Example sentences of "if they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Canaries are likely to have more success if they throw 29-year-old Crook into the equation . |
| 2 | Even big companies fear that the safety of their equipment and their employees will be at risk if they seek waste-disposal contracts in the city . |
| 3 | The predatory spirits , on the other hand , are described as if they bore actual malice toward humans . |
| 4 | Local authorities can give discounts of up to 30% if they sell empty houses or flats to priority groups such as first-time buyers and to those moving to their area to start a new job . |
| 5 | Shop owners have been warned that they could face jail sentences if they sell second-hand furniture filled with a highly dangerous type of foam . |
| 6 | The sheriff had suggested that more detonators , designed to alert drivers if they passed red light , be installed . |
| 7 | Hyam also deplores the recent ‘ willingness of Third World governments to adopt the peculiar Purity laws and conventions of Britain in the 1880s as if they represented ultimate truths about human civilisation ’ . |
| 8 | If they afforded unique opportunities , especially in the international realm , they also posed the ultimate challenge for him : to elevate the banality of peace and prosperity into something epic . |
| 9 | but where if they sold little packets of sweets |
| 10 | Police are asking for any witnesses to come forward if they saw suspicious activity near the garage at any time on Saturday night . |
| 11 | Who , who if they 've cold feet lies awake , till they warm up ? |
| 12 | Cavers like Clair Bishop , who came into contact with the chemicals , have been told if they suffer ill effects see their doctors . |
| 13 | The council has also set up a hotline on for local people to ring if they suffer excessive noise . |
| 14 | The fate of Henry Scott may yet prove to be a salutary lesson to those local authorities intending to expand their programmes of publishing homosexual-related literature , nor should librarians ignore this piece of history if they display homosexual literature amongst their new acquisitions or publish a booklist of homosexual literature . |
| 15 | If they became tied agents they were authorised to do business through the life office which took them on ; the life office , in turn , was responsible for their conduct . |
| 16 | Even if people are woken up and asked to learn something , if they go straight back to sleep they are likely to forget the whole episode . |
| 17 | Even liberals believed that the colonies would remain loyal if they received economic benefits and shared in the ideals of liberty , equality and fraternity , which France provided through her ‘ civilising mission ’ . |
| 18 | A communiqué passed to the government on Nov. 22 by a group of prominent citizens known as " the notables " , believed to mediating between the government and the Medellín drug cartel , contained an offer from the cartel that between 200 and 300 of their members would surrender to stand trial if they received official assurances that they would not be extradited to another country . |
| 19 | With the law as it is there may be some men who would prefer an adult partner , but who at present turn their attention to boys because they consider that this course is less likely to lay them open to prosecution or to blackmail than if they sought other adults as their partners . |
| 20 | They could engage in foreign trade , and retain 50 per cent of export earnings in foreign currency , but would require Ministry of Foreign Trade approval if they sought foreign capital investment . |
| 21 | The implicature the people derive seems to be that , if they hear starling-like noises starlings must be there . |
| 22 | Mr Rifkind says that many people in industry are telling him they would ‘ switch to rail tomorrow ’ if they knew British Rail was reliable . |
| 23 | And if they use green netting , I mean it wo n't be a nuisance , it wo n't look er very disfiguring will it ? |
| 24 | " If they hate scientific evidence they certainly hate arithmetic more . |
| 25 | This way it will act rather like an appetite suppressant pill — or , rather , in the way pills should act if they contained sufficient cellulose . |
| 26 | We report here that although rats learn to discriminate between landmarks on the basis of their proximity to a reliably predicted food reward , they will only learn to use them to represent its location if they maintain stable locations within a geometric frame of reference . |
| 27 | So with regard to these beings , the Chewong know that they are vulnerable to attack , but that if they take proper care in their day-to-day behaviour and avoid places where potentially harmful beings are known to live and set their traps , they have a fairly good chance of being healthy and fit . |
| 28 | Middlesbrough will be in a strong position if they take full advantage of games in hand . |
| 29 | If they make stable contacts they pull the sheet to the site of contact , but others merely lose contact and are withdrawn . |
| 30 | Local large employers could also be encouraged to establish departments providing work experience for people with long-term disabilities , provided they received financial incentives in the form of capital grants and revenue support : employers should not be expected to provide charitable funds or investment , although they can provide an atmosphere of tolerance , access for sheltered workers to the benefits which other employees enjoy ( such as sports and canteen facilities ) , and a willingness to consider these supported workers for more general employment if they make good progress . |