Example sentences of "[vb base] if the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A common example is an instruction to increment the contents of a specified store location and skip if the result is zero .
2 Likewise , the arsenic atoms appear if the voltage is positive .
3 I mean as I say if the queen came I would talk how I
4 The organisers say if the idea catches on Jamie Bulger will not have died in vain .
5 Social workers say if the school IS to re-open they 'll first need to be satisfied about the welfare of any new pupils .
6 MP Kevin McNamara wants wild animals to have the same protection as domestic pets but pro-hunters say if the sport 's outlawed it will affect rural jobs and the conservation of the countryside.LLewela Bailey reports .
7 That 's right , so instead of , so if er , say if the price of erm , yes , say , meat went up , erm , so the price of beef , beef went up , you may want to increase the size of your beef herd , how do you increase the price of your beef herd , well you , you do n't sell as , as many cows to the slaughterhouse as you might otherwise would , you know , would do , because you want to increase your herd for , for later years .
8 And they say if the price SEEMS too good to be true , then it probably IS .
9 Video hire stores say if the movie is a money spinner in the cinema the general video release could well be delayed making the sale of pirate tapes particularly lucrative .
10 But some students say if the college had been mixed , they would n't have applied .
11 They say if the sell-off goes ahead many rural lines will close .
12 What the hell would the US component divisions say if the executive committee was stupid enough to appoint Europeans to manage components operations in the United States ?
13 Can someone who went say if the midfield started looking for him … ie played it through the defence occasionally for him to run onto ?
14 Imagine if the company had tried to use the caption ‘ Six years ’ growth of profits ! ’
15 imagine if the family is meeting round a table , and the dish is passed round , and the children are not allowed to take any .
16 Trestles are also very useful for holding the wings level if the glider is being picketed overnight .
17 And still they boo if the mood takes them .
18 His interest is in how the proletariat would ( or should ) speak if the cloak were thrown off .
19 I also made the point of linking the ideas of wilderness and beauty , which you lose if the place is covered in telephones and railways .
20 Oh yeah no problem and as Tony was saying music sessions they tend if the session is good to forget about closing time you know official closing time .
21 Now the advice a few years er be from the s solicitor was not in quite the the th precisely these words but if somebody was leaving , I mean if the wife was leaving the husband , the instructions were basically Love , get your furniture out , hide it somewhere , and argue about who owns what afterwards .
22 I mean if the government is er taxing and pr channelled that money properly then it should be able to do the job of private investors
23 Coming in at all , so that 's , that is n't easy , but it , eh were it works it 's really good I mean for example we , we d o up the Poll Tax enforcement policy , erm and again it was where the Cou I mean if the Council had followed the legislation on Poll Tax collection , it 's you know , erm and it did n't want to do that , and so again well , it 's , well it 's related to this legislation bit , but we looked at , we looked at how we could get round that legal procedure and we looked at developing a more sensitive policy and we had to do that with other departments .
24 So I mean if the man was going to take it on himself I mean er he used the French letter then when that clinic started up as I would say , the women would go there you see stop that lark because they did n't even they did n't even let , er take very kindly to the French letters some of them did n't you know , the men .
25 I mean if the evaluation suggests that something or other needs changing , then you want people to be already so interested in the evaluation and perhaps looking for useful things to come out of it , that they are already half committed to the changes .
26 and therefore you can have a situation where , I mean if the Queen is there for another twenty years say , say the situation in twenty years time where you have king on throne and a queen who have not lived together for thirty years or whatever years and you know still playing out this
27 You know , but I mean if the church can not find contributions it really ca n't !
28 Well that depends on the club that he goes to , I mean if the club can afford to buy him erm I always think it 's better on the long term policy , that a rider actually rides for a club is owned by that club .
29 Well I do it probably was actually but it was the switch that had gone , maybe lightning had hopped across the switch , yeah , but erm , that 's all it was it was the switch , but er , I mean the thing is it went wrong and they had to pay for it , okay it 's only a tenner to have it done , but it , if a C D player , I mean if the carriage goes , you know , sixty , seventy quid , you know I 'm buying these electrical things , it 's , because it 's a burg lock , I can buy them , get them a warranty with it an'all , then it 's took the burden off them .
30 I mean if the room was full a projector and slide show and everything and then usually everybody falls to sleep
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