Example sentences of "[adj] if they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , it 's not clear if they 'll get any compensation for their ordeal . |
| 2 | Although the depopulation of the Western Isles has resulted at least partly from such malign human interventions as the clearances , it is doubtful if they could support anything like the past numbers at levels of living acceptable by present-day standards . |
| 3 | Pot plants and flowers that need regular watering will be watched carefully by the children if they are helped to do the watering , and they will be quick to tell us that the guinea pig 's water pot is empty if they can refill it themselves . |
| 4 | no I do n't think we 'll have a pussy cat for the foreseeable future , not shut up , I say it 's different if they can go out , sharpen their claws on a bit of bark or , unless I end up with a goldfish |
| 5 | Many countries in the world would be delighted if they could have the success we have . |
| 6 | The backs are still young and should mostly be available in 1995 if they can retain their interest . |
| 7 | ‘ We have applied for the use of a pitch at the Welsh College of Horticulture in Northop but , meanwhile , if anyone else has any ideas I would be grateful if they would contact me . ’ |
| 8 | I would be grateful if they will contact me . |
| 9 | A spokesman for the Amazonian Kayapo Indians , Payacan , says that scientists will be welcome if they can demonstrate that their activities will bring benefits to the Indians , but he adds that : " lots of scientists just come and ask and ask and ask and then go away and we never hear about their results " . |
| 10 | However , they will only eat earthworms , which is fine ″ the summer , but I would be much happier if they would take a little trout , prawns and beefheart . |
| 11 | I would be happier if they could sign just one more quality defender especially if they could play equally well at right back and center half . |
| 12 | I think members of our beleaguered police force would be thrilled if they could find seven parties to witness the same event . ’ |
| 13 | Most pool owners are thrilled if they can persuade their fish to breed successfully . |
| 14 | I am not sure at the moment if the labour are sure if they would work under the Labour government . |
| 15 | They were n't sure if they would find Rose there at all or what way they would find her if they did . |
| 16 | Im sure if they could manage to go to some obscure town on the borders of scotland last round , they could manage to ‘ waste ’ 10 seconds on Leeds . |
| 17 | But I 'm sure if they could make a profit they would . |
| 18 | We , we kept on er making or doing repairs for the Ministry of Works for about ooh seven or eight years after the war finished , which kept a lot of men working in Galashiels when we , you know , when they were n't very sure if they could come back to their old jobs . |
| 19 | It 's a free country and everyone has the right to be mind-numbingly stupid if they want , and subsequently I suppose it 's better if they can avoid killing themselves as a direct result . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , that 's no good if they can get out . ’ |
| 21 | Erm well it 's cheaper if they can employ |
| 22 | In principle , mergers can be referred to the MMC if they will create a firm with a 25 per cent market share or if they involve assets of over 30 million . |
| 23 | Due to the importance of this economic issue , I would like to inform other readers that a critique of this article is available if they would like to write to me . |
| 24 | ‘ They 're living off beans and cheese and horse and ass-meat if they can pay for it , but even the price of dogs and cats is getting on the high side . |
| 25 | One secondary sense of neutrality regards persons as neutral if they can affect the fortunes of the parties and if they affect the fortunes of all the parties equally regardless of their reasons for so doing . |
| 26 | John wrote to Hanns ( who was now in the army ) ‘ it would be so nice if they could get married . ’ |
| 27 | This country already has many more players available to them than other competing nations without reverting to ‘ poaching ’ and it would be nice if they could find 11 indigenous Englishmen to represent the country . |
| 28 | THE Littlewoods Cup holders Nottingham Forest were given another home draw in the quarter-finals , with Tottenham the visitors in the potential tie of the round if they can overcome Tranmere in a replay at home next week , writes Ian Ridley . |
| 29 | EDWARD and Joyce Widdup , hailed nationally as principled fighters against the onward march of brick and cement , have lost their battle — four months after saying they were willing to sacrifice £2 million if they could continue to live in their green oasis on the outskirts of Bradford , West Yorks . |
| 30 | I would be very surprised if a property on at nine fifty would be dropped much below nine hundred because , obviously they have a , they have a certain that they need to get and I I 'd be surprised if they 'd go sort of much below fifty pounds less a month than they 've advertised it for . |