Example sentences of "if [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using a rate of discount of 10% per annum ( 0.027% per day ) implies that the expected duration of a job is about 1.3 years if accepted in the first three months of the unemployment spell and three years if accepted later ( see footnote 3 ) . |
| 2 | There are other quotes but I will save these for my submission to District Council if needed on the fourth of January . |
| 3 | If getting to the last eight of the Scottish Cup makes it look as if I have taken to management like a duck to water , I would be telling lies if I said the job was easy . |
| 4 | His true value would have been far more appreciated if introduced in the first place to more mature minds . |
| 5 | To cut the dole was , in Seely 's view , essential , but ‘ this tangle can not be unravelled by any one party , or even any two , because if opposed by the third they would lose the Election and the evil would continue . ’ |
| 6 | If the company has been dormant from the time of its formation , the special resolution will be effective if passed before the first general meeting at which accounts are to be laid . |
| 7 | The stipulation pour autrui is already effective , but may become inoperative if rejected by the third party . |
| 8 | Rubella is the most serious maternal infection and can cause severe mental and physical damage if contracted during the first 16 weeks of pregnancy . |
| 9 | She flushed and hesitated , as if realizing for the first time where all this was leading . |
| 10 | Oddly enough , at the end of the 205 hours the subjects claimed that they could go on longer , that after the fifth day things had got easier , and indeed offered to stay awake for another day if paid at the ninth day 's rate . |