example , we would expect to find a very high proportion of cognate words in British and American English but a much lower percentage if we compare English and German and still lower if we compare English and Russian . |
| 28 | Now that Labour is going to choose between a Scotsman and a New Zealander for its new leader , it would be less offensive and more appropriate if it were to adopt an All Black thistle as its logo . |
| 29 | Rewards are often only valued if they come from other people , but in fact they can be much nicer and more appropriate if they come from you . |
| 30 | The main disadvantage of this practice is its complexity ; it is easier and more comprehensible if the accounts reflect actual revenues and expenses , and the budget reflects budgeted revenues and expenses . |