Example sentences of "if [indef pn] [vb mod] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her father was unwell , she explained ; it would be helpful if everyone would leave the theatre as quickly as possible . |
| 2 | On the Master of the Roll 's reasoning it would appear to me as if nothing can preserve the true character and origin and parentage of the income paid to the beneficiaries through their bankers unless that be done by lodging with those bankers the dividends , share warrants and the like received by the trustees but not cashed . |
| 3 | Cradled within his arms , Laura drifted into a deep sleep , but , even as she dreamed , their bodies seemed to stir against one another , as if they could n't help but touch and make love again ; as if nothing could satisfy the desire that each had awakened in the other 's flesh . |
| 4 | Propositions 53 — 71 are the application of this thought to expectation ( for example , 56 : ‘ If someone could see the expectation itself — he would have to see what is being expected ’ ; 60 : ‘ Reality is not a property still missing in what is expected and which accedes to it when one 's expectation comes about ’ ) ; 331–70 , to colours ( for example , 331 : ‘ One is tempted to justify rules of grammar by sentences like ‘ But there really are four primary colours . |
| 5 | If one ought to act because of an authoritative directive one 's reasons are different than if one ought to perform the same act for other reasons . |
| 6 | If one may accept the equivalence of at least the concepts underlying the terms and on the one hand and and on the other , there is thus some solid evidence , in addition to the line of reasoning advanced above , to suggest that the concept of a division between " the interior " and " the exterior " existed at least from fairly early on in the sixteenth century ; and it is not unreasonable to suppose that the terms haric and dahil are not anachronistic in respect of the Kanunname . |
| 7 | In this sense one is neutral only if one can affect the fortunes of the parties and if one helps or hinders them to an equal degree and one does so because one believes that there are reasons for so acting which essentially depend on the fact that the action has an equal effect on the fortunes of the parties . |
| 8 | But there is a school of thought that says that if one can make the forests economically or financially valuable to the countries then they 're more likely to look after them than if you do n't . |
| 9 | If one can notice the absence of something one must already know what it is for things to be absent . |
| 10 | If one can imagine the scene in the village , to put it mildly it would have been hectic . |
| 11 | And reciprocally , if memory formation requires the synthesis of proteins for the construction of synapses , then if one could stop the proteins from being synthesized around the time of learning then the memory should not be formed ; an animal trained on a task and prevented from synthesizing proteins should behave as if it has no memory for the task — is amnesic — when it is subsequently asked to perform it . |
| 12 | And a Chartist candidate too , he 'd heard , if one could believe the insolence , bringing his Chartist banners and his hymns to Frizingley again ; with not a hope of winning , of course , since the men who would like to elect him had no votes to do it with . |
| 13 | The Royal Commissions and official committees of inquiry have maintained a reticence on such matters that has at times made their recommendations Appear naïve — as if one could consider the reorganisation of Political institutions in isolation from politics ! |
| 14 | It would be smooth sailing , if one could determine the course of one 's actions only by one general principle whose application at a given moment was too obvious to need even a moment 's reflection . |
| 15 | But I hope to learn these soon if anybody will have the goodness to bear with me . |
| 16 | She 'll have to do the manual but if anyone could do the general |
| 17 | Otto was lord over many tribes , king of Germany and Italy ; , he was concerned , too , to subdue Bohemia , to spread German power east of the Elbe , to convert the heathen of north-eastern Europe ; if anyone could challenge the prestige of Byzantium , it was he . |
| 18 | They showed us a spinette and asked if anyone could play the piano . |
| 19 | Senior Tories doubt if anyone will do the decent thing for Patten . |
| 20 | But I doubt if anyone will win the 1996 election on a slogan of ‘ Back to the simple cheese sandwich at £1.25 , and death to expensive Ploughman 's lunches ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ It is our hope that they will not withdraw , and if anything will go the other way , ’ and invest more , Mr Dinkins said . |