Example sentences of "[adv] if [pron] [vb base] a " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps if you hear a thing told often enough , it makes it true . |
2 | Well basically if you pay a hundred and sixty pound plus for a premium , you do not expect to get the sort end of the stick . |
3 | This may be difficult at home but you will work better if you have a desk in a room where you can do uninterrupted work . |
4 | Over and above that , obviously this is where the advantage to the policy holder comes in because obviously if they get a gearbox problem that 's going to cost , say , a hundred and eighty pounds in six months time , they 're not going to be able to go back to the dealer and say look I want you to put this right for me , because obviously it is outside the statutory guarantee . |
5 | I mean obviously the reality is that obviously if you buy a mechanical breakdown insurance from a dealer and the dealer goes into liquidation then obviously that does n't affect the policy because the policy will still be handled by a company such as ours , and there are a number of companies obviously . |
6 | Obviously if you have an essentially period home it is good to keep at least within the spirit of the place , although conversely , one old piece in a very modern hall can look stunning . |
7 | Textbooks should be quoted only if they express an individual opinion , and the lecturer ( qua lecturer ) not at all , When quoting authors , if the author is dead he may be referred to by his surname only , but if he is still with us it is polite to give him a handle — Sir or Prof. or Dr or Mr. As regards judges the customary J. , etc. , should be used irrespective of whether they are alive or dead . |
8 | It is true that capitalist enterprises will invest only if they expect an ‘ adequate ’ rate of return on capital . |
9 | ‘ He has this notion that women are not capable of managing anything more important than their own kitchen — and then only if they have a competent cook . |
10 | All instructions must be confirmed in writing ; not only if they have a financial effect . |
11 | Magazines are allowed to show a man 's naughty bits only if they resemble a map of the Mull of Kintyre , Scots-born Pauline explained . |
12 | Only if they carry an Armani label , Angus . |
13 | So , the paradox noted earlier is a paradox only if we adopt a particular and constrained view of what theories in social science are about , what role they play in the process of acquiring knowledge . |
14 | Whenever anyone , Y , is in a position to say , ‘ X is φ ’ on account of what he sees , drawing no inferences , and not lying , then it is true to say that X appears to him to be φ , even if it goes against our linguistic practice of saying , ‘ X appears to Y to be φ ’ only if we have a reason not to say , ‘ X is φ ’ . |
15 | Is my hon. Friend aware that up to 500,000 jobs in Britain depend on having a sensible , controlled market , and that discipline and control of third world dumped imports can be brought about only if we have a sensible GATT regime ? |
16 | We can deal with mass unemployment on this scale only if we have a Government who are determined to do so , and we can deal with it better if , internationally , Governments are determined to do so . |
17 | The growth of ethology can continue only if we find a way of talking about human experience that opens the whole range of the activities of men and women to inspection . |
18 | Only if you bring a total approach of building , infrastructure , job creation , education and training , can you change the environment in the way you want . ’ |
19 | Only if you use an ashtray . |
20 | It 's only if you do an emergency start and shoot off the road at high speed , which vans are n't capable of . |
21 | They had in fact stationed themselves in front of the doors which were the kind which open only if you press a button either from outside or inside . |
22 | Also , there are instructors with the Minister of Industry of Bangkok who teach machine knitting , but they teach only if you have a group of ten or more . |
23 | Raymond Salisbury-Jones 's aviation company is offering a new way to entertain demanding business clients — but only if you have a fairly weighty expense account . |
24 | 1 Entertain only if you have a good reason for doing so and only if you have something of value to impart to the guest . |
25 | — You can turn the monitor round with its back to the class ( only if you have an external speaker , otherwise the speaker in the set will be pointing away from the class and the sound will be muffled . ) |
26 | For example , it may say 72-hour delivery guaranteed but only if you pay an extra £25 . |
27 | For example , it may say 72-hour delivery guaranteed but only if you pay an extra £25 . |
28 | So if we get an idea to do something for the residents we do not need to go through endless red tape in order to get it done . |
29 | If they have n't remained constant over our sampling period , right , then there 's no point in making our sample predictions , alright , we 've got to have at least the confidence that our model is re relatively stable over our small sample , right , in order to make any sort of predictions about the behaviour of the dependent variable that we are looking at and the parameter of interest out of sample more often than not when we have parameter instability that does n't always signal a change in government policy , it often signals the fact that you 've got a very poor model , a model er is mis-specified and so if we detect a structural change in our model , we first of all try and explain why it may come about |
30 | So if we make a list of what we 've got when you have a video night , if you or , or somebody else has the video list , you can say , well if you bring them back |