Example sentences of "[adv] if [pron] [verb] [det] " 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 | Would you mind terribly if I did this on my own ? ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And then obviously if you have more weight in it they 'll be really bushy . |
| 11 | Obviously if you have any worries about undershooting you should not do this . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Only if they pass this do applicants become ‘ badged ’ — able to wear the famous winged dagger emblem with the motto Who Dares Wins . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ Only if you put this on . |
| 18 | Only if you do that will you be able to say with confidence that I am wrong , that what I am suggesting has not yet come to pass , that there is still time . |
| 19 | If only if I had that ability ! |
| 20 | The purpose is to improve work performance and is justified only if it has that result . |
| 21 | The point is that an orderly community can exist only if it shares many practices , and that in all modern pluralistic societies a great measure of toleration of vastly differing outlooks is made possible by the fact that many of them enable the vast majority of the population to accept common standards of conduct . |
| 22 | This way of putting the question reveals a sound judgement of the school curriculum : it has to be related to a child 's needs , and justified if and only if it satisfies those needs . |
| 23 | UEFA ARE ready to listen to radical new proposals for a European super league , but only if it benefits all clubs and not just the rich elite . |
| 24 | UEFA are ready to listen to radical new proposals for a European Super League , but only if it benefits all clubs and not just the rich elite . |
| 25 | Similarly when told that only if he returned all his tournament winnings would he get to heaven William replied in exasperation that it was impossible . |
| 26 | Only if she did that , all his effort would be wasted . |
| 27 | She could go back to work , she supposed , only if she did that everyone would want to know why . |
| 28 | So if we keep those here , |
| 29 | For whatever reason , I seem to be able to persuade big names to be on my show , so if we get this off the ground I 'll aim to start with the true superstars . |
| 30 | are we , we 're in the semi-finals so if we win that |