Example sentences of "[coord] [subord] [noun sg] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result the remedy can be repeated without causing the patient any aggravation ; or if aggravation should occur it will be of short duration , easily controlled . |
| 2 | Or if man can show it to sight . |
| 3 | ‘ There are many things which can go wrong , the obvious ones being if no-one was interested in buying tickets for the gigs , or if equipment could n't reach the destination or if the band missed their flights and gigs had to be cancelled . |
| 4 | Then came the long wait to find out when or if Pop would be out of Burma . |
| 5 | If there are no goods in the shops ; or if food can only be obtained by rationing ; or if the state siphons off the lion 's share of increased earnings as taxation ; or if an economy seems incapable of growing , then people begin to question the fundamentals on which such a system is built . |
| 6 | But if Big Bang turns to crash and Poles lose their unPolish patience with the austerity plan , or if Solidarity can not contain its differences any longer , a fresh election could come as early as this autumn . |
| 7 | If the complaint turns out to be more serious or if agreement can not be reached on a resolution , it must be referred back for a full investigation . |
| 8 | There may be uncertainties in interpreting an ultrasound picture ; the prognosis of the abnormality detected is not always known ; and in some groups of defects , such as oesophageal atresia or obstructive defects of urinary system , it is not always clear whether the defect is so severe as to justify abortion or whether surgery might be successful . |
| 9 | As Czeizel and colleagues point out , ‘ it is not always clear whether the defect is so severe as to justify abortion or whether surgery might be successful . ’ |
| 10 | Another question is whether Parliament should give its approval first before a public inquiry is held or whether Parliament should have a say after the inquiry . |
| 11 | He must be able to decide rightly whether a native chiefs first offence should be punished , or whether patience should be exercised until he has offended ten , nay twenty times — either course may be the right one , it depends entirely on circumstances . |
| 12 | However , this is only a recommendation and it remains to be seen just how much notice the courts will take or whether legislation will follow . |
| 13 | They say the pattern of pain that happens during or after intercourse can not be predicted with any accuracy by doctors . |
| 14 | In fulfilling this duty the Bank may often be faced with situations where extremely urgent action is required , and where delay could result in losses to , possibly , very substantial numbers of customers of such institutions , embracing both corporate and private customers , whose interests the Act is designed to protect . |
| 15 | ‘ I have started a review of our performance in all kinds of areas when there can be an impact on the environment to build up an objective picture of where we stand at the present and where improvement can be made . |
| 16 | But it does have the advantage of operating on a level where guilt or innocence might be easier to establish and where punishment could be imposed on a state basis . |
| 17 | There is a violent undercurrent in our society which has got nothing at all to do with football and where football must n't be complacent is to provide the opportunities at its matches to allow that undercurrent of violence to manifest itself . |
| 18 | erm We saw the beginning of the factory , industrialization , big manufacturers where lots of people worked and where cloth could be churned out at a very fast rate , and therefore , cloth was cheaper . |
| 19 | Sir Adrian attributes the moral decline largely to pressure brought about by a faster-pace world , particularly in the City where salary levels have become inflated beyond all recognition and where greed can easily take precedence over ethical practice . |
| 20 | However , owners are under no compulsion to sell and although land may be identified for development , it may in fact remain undeveloped for many years . |
| 21 | The chronicler Hall emphasised the consternation produced by the government 's success in establishing a basis for swingeing taxation , and although wealth can seldom or never have been overstated for fiscal purposes , the Rutland muster book could perhaps be the exception that bears out his claim that ‘ some avaunced them selfes more than they were worth of pride , not remembryng [ realising/ suspecting ] what was coming ’ , naively succumbing to the blandishments of the commissioners , who ‘ did what they could to set the people to the vttermoste ’ . |
| 22 | Often , the words alleged against the accused were spoken in an alehouse , and although alcohol might help loosen one 's inhibitions , we surely have to be sceptical about the depth of commitment of someone whose only Jacobite statement was made in a drunken stupor . |
| 23 | Decay may also extend beyond the damaged area , and although timber may appear to be sound , it may cause problems later . |
| 24 | After that , the pace of your life will begin to slow down and although confusion will reign supreme around the 26th , it looks as if a long-awaited breakthrough will materialise . |
| 25 | If the exclusive is now commonplace ( it is n't really , but unfortunately some people do n't know that ) , and if exclusivity can mean so many different things simultaneously , it has now become necessary to look beyond just fashion in apparel to explore what the class-cultural dynamics now are . |
| 26 | This case makes clear that normally there can not be liability as a constructive trustee merely for ‘ knowing assistance ’ in a fraudulent design if there was no dishonesty or lack of probity on the part of the alleged trustee , and if knowledge would not have been inferred in the circumstances by an honest and reasonable person . |
| 27 | If panic dropped petals like a rose and if anxiety could flower in a forsythia bush then all the loveliest gardens in all the safest suburbs would bloom , bloom with every variety of stress . |
| 28 | In many cases , the pursuers will have proceeded this far on the basis of evidence ingathered before the Summons was served and if settlement can be achieved now rather than immediately before the Proof , significant savings in costs may be achieved . |
| 29 | It fears , and when it does not fear , it despises , non-conformity ; and if non-conformity must be allowed its say , it will gently rob it of all anger and all laughter , of all passion and all heartache , until it lacks both pith and point … |
| 30 | And if agreement can be attained on moral standards , to the point where they can be embodied in a global system of enforceable law , we are in business . |