Example sentences of "if they [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An example of this is the trigram model used in the TANGORA speech recogniser ( Jelinek , 1986 ) which assumed that histories are equivalent if they end in the same two words . |
| 2 | S some of them did yes if they came in the springtime and then in the ar in in the harvest time . |
| 3 | The Assembly had 386 seats and under the country 's complex electoral system ( approved in October 1989 — see p. 36961 ) , there were 176 single-member constituencies , where results were decided either by overall majority in the first round , or in a second round to which candidates would go forward if they finished in the top three or obtained over 15 per cent of the vote . |
| 4 | The plumed seeds of Dischidia parvifolia ( Asclepiadaceae ) are wind-dispersed but , if they land in the vicinity of ant nests , they are gathered and taken into tunnels , where they germinate and their roots gain access to nutrients in the insect frass . |
| 5 | I tell the young people joining us that the great division in their lives , if they climb in the business , is the division between the company and their family . |
| 6 | If they come in the middle of the night , you ai n't even gon na be awake . ’ |
| 7 | I mean for example if they walked in the room right now I 'm sure you 'd introduce me so I 'm really saying is look can you give me a telephone number , I 'll give them a chat and in fact , by the way , if you do see him within the next couple of days or so please give him a shout , let me know that you 've been quite excited about some of the ideas that I 've shown you this evening , I wan na do the same thing for him , you know , nothing gained nothing ventured nothing lost . |
| 8 | But the pensioner 's death means that Andrew , his wife Janice and son Gareth , 12 , face eviction as squatters if they stay in the house at Margam , South Wales , said Port Talbot council . |
| 9 | Therapy teaches clients that feelings can be tolerated and will fade away if they stay in the feared or difficult situation . |
| 10 | Current levels of unemployment are relatively unimportant , hopefully some time down the line they will expect to get er as a relatively well paid job erm because agricultural incomes are so very low , you know , and urban incomes are relatively , relatively high , they may be prepared to wait for you know five or six years in the urban area , making what could be sort of a subsistence wage , simply because that 's all that they 're gon na be on anyway if they stay in the rural area , so if there is a higher probability of them getting a well paid job merely by being in the urban area making these contacts then they might as well move to the , to the urban area in the hope of some time in the future obtaining that er er an urban job . |
| 11 | In response , the largest bird importer in the US , A.A. Pare , has argued that " What we 're doing is salvaging the birds … if they stay in the jungle , they 're not going to have it in the next five years … |
| 12 | If they stay in the lower divisions they 'll have to eliminate seating in seven years time . |
| 13 | Perhaps they might become friends , she thought doubtfully , or at least neighbours , passing the time of day if they met in the road . |
| 14 | As far as most Sussex people were concerned , it was probably a struggle which only affected them if they got in the way of one of the opposing forces . |
| 15 | Despite the eager shouting of his Goblin mates , the Fanatic really has little idea of where he is going , and will happily plough through troops from his own side if they get in the way . |
| 16 | Indeed , one scientist has been so misled by this grammatical similarity as to say that , given appropriate nerve graftings , two people could feel the same pain just as , if they looked in the same direction , they could see the same table . |
| 17 | The action project began on 1 April 1984 and any people aged 65 or over who were referred to the hospital psychogeriatric service during the 12 months to the end of March 1985 and who were diagnosed as suffering from dementia , became members of the action sample if they lived in the action area , and of the control sample if their home was in the control area ( so long as they were not living permanently in an institution at the time of referral and they or their carers gave consent for their inclusion ) . |
| 18 | Young people , black people and men were more at risk from burglary , particularly if they lived in the Mildmay area For theft from the person , women are in general more at risk than men , blacks are more likely to be victimised than whites and the risk of victimisation decreases with age . |
| 19 | They … er … wondered if they featured in the photographs . ’ |
| 20 | Fitness fanatics have been warned that they could seriously injure themselves if they join in the latest health craze without proper preparation . |
| 21 | The simplest maze is a T-maze in which the individual has to make one directional choice ; by rewarding rats that turn one way rather than the other ( or by giving them an electric shock if they turn in the opposite direction ) , the experimenter can teach them to make a consistent and predictable choice . |
| 22 | Use the soft hyphen in words which would not be hyphenated if they fell in the middle of a line . |
| 23 | When the landlord 's agents and the militia arrived , the tenants offered the whole of next year 's rent in advance if only Mrs. Pedelty would leave them at peace ; it had taken half an hour to get word to her of this offer and to bring back her refusal Then they asked for compensation for the land they had cleared and she sent back to say if they persisted in the claim she would sue for dilapidation and waste . |
| 24 | If they sleep in the shade of prohibitions for foreign goods , besides harming the Treasury and the Nation , they will harm themselves . |
| 25 | Consultants are often fearful that these new styles of service will lead to the quality of care of acutely ill patients on the wards suffering ; they believe that the focus of community work is away from those who are most in need or are concerned that if they work in the community they will lose the professional day-to-day support of consultant colleagues . |
| 26 | Hostile amendments are particularly awkward if they occur in the autumn , near the end of the parliamentary session , when the time available for further reconsideration is short . |
| 27 | If they fly in the area they will be well aware we are likely to attack . ’ |
| 28 | So many Britons whose lives were little more than hard unremitting toil would have used the licence of the festival to make fun of these imagined orgies , especially if they occurred in the great houses . |
| 29 | They could n't get back to the bank without treading on shifting , clutching , cloying marsh , which could trap them and draw them right down ; and if they stayed in the car , sooner or later they would go under with it . |
| 30 | If they stayed in the war zone they would face almost certain death . |