Example sentences of "if [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if building rocky edifices is not your style then you can keep them in a tank with just a few normal caves ( or flowerpots ) ( Lanistes shells being regrettably unavailable to hobbyists ) . |
| 2 | In another pan , cook the chopped onion and celery with the tomatoes and 150 ml ( 6 fl oz ) water , or if using tinned tomatoes omit the water . |
| 3 | If using ordinary rollers , aid the process by switching your hairdryer on to the cold setting and whizz over hair for a few minutes before unwinding the rollers . |
| 4 | b prepare letter/s printed on unheaded paper ( if using different letters for different consultees , ensure separate references put on each letter type ) ; |
| 5 | If using capillary fittings , clean the surface with wire wool |
| 6 | Wear a helmet , especially if using fast roads . |
| 7 | Wear a helmet , especially if using fast roads . |
| 8 | Wear a helmet , especially if using fast roads . |
| 9 | Policy-makers and commentators in many countries of the world have often assumed that small farmers and peasants in mountainous and/or environmentally degraded areas will abandon their hillside plots if given other opportunities elsewhere , so that the state by various means can ease population pressure on steep slopes by encouraging or at least not inhibiting colonisation of new areas . |
| 10 | If given good conditions , most plants will grow erect and above the water surface and even flower . |
| 11 | Sample tasks include asking what 3-D shapes would be made if given 2-D nets were folded up and asking for an interpretation of a 2-D diagram of a model made from cubes . |
| 12 | Fortunately , most retailers will split packs for you if buying whole packs would be uneconomical , so it 's best either to count up the numbers you need from a scale plan of the area to be tiled , or else to use the ‘ number per square metre ’ figures given above . |
| 13 | The Queen 's Bench Division Direction says that the wording must be specific , and if prescribing unpleasant consequences unless a particular act is done , the order must make clear the precise period within which the act is to be done except that unless the court otherwise specifies , no time need be specified in the case of judgments or orders for the payment of money , for possession of land , or the delivery of goods ; in those cases , the order , unless some time is specified , may be enforced immediately . |
| 14 | It seemed possible that outpatient referrals might provide scope for savings if fundholding general practitioners were to refrain from referring patients in cases where they were ambivalent about the necessity for specialist intervention . |
| 15 | If travelling long distances and anticipating specific facilities or services it is strongly recommended to telephone beforehand . |
| 16 | If elected local authorities are fit to draw up development plans and to judge the vast majority of planning applications , it would be odd to say that they were not fit to judge their own development proposals . |
| 17 | If repeated endoscopic attempts failed , emergency operation was performed . |
| 18 | If discussing mixed messages would be embarrassing , then publicly testing for the validity of these explanations would be even more so . |