Example sentences of "if he [vb -s] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 For if he considers himself in some small way a specialist , not only can he spend a good proportion of his time teaching what he likes and probably , therefore , understands better , but he also has more of a chance of keeping up to date on his chosen subjects , particularly if he has support , as many of the teachers I observed had , from local subject advisers , associations or selective in-service programmes .
2 In England and Wales this is done by the coroner 's court , as indeed it is in some States in the USA and in Canada , and in Scotland it is the procurator fiscal who looks into the matter and will , if he considers it to be an appropriate case , raise the matter at a fatal accidents inquiry in the sheriff 's court .
3 A ruler is bound by the good old law ; if he breaks it in any serious way , his subjects can rebel , and by formal process compel him to obey the law .
4 If he , if he says anything to me I 'll just have to tell him .
5 If he refers it to the Court of Appeal , Courtney may well spend a proper period in jail .
6 Like , if he takes you to some crap trattoria , he 's only expecting half an hour of the missionary position .
7 It should not be difficult for any human being to assent to the adoption of this new creed if he compares it with what is otherwise available .
8 He knows that if he helps them in time of need , they will reciprocate without being asked .
9 Well the farmers for the last couple of years have been arguing that they want this green rate devalued er to try and bring it line more with the market rate er and what this would do would er increase our guaranteed prices in this country and in fact on Friday this happened er the green rate was devalued by 60%. er and so I 've done a few calculations er and for the farmers that are listening and er may understand this er if he was selling his grain in November 89 he would be getting about £99 a ton , whilst if he sells it in November this year he 'll be getting £110 a ton .
10 Why does the right hon. Gentleman think that is , if he blames me for everything ?
11 ‘ But he 's very clever at getting out of it — and if he manages it without one of us noticing he inflicts the most terrible injuries on himself .
12 Well he said if he accuses me of fiddling with the telly I 'll punch his fucking
13 ‘ Perfectly correct , but the thing stores energy as well as transmitting it , so if he gets it to where he 's going , we 're in serious trouble . ’
14 But if he gets it into his head that you 're a spy … .
15 He will do if he gets it into his head but he got in trouble you see , got in with the wrong crowd and
16 If he does it without any help I shall be totally amazed and I think that it 's simply a facility to assume that there 're gon na be reductions in bureaucracy simply by centralising because the record from the past shows that the reverse is the case .
17 In business sales cases the conflicting public interests are that a man is not at liberty to deprive himself or the community of his labour and expertise unreasonably and yet he must have a freedom to sell his business for the best price ; which may be only obtainable if he precludes himself from entering into competition with the purchaser ( see James VC in Leather Cloth Co v Lorsont ( 1869 ) LR 9 Eq 354 ) .
18 Isaac proceeds as if he knows nothing of the events surrounding the pot of soup .
19 John said ‘ I 'll ask the barman if he knows anything about it . ’
20 ‘ While you 're speaking to him , I suggest you ask him if he knows anyone in the building trade who would like to come out here to help you .
21 If he treats her from the beginning like a woman , elderly perhaps , but still entitled to every courtesy and consideration and some of his undivided attention , and if she treats him with affection and interest , voicing her pride in his achievements , and turning to him for advice on various matters , their relationship is usually off to a good start .
22 Mr Gergen will best serve his new boss if he reminds him of the strengths of one of his old ones .
23 If he misdirects himself in coming to his decision , the court can say : ‘ Very well then .
24 No , no the shop could use it then as a as a loss leader he could make say , a penny on it an ge so if he buys it at , you 're buying what , thirty five ?
25 An individual sitting on the board of such an inquiry may satisfy his own conscience if he finds himself in disagreement with his colleagues by exercising his right to attach a minority dissenting view to the formal report if he considers it necessary to do so .
26 The GP is the one who is very likely to know his patient well and if he finds him with chest pain of at least 15 or 30 minutes duration in the classic distribution , with no previous complaints , and obviously not a malingerer , that individual should have thrombolysis as rapidly as possible .
27 If he finds me at it again he 'll be convinced I 'm on the slippery slope . ’
28 Except in a case to which Ord 11 , r 4(2) applies , the plaintiff is entitled to have the accepted sum paid out to him without any order of the court , if he accepts it within the time limited by the rule ( Ord 11 , r 4(1) ) .
29 Although he may not agree with what I have said , and what I am about to say , he should at least extend to all of us the courtesy of sitting quietly in his seat , especially if he joins us at such a late time .
30 When asked if he sees himself as a business man or a sailor , he replies without demur that he is ‘ a businessman ’ , but he also professes , a touch pugnaciously , to being ‘ a socialist ’ and believes that opportunities for the ordinary person to take part in ocean racing have become even fewer since large scale sponsorship .
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