Example sentences of "if [pron] [vb -s] that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Also , if she thinks that all that matters is high marks , then she will feel her work is substandard if she does not achieve them . ’ |
| 2 | In this case you should apply to Christine no fewer than three days in advance , and she may reset your card if she feels that this action is justified . |
| 3 | Whilst its coverage of public affairs ‘ news ’ was not comparable to the Daily Mirror — the amount of space devoted to such news declined between 1927 and 1937 by 59 square inches or 5% — that decline is one of 19% if one assumes that that content should have expanded in line with the expansion of total editorial space . |
| 4 | Although the aims of the charter are laudable , ensuring adequate social security , the right of employees to join a union and the right to strike , among other things , they could be unworkable if one assumes that some closer links between the emerging countries of the Eastern bloc and the West — including German reunification . |
| 5 | This difficulty does not arise if one assumes that both processes co-exist from the beginning of life , that they both have adaptive functions , and they are not necessarily in conflict with one another — even though they may on occasion be . |
| 6 | If one assumes that any paddler runs a risk of shoulder damage when the shoulder angle is forced beyond 180 degrees , then a canoeist can choose to paddle at high risk with an arm position close to the limit or at low risk . |
| 7 | The magnitude of the special needs post-holder 's task becomes clear if one considers that these skills are to be geared to assisting classroom teachers of varying lengths of career experience ( often considerably longer than that of the ‘ qualified ’ supporter ) and range of subject specialities ( beyond the supporter 's expertise ) — teachers already under pressure from many directions and with ambivalent feelings about ‘ hawing problems ’ and ‘ being seen as in need of help ’ ; and if one considers that the supporter 's extended task is to deepen these colleagues ' understanding of ‘ special ’ learning needs , to enhance their skills , discover and develop their strengths and the confidence that the professional know.how they possess can be summoned for responding more appropriately to most of the behavioural , emotional and learning difficulties they encounter . |
| 8 | There is a danger of over-simplification here , especially if one forgets that such traits as introvert/extrovert and optimist/pessimist are , at best , rough indications — they are continua , not two set points . |
| 9 | For if one supposes that all good things become valueless if you remove the pleasure , one may infer that all the value must lie in the pleasure . |
| 10 | Not so strange , perhaps if one reflects that all moral dramas need villains as well as heroes , and that Leavis above all offered moral drama . |
| 11 | Nevertheless the Bank of England still requires banks ( and other institutions in the monetary sector ) to maintain sufficient liquidity , and from time to time it can order them to increase their liquidity ratio if it feels that this is necessary . |
| 12 | The Botswana government is keeping open its options to dredge the area in the future , if it feels that this is necessary . |
| 13 | However , the notion of discovery might itself be slightly misleading , if it implies that all the indeterminate , implicit meanings have been made determinate and explicit . |
| 14 | Yeah , but I mean if it , if it erm if it means that that it might spoil your entry into it , it 's such a sa small thing is n't it ? |
| 15 | The OFT investigates complaints if it appears that these trade associations are not following their own guidelines and , as a final sanction , the OFT can withdraw its endorsement . |
| 16 | If he believes that many of those millions have even heard of the party , he will believe anything . |
| 17 | The dilemma of those who evoke consciousness as the basis of phenomena was succinctly stated by Ronnie Knox in his limerick on idealism : There once was a man who said " God Must think it exceedingly odd If he finds that this tree Continues to be When there 's no one about in the Quad . " |
| 18 | And if anyone believes that such flexible working arrangements limit the appeal of the practitioner , then they are mistaken . |