Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [adv] if [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Veljko Kadijevic on Sept. 12 rejected an order from Mesic ( the nominal commander of the JNA ) to withdraw troops to barracks within 48 hours and reiterated that the JNA would act only if ordered by the Presidency as a whole .
2 Members of the project carry out their own maintenance , as few sites would survive long if handed over to the local authority .
3 The ‘ wild ’ characteristics have been bred out of them for many generations and few would survive long if released into the wild .
4 I think they would do well if playing with O'leary or Faircoulgh .
5 But it was reasonable to believe that , as the international crisis mounted , the politicians would react differently if surrounded by a mass of mobilized and informed opinion than if left to their own devices .
6 He said he would come only if arrested .
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