Example sentences of "but if we [vb base] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | It seems a bit odd to be asking people to join the CTC in order to further the interests of cycling in Scotland ; but if we get this leaflet off the ground we can then tell HQ what we are doing for them . |
2 | But if we omit those material conditions from our writing , then the writing voice loses much of its authority and power . |
3 | But if we spend more than we earn ( ie expenditure is higher than income ) , then ‘ the books ’ do n't balance and we end up in debt , or ‘ in the red ’ . |
4 | But if we reject this view in favour of memory as a property of the brain as a system , rather than of its individual cellular and molecular components , then memory will depend not on distinct biochemistry but on just which cells and synapses are showing the changes , where they are located in the nervous system , and which other cells they make contact with . |
5 | All the letters suggest different ways in which the Bill can be improved , but if we accept this awful timetable motion tonight a Bill of nearly 100 clauses will have very limited time for discussion , and the guillotine will fall in Committee . |
6 | But if we do that at the expense of other vital interests … we will have made a mistake . ’ |
7 | But if we do that , all we do is we we delude ourselves . |
8 | We need to move more into that area of work , that sort of prevention , and we need if possible to move more in partnerships with voluntary organizations , but if we do that , er , then we will have to pay them . |