Example sentences of "[coord] if [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the body 's vitality is low , or if its reactive powers have been suppressed through long exposure to steroid drugs , homoeopathic remedies are often ineffective . |
| 2 | Where judgment is entered in default under Ord 9 , r 6 the court may on application , or if its own motion , set aside or vary the judgment ( Ord 37 , r 4 ) . |
| 3 | Patients were ineligible if they had previously undergone a colposcopic examination because of a report of abnormal cytology , if their cervical smear was taken during pregnancy , or if their cervical smear indicated atypical endocervical cylindrical epithelium . |
| 4 | In other experiments , Papi has shown that pigeons do not home accurately if their nostrils are blocked , or if their olfactory nerve is cut , or if they are experimentally distracted by a strong smell ; but other experimenters have failed to repeat these results and it has proved impossible to train pigeons to make the relevant olfactory distinctions ( which is a standard , and powerful , method of testing for sensory abilities — p. 43 . |
| 5 | Most sellers will not wish to contract out of the right to sub-contract , since this gives them a very necessary flexibility in times of high demand , or if their own facilities can not produce the required goods for some reason . |
| 6 | And then , though in varying degrees , you can see or hear these specific kinds of work : relatively easily if they are specific forms of your own culture ; with more difficulty , and sometimes with absolute difficulty , if they are forms of some other , especially remote culture , or if your own culture is deeply divided and these forms come from an area that is strange to you . |
| 7 | and if her green elegance |
| 8 | The point of the experiments was this : strong social pressure was being put on these children to agree to a realist answer ( they were not allowed out of the room until they had an answer ! ) and if their usual tendency to interpret questions phenomenally is a trivial and weak effect then this social pressure should obliterate it . |
| 9 | In studying these laws the reader should bear in mind our philosophy that nondivergent processes are equivalent if they have the same communications , minimal acceptances and terminations , and if their possible behaviours after each communication are equivalent . |
| 10 | And if their own experiences are dealt with , ‘ they feel they can offer something to their children ’ . |
| 11 | No particular doctrine is intended and if my expressed conclusions attract adverse comment , or my suggestions are ridiculed , it is sufficient that discussion and consideration took place with the aim of helping the many unfortunate people of our country who are at present without hope . |
| 12 | In order to do this , we classify the adverts into types " aimed at women " and " aimed at men " ( we could instead have classified them as " television " versus " magazine " or " Italian " versus " British " , etc. ; and if our first attempt to classify gets us nowhere we might try one or more of these alternatives at a later stage ) . |
| 13 | If we are brought up to think of asking for help as childish , and if our own requests for help have not been swiftly and cheerfully met , we are less likely to respond in a simple and positive way to demands . |
| 14 | And if our parliamentary accountability is as important as she frequently claims in this context , why is she reluctant to take part in the debate ? |
| 15 | And if your young rebel likes dance and Indie , you ca n't go wrong with Primal Scream 's fusion of both on Screamadelica ( Creation ) which won this year 's Mercury Music Prize . |
| 16 | It is the anxious and emotionally immature women who suffer most in widowhood , and if your elderly parent falls into this category her reaction to her loss may be very trying for you . |
| 17 | And if your modern drawing of Sancho Panza has been ‘ liberated from the master-servant relationship ’ why does he/she/it end up with the donkey ? |
| 18 | Fatalism is the order of the day — and if your best efforts have failed to find a job , it 's understandable that you might feel fatalistic . |
| 19 | The cutaway here has been effected quite neatly and if your playing style incorporates the occasional sojourn past the fourteenth fret , then it 's fairly obvious which model you would go for . |
| 20 | And if your old school pal would like you to carry the train , now is the time to make your excuses . |
| 21 | His idea is that you can vote if if the voter in your constit if a person you vote for in your own constituency loses , you can then switch your vote to anyone else in the country and erm you can have a list of maybe ten or twenty people and erm you will so you 'll hand in your ballot paper with all these names on , signed ballot paper because it has to be public you can hand in your signed ballot paper with all these names on and if your own candidate loses , then er your vote goes to your second person and if that person loses it goes to the third and so on . |
| 22 | The company warns that it can cost up to £75 a day to hire a replacement car and if your own vehicle has to be transported home the bill is likely to be about £400 . |
| 23 | No one says that YOU have to , and if your main reason for wanting a close friendship is to be like everyone else then it wo n't be much of a friendship anyway ! |
| 24 | If his personal god was Sol Invictus , and if his official stance towards Christianity was dictated by expediency and the desire for unity within the Empire , the fact remains that Constantine accorded the God of the Christians a certain unique deference — a deference of a distinctly novel kind . |
| 25 | Thus his conduct very well illustrates the maxim ‘ Look before you leap ’ ; and if his final decision was made when the trend of circumstances was making it harder to leave home , he might well have recalled ‘ He who hesitates is lost ’ . |
| 26 | Enesco is a major force in twentieth century music whose almost total neglect at present is quite astonishing , and if his little Poemes de Clement Marot show a limited aspect of his art , they still breathed an engaging wit and charm in Miss Cotrubas 's heart-warming performance . |
| 27 | Edmund Barham 's wooden acting as Carlos would have mattered less if he had been vocally more alluring and if his stilted phrasing had taken a hint from Mark Elder 's conducting . |
| 28 | And if his own son has to take to the hills — ‘ Yes , well — is Alex sound , then ? ’ |
| 29 | The Derby was the first time Nijinsky started at odds against — and if his full background story had been known , the odds would have been a good deal longer . |
| 30 | They have read it was proposed and seconded by the Reverends erm Mike and Gethwyn and if there any questions I am sure that they are to answer questions rather than ask them to speak to us . |