Example sentences of "[adv] if [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If they 'd only been a few inches longer ; or perhaps if his upper body was n't so big then his legs would n't be so noticeable . |
2 | Perhaps if my maternal grandmother had had one on her nightly return from the candlewax factory here in Wiggly , Connecticut she might have had the energy to start her own bangle stall at weekends . |
3 | I think er , Joe , it might be more appropriate perhaps if our legal advisor tells us of the niceties of the clause which he drafted . |
4 | Obviously if your growing space is limited to a window sill you will not be able to grow some of the larger plants , but you could specialise instead in miniature work . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | The entire team will have the incentive to be diligent , including being diligent in monitoring each other , but individual managers will have this incentive only if their own contribution is identifiable , and in the nature of things this will probably not be possible . |
7 | The directive proved controversial , however , because of its insistence on the so-called " reciprocity " principle , which declared in effect that banks from non-EC countries would be eligible to enter the future unified market only if their domestic markets offered a comparable degree of access to EC counterparts . |
8 | Only if its many controls fail will the ultimate sanction , i.e. revocation of the disposal licence , be invoked . |
9 | We conclude then that choice even by the most responsible moral agent , however closely it resembles a pure Kantian decision for principle against inclination , is rational only if its fundamental procedure is that exposed to view by our unintellectual , intuitive romantic deciding whether to flee to Bali . |
10 | ( Almost all genetic side-effects are bad , and a new mutation will normally spread only if its bad effects are outweighed by its good effect . |
11 | The ward is the ideal place for learning , but only if its full potential is realised . |
12 | But voters whose preferences have been distributed between these two parties will have been doing no more than indicate acceptable alternatives , of which the basic pattern must have been , " Let that candidate of Party B have my vote IF and only IF my higher preference for this candidate of Party A has not been effective " . |
13 | Only if my fucking mouth hurt or something ! |
14 | On Dec. 15 , 1989 , Heng Samrin as the KPRP central committee general secretary warned that " [ Cambodia ] must have a unanimous understanding that only if our internal situation is firm and our superior position on the battlefield is firm , will our diplomatic struggle be effective " . |
15 | So if we three start into that . |
16 | Erm so if they this kind of erm poking fun at previous acquired affection . |
17 | So if your regular weigh-ins start to yield disappointing news , you know what to do . |
18 | More so if your hard disk is yesterday 's technology ( there are still a good number of 65 millisecond access Seagates and Miniscribes in use ) , as the difference between memory and disk read rates is astonishing . |
19 | Some species are named after their collectors , so if our new species of Tyrannosaurus were collected by a Mr Jones it might eventually be christened Tyrannosaurus jonesi . |
20 | So if he three apples of apples , he 'd have two lots like that . |
21 | So if my reprehensible behaviour at Harrogate ( getting drunk at night is OK in the 90s , but not in the afternoon ) was my own fault , and Ladhar Bheinn , Riggindale and Snowdon are blameless in this respect , at least they are left a lasting impression compounding fear , terror and loathing with delight . |
22 | She found it unsurprising that her lodgers , with the exception of Mr Landor , assumed she was Italian , especially if their own command of the Italian language was weak . |
23 | I certainly am , especially if your secondary pair is drilled to the identical screw positions of your primary pair so that you only need one set of bindings . |
24 | Thus if my main concern is to have a vast stock of personal possessions and control over the lives of others , I can doubtless only have them at the expense of others . |
25 | It will be best if my hon. Friend succeeds in catching your eye , Mr. Deputy Speaker , so that he can deal with those matters himself . |
26 | That 's generally if they both desire integration so it 's not just done on the part of one person . |
27 | Betrayed if published as a £5.99 , B format paperback ; Bloomsbury says that most if its first print run of 15,000 copies has been subscribed . |
28 | They want to be able to lend without having to search for a suitable borrower , and to get their money back quickly if their own need for liquidity changes . |
29 | In the US a share can only be sold short if its last price movement was upwards ( an uptick ) . |
30 | Take advice urgently if your intended course of action seems to be at all risky . |