Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] if [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at the end of the day , there simply is no point in punishing criminals if you ca n't catch them , and I think it is absolutely critical that we should be devoting our attention er , to policing that catches criminals and prevents crime , and I entirely support the , the points just made about the er , initiatives within the community particularly in the schools , because I think it is absolutely critical that we er , promote a society where crime should not pay . |
| 2 | It will prevent brewers from evicting publicans in tied houses if they sell one ‘ guest beer ’ . |
| 3 | People have been counted as spending all of the last year of their lives in residential homes if they had lived in one for a year or more . |
| 4 | We need to jointly work together in public services if we are to combat the problems faced by the . |
| 5 | This fellow 's excuse for putting his shovel into the public purse is that he is executive producer of the Wogan show , something he keeps to himself in public places if he has any sense . |
| 6 | In some countries if you miss a chance to fly it may be weeks before the weather allows you another opportunity . |
| 7 | Er and I suppose the great you know lesson of social sciences in , in some ways if it 's , if it 's for anything it ought to be to try and avoid that kind of disaster , because erm if we understood ourselves better we might you know in the future try and avoid that thing because we just would n't attempt if , if that was n't an attempt to be . |
| 8 | Shop monthly account Credit from a particular shop , sometimes to an agreed limit ( say , £200 ) , until monthly statement which you have to pay in full ; no interest ( except in some shops if you pay late ) . |
| 9 | However , we can understand it in similar terms if we numerically ( as opposed to analytically ) compute return maps on a suitable plane . |
| 10 | In chronic cases if you change to a complementary remedy you generally start from 0/1 again and work up . |
| 11 | Therefore , be ready to press for an inquiry in such circumstances if you consider there is a fighting chance that the church can be saved . |
| 12 | Check that all airbricks are kept clear , and put in extra ones if you suspect that underfloor ventilation is not adequate — there should be one every 1.8m along all outside walls . |
| 13 | Research has also suggested that older people prefer not to share accommodation with their offspring in joint households if they can no longer manage on their own . |
| 14 | It is certain that LIFFE could not match the CBoT 's or the CME 's liquidity in these contracts if it came to head on competition . |
| 15 | Even events which we would never passivize in English because they involve only one participant and therefore can not ‘ logically ’ be passivized are expressed in passive structures in these languages if they are unpleasant , for example ‘ I was died on by my father ’ in Japanese . |
| 16 | Children need to know what to do in these cases if they are to get at the truth , and they also need to be shown that print is not necessarily infallible . |
| 17 | If anybody can help me help me to get it up to three figures again personal contact could be er very useful in these cases if you come across anybody who you might think we could interest . |
| 18 | This is because BBCBASIC(Z80) ca n't work out what you mean in these circumstances if you leave the THEN out . |
| 19 | A housing authority is obliged to comply with a request for help in these circumstances if it is compatible with its own statutory duties and obligations and does not unduly prejudice the discharge of its own functions ( s27(2) ) . |
| 20 | Phrasal appositions , like repetitions , require extra processing which must be outweighed by an increase in contextual effects if they are to be justified under the principle of relevance . |
| 21 | The poorest fifth pay nearly a quarter of their income in indirect taxes if you include in that the assumption that employers pass on their taxes in higher prices . |
| 22 | He could have seen money in this right off and been leading Dr. Favor on , seeing to make about a month 's wages in three days if he kept all the fares ; and why would n't he ? |
| 23 | These pellets may accumulate in great concentrations if they are deposited from regular nest or roost sites ( Southern , 1954 ; Lockie , 1955 ; Dare , 1961 ; Simms , 1961 ; McNally , 1964 ; Dean , 1973 ; Glue , 1971,1977 ; Glue & Hammond , 1974 ) . |
| 24 | When we asked all the branches in Environmental Services if they had anything we should know about and put into print for the next Environmental Issues , such as had they done anything exciting or out of the ordinary recently , Branch manager from Pest Control Sheffield , Henri Amiss was quick to point out that everything their branch did set them apart from other branches . |
| 25 | Disappointment was also the reaction of Sealink British Ferries , whose parent company Sea Containers is currently fighting a $1.036 billion bid from Temple Holdings which would involve the UK ferry business ending up in Swedish hands if it succeeds . |
| 26 | Men always indulged in casual affairs if they could . |
| 27 | They urged that if the loyalist political parties were to go into the convention without having in reserve the weapon of the general strike , they would be as naked and helpless as Aneurin Bevan , the post-war foreign secretary , had said Britain would be in international councils if she were unilaterally to discard her nuclear weapons . |
| 28 | And making mistakes in important contracts if they involve w hundreds of millions of business can be very expensive indeed . |
| 29 | In extreme circumstances if it is not possible to take leave before leaving due to work demands then it may be possible for the employee to be paid . |
| 30 | All I needed was 10 pence — which was what you had to pay in those days if you said you came from the previous stop — but I did n't even have that . |