Example sentences of "if we did not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was followed in the same debate by a junior who informed the representative body that even if we did not vote for the juniors ' motion a solution would be imposed by the Department of Health in conjunction with the juniors whether we liked it or not . |
| 2 | What would our trade be , if we did not combine together ? |
| 3 | It would be unjust if we did not mention other specialists and their particular techniques . |
| 4 | There would be no point to developing or applying principles of group responsibility if we did not assume that these were connected to judgments about how real people must now act . |
| 5 | He did not ant to see us make the same mistake in Iran as it might cost us much more if we did not move now " . |
| 6 | We group them into species merely as a convenience ; if we did not do so , we could not give them names : hence ‘ nominalism ’ . |
| 7 | Because we knew that the headmaster of the Scuola Medie Inferiori , where I was now in my last year , was not in a position to punish us if we did not appear for lessons on demonstration days , many of us took part only for a short time and then went home . |
| 8 | Graham Frater , our HMI Observer , continually reminded us of the hordes of textbook publishers who might reduce our recommendations to a series of useless exercises if we did not make our rationale abundantly clear . |
| 9 | ‘ If we did not feel 100 per cent positive about our ability to fly the plane safely , we would not put it in the air . ’ |
| 10 | Given the diversity of tribunals , commissions , authorities , ministers and inquiries which constitute our administrative system , it would be surprising if we did not conclude that in some instances the rational basis test was the correct stance and in others a test of substitution of judgment . |
| 11 | If we did not know this before , we have learned it from the actions of parents in Dewsbury who , at the beginning of the school year 1987/8 , refused to allow their children to attend a local primary school that was predominantly Muslim . |
| 12 | ‘ We do n't want to trouble this family for any longer , but if we did not follow up every ‘ not known at this address ’ , we would have a short poll tax register . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I told the IFA that if we got to the World Cup finals and they wanted me to stay on I would and if we did not qualify I would stand down , ’ says Bingham . |
| 14 | If we did not espouse the values of community and express them through policies which are designed to redistribute power and wealth , the electorate would be entitled to ask themselves two questions . |
| 15 | And whilst it pays to take care , where would any of us be if we did not take risks ? ’ |
| 16 | I would certainly like to see it , and we 'd be foolish if we did not consider it . ’ |
| 17 | Jimmy McGregor , a member of the legislative council , said , ‘ If we did not have to depend on China we would be looking at a most marvellous future . ’ |
| 18 | Our newsletter would take a large slice of the membership fees if we did not have our advertisers . |
| 19 | If we did not have this sense , we would view those suicides as silly neurotics who were either mad or stupid . |
| 20 | This purely pictorial device is something we should never have imagined possible in fifth-century sculpture if we did not have it before us . |
| 21 | If we did not have certain terms , for instance if we did not have a word ‘ orange ’ as well as a word ‘ yellow ’ , it is easy to imagine that we would not have a concept of the corresponding colours ; indeed the fact that there is nothing natural or necessary about colour terms is proved , as one of Saussure 's successors argued ( Hjelmslev 1961 : 52ff. ) by the fact that different languages divide up the colour spectrum differently . |
| 22 | If we did not have certain terms , for instance if we did not have a word ‘ orange ’ as well as a word ‘ yellow ’ , it is easy to imagine that we would not have a concept of the corresponding colours ; indeed the fact that there is nothing natural or necessary about colour terms is proved , as one of Saussure 's successors argued ( Hjelmslev 1961 : 52ff. ) by the fact that different languages divide up the colour spectrum differently . |
| 23 | Now Dennis will not sit on any of the committees , well we simply could not get our view and the representation that we want if we did not have erm membership of er particular er committees . |
| 24 | He would have to bump up taxes , or impose higher interest rates or stiffer credit controls if we did not have the security of being a monetary member of the Community . |
| 25 | And then some NATO aircraft too , of course , we 're in Great Britain , so it would n't be fitting and proper if we did not have any of the aircraft from the Royal Air force . |
| 26 | If we did not require that dividend , which is spent on hospitals , schools and much else , we would be able to cut only about 1p off the 24p cost of a first-class stamp . |
| 27 | It is entirely based upon the fraudulent suggestion that , if we did not support agriculture , the prices now obtaining in the world at large would be our prices . |
| 28 | ‘ We feel that if we did not pursue this second transplant it would be like , to put it bluntly , pulling the plug on her . |
| 29 | I think you , Mr Chairman , it would be totally improper if we did not raise the issue within the within the budget if we did not raise the issue of election members and the expenses of election members . |
| 30 | I think you , Mr Chairman , it would be totally improper if we did not raise the issue within the within the budget if we did not raise the issue of election members and the expenses of election members . |