Example sentences of "be [verb] then they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maintaining teacher credibility and teacher self-respect is important but often this is done at some cost but if apologies to children and parents are justified then they should be made handsomely . |
| 2 | Had the bodies viewed by Kirkpatrick been embalmed then they would not have ‘ changed within twelve hours after they were exposed ’ . |
| 3 | If the Spanish government pays an agreed sum it has to be agreed then they stay with the rest of the paintings . |
| 4 | More than one researcher abandoned the field with the argument that if the biochemical changes really ‘ coded for ’ memory in the brain then they would be too small to be measured , and if they were large enough to be measured then they probably were n't anything to do with memory . |
| 5 | If banks or outside rescuers are to be involved then they will want to know the long term prospects and objectives so these can not be ignored . |
| 6 | If these different abilities can be combined then they represent something more powerful and effective than anything we have ever had before . |
| 7 | If they could n't be destroyed then they must be neutralized or kept in a stage of siege . |
| 8 | This part of the task is very slow and time-consuming and if more than one plate is being constructed then they could be clamped together and all be drilled at the same time . |
| 9 | If its contents were released then they would be destroyed ; but also the repercussions would be enormous . |
| 10 | These shares are held by the investors , and on the triggering of the ratchet — the achievement of certain projections or market capitalisation on a flotation , for example — all or some of the convertible redeemable preference shares will be redeemed ; but if the results fall short of what is expected then they will be converted into ordinary shares and as a result increase the investor 's share of the equity at the expense of the proportion held by management . |