Example sentences of "if [indef pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If no-one saw the caravan being towed along any of the main roads in the area , then Allen believes the gang may have stored it somewhere in the vicinity . |
| 2 | Labour employment spokesman Frank Dobson said yesterday : ‘ Major thinks if no-one mentions the bogey of recession , it will go away . ’ |
| 3 | If everyone played the same chess game , it would be stalemate . |
| 4 | If we further take account of intergenerational differences , then the coefficient of variation over all generations , denoted by , is the weighted sum of individual plus the coefficient of variation obtained if everyone had the mean income of their generation ( the ‘ between-generations ’ inequality ) . |
| 5 | If everyone had the same preferences as individual i , the same pre-tax income Y i , and the same perception of the tax required , then there would be no disagreement over the level of public spending . |
| 6 | To see clearly that the selection of the parameter γ 2 affects the distribution of output around its natural level , we follow Barro 's procedure and first derive what real output in a typical market would be if there were full current information ; that is , if everyone knew the current value of all the shocks affecting the economy . |
| 7 | ‘ If everyone spoke the truth we might avoid future dangers . ’ |
| 8 | Just think how much of a better place school would be if EVERYONE loved the Jesus way ! |
| 9 | If everyone knows the value of the current shocks then we can replace equation ( 5.7 ) with the following : |
| 10 | I do not criticise , I merely observe ; and I 'm not sure what I would think if everyone lined the rail to admire the play of light on the water and started discussing Boudin . |
| 11 | Payment would be based on a pooled system : if everyone wanted the same coverage costs would be shared . |
| 12 | If nothing catches the eye , walk a few blocks to West 47th street , between Fifth and Sixth Avenues , to browse at the Gotham Book Mart ( ’ Wise men fish here , ’ says the sign ) , which , for 70 years has specialised in literature and arts . |
| 13 | Try altering the setting on the thermostat dial ; if nothing changes the thermostat is probably faulty . |
| 14 | If it comes to light that I was in that house with Adam and the others , he thought with cold clarity , if someone tells the papers , or the police and thence the papers , that I was there during the summer of 1976 , living there , it will be all up with me . |
| 15 | Well , she was going to need a lot of help , that was for sure , and if someone took the trouble to put an advert in the tube , the least you could do was memorise the number . |
| 16 | Carrie said , in a hurt , distant voice , ‘ Much what you 'd think , I suppose , if someone took the roof off your house . |
| 17 | What could we point to if someone chose the latter continuation , to show that he was wrong ? |
| 18 | Yeah , If someone lifted the gearbox |
| 19 | You 'd be black yourself , Stephen , if someone said the same thing about Kate . " |
| 20 | If someone had the right thought , that the play did begin there at eight , then their thought did have a content that was true , but that content was not identical with the actual state of affairs . |
| 21 | What if someone heard the shots ? ’ |
| 22 | If someone got the pendulum , gave it a flick |
| 23 | Innings were always ‘ fighting knocks ’ and if someone hit the ball hard , they ‘ took full toll ’ . |
| 24 | If someone puts the Black Spot on Zeneca , nothing is going to make the price perk up in the short term . |
| 25 | If someone holds the common belief that we only grow through pain and suffering , for example , then they are likely to create traumatic experiences at a fairly steady pace . |
| 26 | A practical use is to give warning , if someone enters the room a few hand claps or knock at the door may alert you to their presence ; the shock of someone approaching you silently is avoided . |
| 27 | ‘ But if someone imitated the crimes committed by Lawton and Bryce , what 's to stop somebody else imitating murders committed by any killer locked up in any jail in the country ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ There is no one to sue if someone libels the dead , ’ says Olivier Jnr , sipping a bottle of Carlsberg in the garden of the Chelsea Arts Club , just a short bike ride from his Fulham home . |
| 29 | Even if someone believes the most secure and pernicious lies , he will not be able to help himself from doubting them at some time . |
| 30 | The closest he came to exercise was to open one eye every so often , if someone entered the room , or to open both eyes , smile , and wag his tail as he 'd done on one occasion when confronted by a housebreaker ! |