Example sentences of "if [pers pn] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I set out to teach , rather than entertain , I would achieve neither . |
| 2 | Since this is a controversial subject , on which the weight of scholarly opinion probably still supports Böhmer 's thesis that the documents already existed in their contaminated form in 1072 , and were used by Lanfranc in this form , it will perhaps help to clarify a complicated issue if I set out as bluntly as possible the reasons which seem to me to point decisively to 1120 as the date at which the forged additions were inserted into the texts . |
| 3 | If I set out |
| 4 | I have , therefore , taken advantage of your absence on academic business to give the matter more thought and I feel it might be best if I set out the various considerations involved in written form . |
| 5 | If I set out to do something now , I will do it and I wo n't worry if I am making the right impression — if I fit in . |
| 6 | Reality says that if you set up a store and you 're undercapitalised , you 're going to go bust . |
| 7 | If you set up the water to the right parameters , there is no reason why you should no be able to keep this species successfully . |
| 8 | No one has yet explained to me what happens to your filter if you set up an aquarium and lock up the ammonia that forms the first stage of the nitrogen cycle as Ammo Lock claims to do . |
| 9 | ‘ Now , if you set up a decent practice , somewhere in Belgravia , instead of this … slum , you could come and treat me . |
| 10 | erm , skips , and I think what we ought to do is , if you can travel , deter people from having skips at home , and I , I think if , if you set up there , you 'd be |
| 11 | He adds : ‘ If you set up an incentive system for fundholders they may provide services that pay well to the detriment of other groups . |
| 12 | But you will achieve success only if you set about it in the right way . |
| 13 | However , if you set about it in the right way it can be an easy road , a pleasant country ramble rather than an attempt to scale Everest . |
| 14 | If you set out to buy a telescope , take great care . |
| 15 | If you set out to buy a pair of binoculars , and decide to test them , look at the Moon by all means , but never , on any account , point them anywhere near the Sun . |
| 16 | But if you set out on that rather tricky path , you will find before you finish that you have subtly to make this unheroic figure a hero after all . |
| 17 | Of course you can make appalling howlers if you set out for some reason to portray life in a social area unknown to you . |
| 18 | You y if you set out on a train under normal circumstances you 're confident that you 're going to arrive in London at |
| 19 | If you set out with the idea of generating more clubhead speed by delaying the hit or the release of the hands , you must balance this with a much faster hand and arm action through impact . |
| 20 | If we set up a regression formula ( or companion matrix ) for the cubic , we find the next factor to be ( unc + 1 ) , as we have already noted . |
| 21 | Maybe if we set up a few committees , something will happen . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ My prime concern was to get an overview of the main environmental concerns we would face if we set up operations in the area , ’ he explained . |
| 23 | If we set up tasks which ask children to plan what happens at the end of their plays , we not only eradicate the tension , but also lose considerable learning opportunities . |
| 24 | If we set about our task with intelligence and commitment , victory is well within our grasp . |
| 25 | Kim , 1971 ) If we set out to frame hypotheses about the chosen part of consciousness , we do so at our peril , flying in the dark . |
| 26 | If we set out to design something ( a business , a project , a product , a campaign , a job ) we need to keep our priorities clearly in mind at each step because alter a while the momentum of the design will take over and dictate what comes next . |
| 27 | If we set out to design the worst possible pelvis we could end up with something like a Friesian , Charolais or Belgian Blue cow . |
| 28 | ‘ If they set out from Tara at the hour they intended , they will have gone down the forest road hours earlier . ’ |
| 29 | For example , there are some very attractive red lacquered frames which could be very useful , you could choose a dark mahogany frame with a reddish tinge , or even a gold or wood frame if it sets off a dark red mount or background . |
| 30 | He needs this , particularly if he sets out to be a novelist . |