Example sentences of "if a [noun sg] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a person does tell their GP , the fact that they have had the test will be noted on their medical records . |
| 2 | If a character does fall , a second successful I test is required ( Acrobatics +10 , Scale Sheer Surface +10 ) to avoid sliding off the path and down the scree-slope , taking D3 S 1 hits in the process and coming to rest 2D10 yards away . |
| 3 | At one time the local authority would have provided only one library service — the public library — and if a school did have its own library it would probably have been administered by the public library . |
| 4 | If a migraine does begin , it can now be relieved in 80% of cases by Imigram , an injectable drug available on prescription only , which should be available in tablet form soon . |
| 5 | But he 's got no , as far as I can see he 's got no convincing argument that democracy will do better , but that does n't matter because he thinks that the decisive criticism of enlightened despotism is that it wo n't improve the moral or intellectual well-being of the citizens , but if people are excluded from political decision making , they will have no incentive to educate themselves or morally improve themselves , or he thinks if they do , if a despot does allow for the moral improvement of the citizens , then citizens will no longer accept despotism so that despotism is in a way self-defeating here and if it one of the proper functions of government it ca n't survive . |
| 6 | At least if a film does come , we 'll see that , if the cameras come in anywhere , we 'll see that all-party representation on it . |
| 7 | Palace aides secretly expect that if a divorce did take place , Charles would renounce his right to the throne . |
| 8 | Yes , you see the thing is one appointment can cock up your whole system , because if it like you said , if one , if a customer does happen to call in and say , look I need somebody in here desperately , when do you want it , when it 's smack in the middle , it 's not the other side of the world , but you know he 's in Nuneaton or something , well you still have to go out and see him . |
| 9 | It 's true you know if a di if a child did come out the gate , with that wee fella yesterday I saw him he was with Ryan and he went up that path like lightning . |
| 10 | So there was the swings and roundabouts where had they not recognized and had come along with us , to the extent that we thought we could do our , a sharing objective er and it brought them out of the , the attitude that was hitherto adopted where well management really could n't care very much you know , if a man did suffer the loss of er five pound a week or whatever you know , and , and once it was made clear to him that there was no further er er use of the procedure and he could take it through his district you know , if he liked , the man did n't , well on exceptional cases perhaps they may have taken a case through , but er in the majority of cases the man just accepted it , and made up his losses er er later on . |
| 11 | If a motorist did enter , he would eventually get a bill . |
| 12 | If a company does wish to use ROI to evaluate managers ' short-term performance and those managers are in a position to influence significant investment decisions , then , where the manager 's short-term performance is stressed at the expense of his investment performance , there is a danger that he will restrict investment to increase his ROI . |
| 13 | If a problem does arise , you can get sympathetic help and advice from the appropriate bodies or authorities . |
| 14 | If a problem does arise and you are dissatisfied , make your complaint to the manager at the time of the incident . |
| 15 | If a problem does occur , a signal is automatically sent to the mainframe , and according to Ferry , Granada can respond within two hours , by sending out mobile engineers from one of the 15 local support centres that span the UK and continental Europe . |
| 16 | If a car does approach you and you are threatened — scream as loud as you can and run in the opposite direction . |
| 17 | If the researcher 's interest is sufficiently wide and his pocket sufficiently deep it is advisable to obtain a copy of the appropriate work even if a catalogue does describe the volumes on offer as ‘ disbound ’ , ‘ shaken ’ , with ‘ weak hinges ’ or some other euphemism for falling apart . |
| 18 | If a vacancy does exist what has caused it ? |
| 19 | HaYing said all this I must confess that , because there is so much uncertainty in the calculations , if a chemist did succeed in creating spontaneous life I would not actually be disconcerted ! |
| 20 | If a display does happen now that display is down to 2 handbrake turns and certainly no longer than 2 minutes , because of the success of the operation . |
| 21 | Make sure everyone in the family knows what to do if a fire does start , especially at night . |
| 22 | If a predator does succeed in grabbing a chick , there is less chance that it will be one of his . |
| 23 | If a repeat does occur the immediate response should be a brief interview sufficient to make a satisfactory assessment , especially with regard to suicidal intent . |
| 24 | If a breakdown does occur , we rush to our files to extract the relevant memo which shows that we did tell the boss what was happening — that is , we cover ourselves . |
| 25 | If a takeover does become the subject of civil litigation or criminal proceedings , the Panel will normally suspend publication of any of its own findings which might influence the legal proceedings . |
| 26 | If a horse does pull from anxiety , it is always worthwhile trying a milder bit — in an enclosed space , he can not go far if it does not work . |
| 27 | If a horse does have to live in a yard or stable , it must have exercise every day . |
| 28 | If a dispute does arise , it can quickly be resolved if it is clear ( 1 ) that the terms cover the situation in question , ( 2 ) what the terms mean and ( 3 ) what the effect of the terms is . |
| 29 | If a break does occur the wire tends to coil up , and it is easy to make the mistake of just tying the broken ends together and towing it straight back to the launch point for the next launch . |