Example sentences of "if it [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prison did little to lighten their mood : grey frowning walls with a few sombre buildings peeping above them , and a black gateway with an arch which yawned as if it wished to devour any unfortunate who approached it . |
| 2 | It was n't , it definitely was n't the tablets because i if , if it had done that to you , it would have been all day . |
| 3 | If it had done that , we might have had a sensible dialogue with British Rail , but it did not . |
| 4 | It did well enough , though might have done better if it had covered less ground ; also , in the four years that had elapsed since gathering material for it , public interest in the world role that Americans had taken up in the Kennedy years had largely evaporated . |
| 5 | It 's a world away from J. M. Barrie 's classic story — and you ca n't help feeling it could have been better if it had followed that more closely . |
| 6 | I think that it would place great strain not only on the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff but on the budget of the Public Accounts Commission itself if it had to authorise such expenditure . |
| 7 | It was a black and white picture , superficially scratched , and curling at the edges , as if it had received much handling . |
| 8 | She had never really forgotten any of it , of course , how could she forget something that had consumed her so completely , even if it had lasted such a short time ? |
| 9 | A flicker of rebellion stole into her mind and , as if it had needed that impetus , one clear thought struggled free . |
| 10 | This change in relative prices would have been rational if it had reflected any real improvement in the competitive power of electricity ( and there had been a continuing shift in favour of electricity for the whole century ) , but now the shift was artificially exaggerated by historic cost accounting in a period of inflation , and by temporarily depressed investment levels . |
| 11 | But where Paula 's hair had shone and bounced as if it had caught some of the morning 's sunlight her own was straight and mouse coloured , where Paula 's eyes were the clearest , sharpest green hers were muddied to a very ordinary shade of hazel . |
| 12 | If it manages to make that charge stick , it will have got itself a powerful vote-winner . |
| 13 | Would you prefer a shorter conference if it meant paying less ? |
| 14 | He felt the contact was so invaluable that he was prepared to turn down the job at the head of one of the UK 's premier blue-chip companies if it meant making such a sacrifice . |
| 15 | However , given the importance of the mortality record of the children of what we believe to be economically inactive , one parent families , any analysis of health inequalities will be seriously flawed if it fails to include this group . |
| 16 | If it fails to do this , multimedia will be an irrelevance . |
| 17 | Where an exclusion clause controlled by the UCTA is specific to a particular liability the effect of the UCTA is either to render the clause unenforceable ( if the UCTA imposes a total ban ) , or ( if the UCTA imposes the requirement of reasonableness ) to render the clause unenforceable if it fails to satisfy that requirement . |
| 18 | Complicated when it has to be written down to or detailed where there 's a lot of information to be taken in and it 's a lot easier if it 's done that way because people can refer back to it all the time . |
| 19 | Once again that 's another one which is just a glance at the , at the programme if it 's presented one way and very difficult if it 's presented another way . |
| 20 | If you like something enough you know what you can afford and what you 're willing to pay for it and if it 's priced more then you do n't buy it . |
| 21 | I think a business can hardly fail if it 's got that sort of spirit . |
| 22 | If it 's got another consonant do you know what a consonant is ? |
| 23 | And , as this post here , with , whatever it is , it looks as if it 's got some paddings on the ground , maybe a , a boat sometimes gets moored up to it and that 's just to stop the boat er banging up agai maybe the tide comes in that far , I do n't know . |
| 24 | I do n't know , it looks as if it 's got some grit in it for when it gets icy I suppose you have to put he grit down there . |
| 25 | I have ju I do n't know if it 's got any water in , I have only just boiled it . |
| 26 | 1993 is a time to put everything you 've got into your career and ambitions , even if it means sacrificing some fun . |
| 27 | After rugged David Shearer barged over Jimmy Carter and Lee Dixon before firing home Blackburn 's 85th-minute decider , Graham conceded : ‘ We 've got to put the physical side of our game back in place — even if it means sacrificing some of the attractive football we want to play . ’ |
| 28 | No Highlander worth his salt would cut one down , nor will he allow his son to do so , even if it means walking many a long stretch to fetch home firewood . |
| 29 | And right now there are computing systems in which , with which you can have a conversation , and you can use relatively sloppy English , and , like a person , if the computer does n't know exactly what you mean , because your words are ambiguous , it will offer you several alternative interpretations erm if it has formed some , and then have a dialogue with you about which one you meant . |
| 30 | Note that baths and shower trays have a low waste trap , so there will be problems getting sufficient fall on the waste pipe if it has to run all the way across a room under floorboards . |