Example sentences of "[adv] if [pers pn] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Perhaps if we ate more fish the old brain cells might multiply a bit . ) |
| 2 | er perhaps if they took that off and subsidised the buses then er it would be a little happier for people travelling to Bicester . |
| 3 | So , I think perhaps if you take that out and write this continuous and non-standard one , it allows you the facility for using it or not using it , depending on the project you 're working on . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps if you spent less time lurking behind doors ? ’ |
| 5 | Perhaps if he followed one path , he would find a place where they came together ? |
| 6 | Would you mind terribly if I did this on my own ? ’ |
| 7 | He is also much more positive than many earlier organization theorists , who emphasized the complexities of individual behaviour in organizations but did little to help top managers except to say their task was very difficult and that they might do better if they understood that . |
| 8 | They will perhaps understand even better if they pay particular attention to the fine details of every movement . |
| 9 | Do not think that your horse will do better if you add more than the recommendations , the fact is that too much is more harmful than too little . |
| 10 | Perhaps he would have fared better if he pleaded one of the defences in section 24 ( see paragraphs 16–22 to 16–25 below ) . |
| 11 | The dealing manager would be hovering breathing down the dealers ' necks like Big Brother , nodding approvingly if they sounded convincing , or else shouting : " You need to be more fucking aggressive " ( so the client could hear him in the background ) . |
| 12 | Obviously if we get any additional cash allocation from any source , it will be deployed in er such a way as to treat the patients as soon as possible . |
| 13 | I mean one of the problems with probation I think to a certain extent is that er obviously if you get these people who keep going into prison and coming out again , er it 's really pretty difficult to erm er influence their behaviour positively probably . |
| 14 | Because obviously if you had one particular factory on the tideway and another producing an identical product and identical effluent in one of the tributaries , you could n't treat them the same because they 're patently different cases . ’ |
| 15 | And then obviously if you have more weight in it they 'll be really bushy . |
| 16 | Obviously if you have any worries about undershooting you should not do this . |
| 17 | Erm I like doing water colour painting and I 've been on two holidays down in Cornwall and I 've done that and that 's very relaxing erm and it seems , you seem to forget about everything else , and that 's quite good fun er but erm obviously if it rains all your , all your colours get washed away , but that 's good fun . |
| 18 | The standardizing , regularizing , authoritative properties often assigned to print as a medium ( though many of them are inherent in any writing system ) could have full social effect only if they had this broad coherence with general developments in the social and labour processes , to which , however , print was not a mere ancillary , for it was one of the forms of such development . |
| 19 | The National Union of Teachers says that all school appraisal schemes - including existing ones — should be boycotted and local authority schemes supported only if they follow all the recommendations of the steering group . |
| 20 | The 1944 Act was amended so that free milk was provided to pupils over the age of 7 only if they attended special schools or qualified on medical grounds . |
| 21 | Only if they pass this do applicants become ‘ badged ’ — able to wear the famous winged dagger emblem with the motto Who Dares Wins . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Governments can mount a radical and effective challenge to the existing social formation only if they have definite , credible proposals commanding the active support of a substantial social bloc , a hegemonic force spanning a whole range of social positions ( as Labour did in 1945 , for all the weaknesses we can see in retrospect ) . |
| 24 | The rules are inconsistent because , for example , pensioners are automatically exempt from prescription charges but will qualify for help with other charges only if they have low incomes . |
| 25 | Under the Fund 's ordinary facilities members may purchase additional foreign currencies , but only if they accept increasing restrictions upon their domestic policies . |
| 26 | To call them secondary means that they are valid reasons only if they accompany other , primary , reasons which also conform to the normal justification thesis ( whereas deviant reasons may validly replace the normal reasons ) . |
| 27 | Only if we like geriatric killers . |
| 28 | The consequences of erecting barriers — even if we could do that — to produce and use fuel at a price that we could achieve only if we erected those barriers would have a direct effect on the cost of power . |
| 29 | only if you like roast . |
| 30 | ‘ Only if you put this on . |