Example sentences of "if [noun prp] [vb past] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The headnote in the Weekly Law Reports is wrong : it states that the lease provided that disputes were to be referred to arbitration , whereas in fact the lease between Ipswich and Fisons said that if Fisons did not accept Ipswich 's terms the matter should be referred to an independent expert . |
| 2 | Quinn had made plain if Zack did not call it was over . |
| 3 | If Edwin did not mind , she wished only to be left alone . |
| 4 | Sometimes it seemed as if Charley did not distinguish between a live body and a dead one . |
| 5 | In their final communiqué the heads of state threatened to blockade that part of Liberia controlled by Charles Taylor 's National Patriotic Front of Liberia if Taylor did not implement within one month the Yamoussoukro IV peace agreement signed in October 1991 [ see p. 38518 ] . |
| 6 | This activity continued despite the threat made at the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) summit in July to blockade NPFL territory if Taylor did not implement the terms of the Yamoussoukro IV peace agreement by the end of August [ see p. 38993 ] . |
| 7 | ‘ Even if Lulach did not exist , there is nothing I can do , ’ Sulien said . |
| 8 | He was relieved to feel that he would not be alone with Eleanor and was sure that he would be able , casually and quietly , to say something about Liza in the course of the evening — that is , if Eleanor did not say something first . |
| 9 | It was Mr Spyros P. Skouras who let it be known that if Kazan did not testify helpfully , the pictures he had just made might never appear and he would not be directing any more . |
| 10 | Despite a warning of further violence if Simon did not abandon his concerts , they took place without incident . |
| 11 | Bede 's reckoning from 642 for the accession of Oswiu would suggest to him the year 664 , but if Oswiu did not succeed until 643 the reference to his twenty-second year would point to 665 as the year of the council . |
| 12 | On Nov. 12 the outspoken chair of the Campaign for Democracy Beko Ransome Kuti called on Nigerians to " make the country ungovernable " by acts of civil disobedience if Babangida did not leave office on Jan. 2 as promised . |
| 13 | The chair of the Campaign for Democracy , Beko Ransome-Kuti , who had called for a campaign of civil disobedience in the New Year if Babangida did not leave office , was arrested on Dec. 31 and detained for a number of days . |
| 14 | Even if Stratford did not have the character for martyrdom , it is certain that Edward was too shrewd to promote it . |
| 15 | Nicholas Hall describes how , for the 1930 purchases from the Hermitage , Knoedler arranged that Andrew Mellon , who provided the financial backing , would pay Knoedler 's a commission of 25% if he decided to buy the works and conversely , if Mellon did not wish to buy a particular work , Knoedler 's would sell it for a 25% profit to be paid to Mellon . |
| 16 | The ruling was not binding although the USA would be free to impose retaliatory measures if Canada did not act . |
| 17 | If Olwyn did not go of her own accord she was taken , undressed and washed and put to bed forcibly . |
| 18 | If Cambridge did not want Ramsey , others did . |
| 19 | If Armenia did not halt its " aggression " , he warned , it would be responsible for the consequences . |
| 20 | Into the power-vacuum created by the slaying of Osric and Eanfrith stepped Eanfrith 's brother , Oswald , who slew Cadwallon in the battle of ‘ Heavenfield ’ near Hexham in the autumn of either 634 ( if Eadwine was killed in 633 ) or 635 ( if Eadwine did not perish until 634 ) ( see Appendix , Fig. 7.3 ) , and assumed the kingship of both the Deirans and the Bernicians ( HE 111 , 1 , 2 ) . |
| 21 | She asked that if Clemens did not attend his trial in London he be dealt with as convicted in his absence . |
| 22 | ‘ If Dickens did not mention them , I did not , ’ said Auguste sourly . |
| 23 | If Johann did not open the door , Fritz would come round to the other side of the castle to find me . |
| 24 | Two options were to be put to the Arab states , the first was to make their demands to Israel concerning borders , the return of the refugees , and so on , on the basis of determination to prosecute the war if Israel did not comply . |
| 25 | And if Angel did not want to become a priest , what was the use of sending him to study at Cambridge ? |
| 26 | He refused to back a threat by the new commander of Georgian troops in Abkhazia , Col. Georgy Karkarashvili , to attack Gudauta if Ardzinba did not surrender on Aug. 26 . |
| 27 | John of Anagni threatened to lay an interdict on France if Philip did not come to terms with Henry , but Philip was unmoved and observed that the legate 's money bags were obviously full of English silver . |
| 28 | However , in the intensive lobbying prior to the vote in both houses , Bush had agreed to concessions on his policy of unconditional renewal of MFN status , including " strong action " if China did not lower import tariffs , end illegal textile shipments via a third country , and strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights . |
| 29 | Bush had pressed for an unconditional renewal of MFN status , but after intensive congressional pressure Bush agreed to take " strong action " if China did not lower import tariffs , end illegal textile shipments via third countries , and strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights . |
| 30 | Fernandes , the party 's former shadow Foreign Minister , was quoted as saying that if Savimbi did not accept their call for reforms at the party conference to be held on June 30 , their tendency would split from UNITA . |