Example sentences of "if [pron] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would feel bad if I knew for certain that someone was going to cosh me with a lead pipe on January 15 of that year . |
| 2 | If I ask for extra to buy baby clothes , he says he does n't have the spare cash . |
| 3 | ‘ Planning ’ was judged to have taken place if the girl had known the man for at least six months before cohabitation and if she cohabited for positive reasons rather than because of outside pressures such as pregnancy or the need to escape from an unhappy home . |
| 4 | ( h ) Declaration of trust If you act for joint buyers , prepare now the declaration of trust mentioned on taking instructions ( p17 above ) . |
| 5 | This costs up to 2 p.c. of the sum converted with the possibility of a £3 handling charge if you opt for non-sterling or American dollar denominated cheques . |
| 6 | This straightforward facility means that you can revise , or indeed build , your presentation at the last minute — particularly if you opt for on-screen presentations , rather than foils produced by colour plotters — yet still get professional results . |
| 7 | On your your multi-purpose sander if you go for black pack of three , I think they 're about three ninety odd , that 's what they were se selling them to the er |
| 8 | If you go for conventional curtains , you have the choice of metal or plastic rails , tracks and poles . |
| 9 | By my rough calculations , the total amount of election-related television by the four terrestrial networks over the course of the month-long campaign comes to around 420 hours — 260 hours if you allow for non-poll material by subtracting 30 per cent of overall time from news bulletins and 60 per cent from breakfast shows . |
| 10 | That fight will be helped if you vote for composite fourteen and motion three O five . |
| 11 | If you leave for other reasons |
| 12 | The only drawback is the expense if you fish for long sessions and take enough meat to feed continuously . |
| 13 | Throughout his career Chaplin took every care to sustain the idea that his life had been a kind of Victorian romance and perhaps if we allow for certain embellishments we can accept this interpretation as legitimate . |
| 14 | But it was , in real terms , very much less if one allows for rising prices . |
| 15 | Alec and his colleagues believe the military would laugh at them if they asked for personal protection weapons . |
| 16 | If they knew for certain that a vote of censure could not result in a general election , but would simply bring about a reshuffle in the Government , their conduct would become more robust . |
| 17 | Farmers whose turnover is below the registration limit , currently £36,600 a year , may use the scheme if they qualify for voluntary VAT registration . |
| 18 | Even if it worked for senior house officer appointments it would not work for registrar appointments . |
| 19 | If he hoped for public sympathy from his revelations about the affair and marriage , he was very wrong . |
| 20 | If he opts for physical delivery , he will be allocated one of a number of prime banks whose sterling time deposits are accepted by LIFFE as being of deliverable quality . |