Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | If everyone played the same chess game , it would be stalemate . |
2 | Many ailments which are blamed on old age could be avoided if everyone ate a healthy diet . |
3 | If we further take account of intergenerational differences , then the coefficient of variation over all generations , denoted by , is the weighted sum of individual plus the coefficient of variation obtained if everyone had the mean income of their generation ( the ‘ between-generations ’ inequality ) . |
4 | If everyone had the same preferences as individual i , the same pre-tax income Y i , and the same perception of the tax required , then there would be no disagreement over the level of public spending . |
5 | Now , if everyone had an average-sized lawn which they cut weekly for eight months using half a litre of petrol at each session , they would still burn less than 4 gallons a year . |
6 | To see clearly that the selection of the parameter γ 2 affects the distribution of output around its natural level , we follow Barro 's procedure and first derive what real output in a typical market would be if there were full current information ; that is , if everyone knew the current value of all the shocks affecting the economy . |
7 | Payment would be based on a pooled system : if everyone wanted the same coverage costs would be shared . |
8 | I thought to myself , ‘ Jimmy Dickinson does n't go abroad and certainly not to the States , so if I make a good job of it at Walton Heath I might be caddying for Sandy full-time in the future . ’ |
9 | If I make a black man sweep up my trash , empty my dustbins , wash the vomit from my floor and kill for me in my imperialist wars … well , what do you think ? |
10 | Yes , well I did n't call , but I did said Jane , well you leave , well I 'll leave you to it said Mr Sandy , if you would come upstairs , the policeman and Jane entered her room , please look in the cupboard , I think we 've got a case Sarge , do you mind if I make a quick phone call ? |
11 | If I make a large number of such measurements the theory enables me to calculate the proportion of times the electron will be found " here " and the proportion of times it will be found " there " . |
12 | ‘ I think it is better for the club if I make a clean break . |
13 | If I make a few constructive points , it will be looked on as a Liverpudlian poking his nose in . |
14 | ‘ If I make the other person happy then I feel great . |
15 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
16 | Seeing there are three of you , it would make sense if I made a fourth and helped to leg . ’ |
17 | I could s I I even though it might make me a lot of money because I know that if I got if I made a dozen phone calls and did n't get any deals I 'd be out there wanting play the er I would n't trust myself . |
18 | Would you mind if I made a few housing enquiries for you ? |
19 | It 's going to cost you under thirty eight pounds , so I 've got a little bit of wei , leeway if I made a few mistakes . |
20 | I once asked my stage director what would happen if I made an unexpected ritardando . |
21 | I knew that if I made the slightest false step he would leap at me . |
22 | I did not think He would mind this , especially if I made the whole thing into a sort of combined barby stroke burnt sacrifice . |
23 | He noticed that he was being drawn into making the decision by the ‘ we ’ ; and so he said , ‘ Well , speakin' for meself , it would sicken me if I thought the young 'un got into his hands . ’ |
24 | They 've given me an elbow crutch , and I can make the journey perfectly well now , if I thought the blasted train would stay on the lines , but there 's not much I could do once I got to Moila , is there , if I ca n't walk ? |
25 | If I trace the two lines on a transparent screen between my eye and the lines , the lines in my tracing , as in the original , will be equal in length . |
26 | He points out that if I tear a living system apart into its component atoms , I kill it . |
27 | If I heard the hon. Gentleman correctly , he suggested that redundancy pay for displaced miners was excessively generous . |
28 | It really does n't matter if I 'm a nice guy or not , or if I wrote an awful book . |
29 | If I survive the Wee Green Patriot , we 'll go for him . ’ |
30 | ‘ If I kept a careful check on your movements — which I do n't — I can assure you it would not be for sentimental reasons . ’ |