Example sentences of "if we [vb base] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we write g x for the proportional growth rate of variable x , and let we have ( using ( 8–4' ) ) and if we let denote output per capita , ( this needs to be modified where there is technical progress — see below ) . |
| 2 | Are we looking for freshness and flavour , or are we happy to forgo these for the headier feeling that longevity might be achieved if we avoid imbibing pesticide residues . |
| 3 | But if we seek to direct attention to this text as data to stimulate the acquisition of systemic knowledge , we run the risk of making the learner press for precision of meaning beyond any real purpose , thereby misrepresenting the very nature of language use . |
| 4 | For example , if we try to assign characters to the vibration of H 2 O in which bond O-H a stretches , we can see ( Fig. 5.18 ) that X v is + 1 for elements E and σ yz ; but for C 2 and σ xz the arrow representing the motion is neither left unmoved nor simply reversed , but ends up where a similar arrow relating to a stretching motion of the O-H b bond would have been . |
| 5 | The contrasting attitudes become more vivid if we try to envisage men and women of the two epochs as they lie ( as all must ) on their death-beds . |
| 6 | Caroline Durkan , the GDA senior projects executive handling the scheme , said yesterday : ‘ It places us in an awkward position if we try to get cash from the public sector if the private sector do not see the benefits of Citywatch . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If we try to market UnixWare as a glamorous front-end solution we 'll fall flat on our face , ’ a Univel official said . |
| 8 | Can I just quite clearly put on record , and it 's a unanimous decision of the board , we wrote to Edinburgh District a few weeks ago , we 've told them that we will use our best endeavours David , to prosecute the application at Hammerston If we get planning consent and we decide that we ca n't afford a new stadium in total , because of the economic situation , we are aggressively re-looking at the redevelopment of Tynecastle . |
| 9 | If we attempt to restrict development without ensuring access for local people , the result will be to force them out . |
| 10 | Quite simply , nothing unclean shall enter heaven or dwell in the presence of God so if we wish to spend eternity with Christ we need to be thoroughly and permanently cleansed from our sins , totally purged and in fact clothed with the righteousness of God . |
| 11 | If we wish to reclaim responsibility for ourselves we must aim for self-sufficiency because only then can we have control over our lives . |
| 12 | If we wish to map trends in population in the modern world , we can use the statistics provided by a modern census . |
| 13 | If we wish to attenuate dissonances we should therefore separate them adequately . |
| 14 | If we wish to discuss changes in punishment it is perhaps more helpful to look at the percentage of those found guilty receiving different types of sentence . |
| 15 | If we wish to increase growth rate in pigs , for example , we can try breeding only from the fastest growing pigs , and a whole population of fast growing pigs may be obtained in a few generations , if growth rate is heritable . |
| 16 | Containing protein , vitamins and calcium , milk is especially important for our diet if we wish to avoid osteoporosis ( brittle bones ) in later life . |
| 17 | If we wish to encourage risk taking , we have to be prepared to accept and recognize that people will fail . |
| 18 | If we wish to study Lake Tahoe from the point of view of hydrology , fauna and water quality we may find it necessary to extract from maps of these features the polygonal area defining the extent of the lake . |
| 19 | This is even more true if we wish to make generalisations of the kind I examined above with regard to the relative logic , objectivity and neutrality of whole systems . |
| 20 | Or , it might be added if we wish to consider history rather than geography , medieval Europeans represented women as sexually insatiable , while the Victorians represented them as naturally frigid , engaging in sex only as a marital duty . |
| 21 | One of the first things we need to do if we wish to consider sexuality without personal hang-ups getting in the way is to get over our revulsion against sexual terms . |
| 22 | If we wish to fulfil Charles Darwin 's ambition of understanding the reasons for the distribution of differences between the sexes , we shall need to examine the causes of variation in lifetime breeding success among males and females in natural populations . |
| 23 | I mean , if we 've got problems with , with with house protection , you know . |
| 24 | It never has moved from there because our two chairs and it 's normally only two of us watching it , cos if we 've got visitors we never have it on , you know , er they just face that way and it 's convenient and that 's where we put it . |
| 25 | I think because you 've been very good today we 'll play a numbers game as well if we 've got time . |
| 26 | Yeah , if we 've got time , right , see if mummy can , oh I know what I want before I do that |
| 27 | That 'll save us on Monday if we 've got swimming and that to go to . |
| 28 | ‘ I wonder if we 've got grounds to complain to Corps ? ’ |
| 29 | Computers , for example , are now widely used to answer such questions as ‘ What is likely to happen , if we decide to take option A ? ’ |
| 30 | Certainly I think we 're in very great danger of Leeds Bradford , if we start pushing things a great deal more . |