Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did she stay on here if she dislikes him so much ? ’ |
| 2 | ( Anglers are presently major users of the Derwent and would remain so even if the river were reinstated for use by power craft . ) |
| 3 | Smiling at her father , who probably did not think so either if he would permit himself to be honest about it , she placidly allowed him to give her hand to Tristan who looked down at her very intently , his face noble and moved and marvellously beautiful in the jewelled light from the stained glass window . |
| 4 | According to Andrew , Eleanor 's verdict was that a woman would act less wisely if she chose the less worthy one . |
| 5 | ‘ Leave that to the uniforms , they 'll let us know soon enough if they find something . |
| 6 | First , instead of the size of the pool being determined solely by the demands made upon it by the local authorities , the global sum to be spent on advanced further education would be determined by the AFEC in consultation with the DES after it received estimates of expenditure from the local authorities in respect of the provision of higher education within their boundaries , on the grounds that the local authority would behave more responsibly if it paid a proportion of the cost rather than reclaiming all of it from the pool . |
| 7 | They 'd approve still less if they knew what it was about , thought Zen . |
| 8 | What character , the character that Kevin Cosner played in Dances With Wolves , have n't got a clue , this is not fair cos you 're making us fall further behind if we do n't know the answer |
| 9 | And she said to let her know straight away if we think it might be suitable . |
| 10 | But I will know fairly quickly if erm if their background is a bit iffy they have to really sell themselves to me . |
| 11 | The water-soluble vitamins , B and C are particularly at risk and levels can fall even further if food is kept hot . |
| 12 | Plants will survive quite happily if you group them all together in the bath , soak them well , and leave about an inch of water in the bottom of the bath . |
| 13 | The Copts would object very strongly if Owen were to invade the church ; but if Mahmoud did it they would riot . |
| 14 | I I the way I s I think I think was it Josephine he was married to , then then she would er she would object very strongly if he had a bath before they went to bed together . |
| 15 | E2L teachers can contribute greatly here if they work closely with subject teachers in developing an appropriate curriculum and content . |
| 16 | I 'll name no names at this stage , but will do so fearlessly if the exhibition continues much longer . |
| 17 | ‘ It would have to be a very small stone , but I would do so gladly if it binds you to me . ’ |
| 18 | Not only do we not usually think of Snell 's law when we try to net a fish or tickle a trout , but we could not use it to help us do so even if we did . |
| 19 | Thus in choosing between two alternative sets of pleasure one can not necessarily decide which is preferable by an arithmetical calculation , nor could one necessarily do so even if one was omniscient . |
| 20 | However , they will be able to waive best execution , and indeed can do so even if they are discretionary customers ( which is a helpful relaxation and reflects the new spirit of liberalisation ) ; the best practice would be to have this waiver in writing . |
| 21 | She will do so only if Mr Major resigns . |
| 22 | The monetary committee 's report warns that any currency wishing to rejoin should do so only if there is mutual agreement on its parity . |
| 23 | In the light of the above , it is clear that two matrices having the same modal matrix do not necessarily permute ; they will do so only if their spectral matrices permute . |
| 24 | Section 22 empowers the Secretary of State to make an order dealing with the trade practice but he can do so only if the following requirements are fulfilled : |
| 25 | It will do so only if it frustrates the contract ( i.e. renders it impossible to carry it out — see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 26 | The treaty provides for the possibility that member states will wish to adopt a single currency later this decade , but they can do so only if they meet strict convergence conditions — conditions for which the British Government have pressed from the outset . |
| 27 | The caff now seems to have more customers than the railway , and would do better still if they cleared the tables . |
| 28 | Note that your essay in this case is not centrally concerned with Coleridge ; in fact you will almost certainly do less well if you write about Coleridge than if you discuss a different author . |
| 29 | It is clear that science will advance more efficiently if theories are so structured as to contain within them fairly clear clues and prescriptions as to how they should be developed and extended . |
| 30 | Those countries which were protesting about the repatriation would do far better if they offered to take some of the boat people themselves . |