Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can be very few machines that do not have a spreadsheet program and if yours is one of them then you are probably missing out on one of the most valuable tools available . |
| 2 | Please check to see if yours is correct for 80–81 , stating clearly all that is required and also delete those no longer running . |
| 3 | This may not be a problem for drier skin types but if yours is oily , be sure to use a gentle toner afterwards or rinse with lots of warm water . |
| 4 | Everyone has their own favourite gardening wheeze , and if yours is original enough to print on this page we 'll send you a £50 cash prize . |
| 5 | Many babies are lulled to sleep in cars , but if yours is wakeful and miserable , tapes of music or songs can be useful . |
| 6 | If I am right , Notre Dame is really a temple to Mammon . |
| 7 | But we shall see in 200 years if I am right . ’ |
| 8 | If I am right about what the fluke genes are doing , it follows that we can legitimately speak of fluke genes as influencing snail bodies , in just the same sense as snail genes influence snail bodies . |
| 9 | Of course , unless the facts were absolutely clear , it would be foolish to prosecute under section 1 an offence of obtaining by deception , since something which at first looked like larceny by a trick might turn out to have involved a transfer of the ownership , in which case only section 15 would meet the prosecution 's needs , if I am right . |
| 10 | But , if I am right in my analysis , one can not simply be content to say that , if his conviction is restored , the respondent will have suffered no injustice . |
| 11 | It follows that , if I am right , the overriding need of the moment is to pursue policies and enact legislation to ensure that a like situation to the present is never allowed to recur . |
| 12 | Well , if I am right in all this — and I rather think I am — then you have decided to override my objections to publication in the most effective and heartless manner possible , have n't you ? |
| 13 | If I am right , then the circles discovered so far are only the tip of the iceberg . |
| 14 | If I am right in the conclusion reached with some doubt earlier that there was consideration for the 10 per cent . |
| 15 | If I am right about the masculine character of the women pioneers of agriculture we can see that the fact that the followers of the Phrygian mother-goddess castrated themselves is a nice illustration of Freud 's idea of the ‘ shadow of the object falling on the ego ’ : the ultimate reproach against the new agricultural mother was that she was masculine , and therefore the self-punishment came to fit her crime while confirming the identification with her in the most exact way possible . |
| 16 | If I am serious , I can not simply see the preservation of the countryside as a desire of a few people like myself , to be weighed in the balance against the desires of others for holidays abroad , when it comes to deciding on whether a new airport should be built in some place of outstanding beauty . |
| 17 | ‘ I ride a mountain bike around the roads and my wife , Sandra , will drag me out even if I am shattered , ’ he says . |
| 18 | If I am bored then I have not found the way to do what I wanted to do . |
| 19 | But if I am honest I would like to have been born perhaps six or seven years later . |
| 20 | Q What do I do if I am late for registration with my Class Teacher at 8.35 am ? |
| 21 | Q If I am late for assembly , what then ? |
| 22 | If I am dull and slow I am reproached , and now it appears that being vigorous does not answer , either . ’ |
| 23 | I hope to raise many important aspects of the matter in the House tomorrow evening , if I am fortunate to catch your eye , Mr. Speaker . |
| 24 | Perhaps , if I am strong , then I am scheming like a man ? |
| 25 | ‘ Please say that you will agree , will at least let me try to earn my own living , find out if I am strong enough to do so — not go back to being useless , merely a symbol of Papa 's wealth , not really his or your daughter . ’ |
| 26 | If I am recognised … |
| 27 | If I am daft enough to tackle up in those conditions I usually go to sleep and hope I wake up to a change for the better . |
| 28 | Forgive me if I am indelicate in saying so , ; had you ever troubled to talk to me often , I could have made it evident earlier . |
| 29 | ‘ Every Sunday night , between eleven and twelve , I will walk on London Bridge if I am alive . |
| 30 | I do not feel as if I am well ; I 've got no energy , I 'm always cold , my fingers and toes are a weird shade of blue , and I know I spend a huge amount of time thinking about food . |