Example sentences of "if [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adjectives will creep in , if my own experience is anything to go by . |
| 2 | Later , I reflected that to be in receipt of confidences of this kind , if my own experience was anything to go by , could be insufferably taxing to the patience . |
| 3 | But if my own suspicions were aroused at that moment , Lord Darlington evidently did not share them . |
| 4 | And that even if my own son ca n't read , speak French or identify Mozart concertos , he can nearly walk and he 's brilliant at heading a ball . |
| 5 | I kept telling myself that I had killed her — had killed her as surely as if my own hands had sent her plunging down into the muddy waters of the Thames . |
| 6 | Given that it is only half an hour from the coast and has charming country to both west and east , Cambo is a place to think perhaps of staying in , even if my own instincts would lead me to prefer one of the Basque villages . |
| 7 | To some extent this reflects the power relationship in the scene , because both participants still act as if their former tutor/student relationship still exists , but it also indicates Anderson 's greater interest in what Hollar may have to tell him . |
| 8 | Rovers stand to pick up an extra £25,000 if their former player makes the Great Britain side . |
| 9 | And if their own experiences are dealt with , ‘ they feel they can offer something to their children ’ . |
| 10 | If their own heart is breaking it should not be allowed to show . |
| 11 | Designated accessible polling stations , er will themselves have to cover fifty percent or so of a constituency initially and people will be allowed to have access to a designated station if their own station is one that has not qualified at that time , although the aim will be a hundred percent designated er polling stations with full access . |
| 12 | Voters who read a stridently left- or right-wing paper are at least exercising some choice , even if their own partisanship is different from that of their paper . |
| 13 | Children are seen as needing long-term substitute families if their own parents can not meet all their needs ; if for example , there is no consistent or affectionate relationship with the parent , or if contact is only sporadic . |
| 14 | If their own price rises by 10 per cent and they know that on average other prices have risen by 5 per cent then they will increase their output . |
| 15 | Given 20 numbers to use , subjects may have assumed that the quantity the experimenter was interested in must vary in some way , if their own feelings did not , they may simply have based their responses on aspects of the environment which did vary , e.g. their speed , proximity to other vehicles etc . |
| 16 | The entire team will have the incentive to be diligent , including being diligent in monitoring each other , but individual managers will have this incentive only if their own contribution is identifiable , and in the nature of things this will probably not be possible . |
| 17 | For if their own equilibrium price rises by 10 per cent and the average of all other prices rises by 10 per cent too , then they will not increase output because they know that there has been no increase in the relative price of the good on their island . |
| 18 | Most sellers will not wish to contract out of the right to sub-contract , since this gives them a very necessary flexibility in times of high demand , or if their own facilities can not produce the required goods for some reason . |
| 19 | She found it unsurprising that her lodgers , with the exception of Mr Landor , assumed she was Italian , especially if their own command of the Italian language was weak . |
| 20 | It would be very difficult would n't it because the British then would be sort of admitting that you know , what would they do if their own troops were sent in , what would they do ? |
| 21 | They want to be able to lend without having to search for a suitable borrower , and to get their money back quickly if their own need for liquidity changes . |
| 22 | In July 1922 , the Company enquired whether either of the other two companies had any covered top cars to spare , which they could borrow , to see if their own cars could be fitted with top covers . |
| 23 | Other cases But if their own theories are ever proved wrong , David and Paul insist their time and money wo n't have been wasted . |
| 24 | The critical decision for the banks will come if their own adviser sticks to his view of the costs . |
| 25 | Even after years of marriage an ex-wife will get no benefit from this if her former husband dies . |
| 26 | Awkwardly and delicately , as if her own arms and hands were unfamiliar tools , she gathered flowerpots on a cleared area of ledge , took a bucket outside and poured away the green standing slime . |
| 27 | She felt as if her own emotions had been tossed brutally into a whirlwind . |
| 28 | If her own marriage had been the result of some matchmaking , so too was Andrew 's marriage to Sarah later that year . |
| 29 | If her own mind could play tricks like that , she 'd be easy meat for any of those giant prawns . |
| 30 | if its that drama teacher any way |