Example sentences of "if he [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he undertakes such tests and discovers the truth , should he then be able to jettison his partner , otherwise presumably to his liking ? |
| 2 | Otherwise , Kovacevich was well wide of the mark and if he respects this work he might contemplate putting it away for a few years before reconsidering its interpretation . |
| 3 | If he receives decent ball , Stuart Barnes can be brilliant but a big question mark hangs over his performance when he 's confronted with poor quality possession . |
| 4 | It is clear then , that , according to this head of liability , a third party may be liable if he receives corporate property with actual or constructive knowledge of a breach of trust . |
| 5 | Yet , if he receives full parole , in little more than two years Courtney will be free . |
| 6 | If he discounts other people 's slivers , he can give only his limited view and the true proportions of the 3-dimensional many coloured " whites " and yolks may be grossly misrepresented . |
| 7 | If he loses this case he could face a jail sentence . |
| 8 | But that could mean that he never sings again if he loses this case . |
| 9 | I said if he says one word , I said I 'm gon na jump on him . |
| 10 | I tell him if he harbours any ideas about staying with me , he 'd better kick the gear . |
| 11 | The hunter is thus motivated primarily by self-interest and pragmatism — the fear of possible retribution — even if he expresses these motives in religious and moral terms . |
| 12 | ‘ at any time if he thinks fit release on licence a person serving a term of imprisonment for life subject to compliance with such conditions , if any , as the Secretary of State may from time to time determine . |
| 13 | This is not the place for a proper discussion of Empson 's views , which like a great deal of British work are more concerned with critical method than with theory ( he wrote ( 1950 : 594 ) that ‘ a critic ought to trust his own nose , like the hunting dog , and if he lets any kind of theory or principle distract him from that , he is not doing his work ’ ) . |
| 14 | What seems to happen is that an individual , given his arrival in a situation , reviews it in the context of his own objectives and decides that if he takes certain actions , the situation will change in the direction of his objectives . |
| 15 | I think he 's got a good idea here but if he takes that slant to his story you could do rather well . |
| 16 | THE Ulster roar , which nearly tore the roof off at Cheltenham as Rhythm Section won the Tote Festival Bumper , will be just a whisper compared to the reception The Committee will receive if he wins next Saturday 's Aintree showpiece . |
| 17 | Brightly coloured coats , shirts and trousers should be tailored to a tight fit ; an elaborately decorated scarf should encircle his waist and hold a dagger : ‘ With a monthly salary of one hundred rupees let him allot ten rupees for the belt and the embroidered badge if he spends fifty rupees on a fur it will not be prodigality . ’ |
| 18 | If he sells two horses , how long should the food last now ? |
| 19 | ( 1 ) A licensing board shall not refuse to grant a licence under this Part of this Act except under subsection ( 2 ) below or on one or more of the following grounds : ( a ) that the applicant is disqualified by or under this or any other enactment for holding a licence or is in other respects not a fit and proper person to hold a licence under this Part of this Act ; or ( b ) that the premises to which an application relates are not fit and convenient for the purposes of the canteen ; or ( c ) in a case where objection has been made to the situation of the canteen , on the ground specified in the objection ; or ( d ) that the applicant or body providing the canteen has entered into an agreement limiting the sources from which the alcoholic liquor or the mineral waters to be sold in the canteen may be obtained ; but nothing in this subsection shall prevent a licensing board from specifying in the licence granted by it the types of liquor ( including if the board thinks fit types of liquor other than those in respect of which the application for the licence was made ) which may be sold under the licence , and the holder of the licence or his employee or agent shall be guilty of an offence , if he sells alcoholic liquor of a type other than that specified in the licence . |
| 20 | The philosophy is the incorrect one of a marksman who feels that , if he shoots enough bullets at a target , one of them will hit it , and that the aim of none of them needs be very precise . |
| 21 | Is a judge ever conscious that his reputation as a judge is likely to be adversely affected in their eyes if he decides one way , and favourably affected if he decides another way ? |
| 22 | Is a judge ever conscious that his reputation as a judge is likely to be adversely affected in their eyes if he decides one way , and favourably affected if he decides another way ? |
| 23 | He may well enhance his reputation at Blackburn , IF he scores more goals . |
| 24 | If 14 days be a reasonable length of time in such a contract in this particular trade , and if he waits seven days before entrusting the goods to a third person on sale or return , that third person has the right to keep them as against him for 14 days , whereas the original owner has a right to the return of them within seven days from that date and I think that is clearly an act inconsistent with anything but his having adopted the transaction . ’ |
| 25 | Manjiku thinks he 'll have a baby himself if he eats enough women , especially women with babies inside them waiting to be born — ; |
| 26 | It is as if he glimpses absolute Truth in and through particular instances of truth . |
| 27 | If he gets another red he 's won the match . |
| 28 | The question was sent in by a viewer and ran as follows : ‘ Will Mr Kinnock , if he becomes Prime Minister , return the Elgin Marbles to Athens ? ’ |
| 29 | If he rebuffs all approaches and continues to let a listed house decay , then the local planning authority has powers to serve a Repairs Notice . |
| 30 | An individual is not , by reason of having information relating to any particular transaction , prohibited by sections 1(2) , ( 4 ) ( b ) , ( 5 ) , or ( 6 ) from dealing on a recognised stock exchange and by s.1(7) and 1(8) from counselling , procuring , or communicating that information , if he does that thing in order to facilitate the completion or carrying out of the transaction . |