Example sentences of "if we did [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose we could fix them to read the same , but if we did that , ma'am , we would n't need two clocks , and it 'd be a shame to part with either of them ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If we did that the men would turn on us . |
| 3 | because if we did that , we would be much more fully in the hands of God . |
| 4 | If we did that , we would do away with all these debates about local taxation , whether we should have the rating system or another system such as the poll tax or the council tax , and we would have a system which , at the end of the day , would give the local people the opportunity to determine priorities . |
| 5 | If we did that , we could probably reduce the number of applications by about 75 per cent . |
| 6 | If we did that , there would be much less of a problem and we would not be in such deep water with the European Commission . |
| 7 | We could save a lot on costumes if we did that . |
| 8 | I wonder if I could answer that in a in a different way because clearly rather there 's the option , rather than reduction the operational capability which was really the er initiative that had begun in nineteen ninety two , there is the option of course of er adjusting the total numbers and that would er have an overall bearing on the total programme cost but cert because certainly the judgement of the er the chiefs of staff was that er as far as the U K was concerned then we we should retain the operational capability as I explained earlier an n and not decrease it in any significant extent because if we did that then we could end up er with an inferior capability against a potential threat . |
| 9 | The only things is that now if we did that , what we want instead of saying on it , it ought to say . |
| 10 | And I wonder , if our world would improve if we did that . |
| 11 | If we did that then face it , Fred , we 'd end up like a dozen other so-called topical news programmes . |
| 12 | The computer is fed with all the relevant data , and ecological theory , and is then asked , ‘ if we did such and such , to this lake ( or river , or bay , or whatever ) , what effect would this have on such and such a pollutant ? ’ |
| 13 | We 'd all be as bad as Stalin if we did some of the things you suggest . ’ |
| 14 | Because there are so many locations within the Castle , it simply is n't practical to detail every last carpet and piece of furniture — if we did this book would be twice the size ( and twice the price ! ) . |
| 15 | The experiments are of the ‘ what if ’ variety , i.e. they ask ‘ what would happen if we did this ? ’ , and are not therefore based on hypothetico-deductive logic . |
| 16 | Because I think if we did this and we actually thought through what competencies e members of staff needed to have , |
| 17 | But maybe if we did this exercise , countrywide , and enough people exer exerted pressure , then possibly we could force this government to do yet another famous U-turn , and start to inject some real money into the N H S. |