Example sentences of "more [noun pl] if [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | And we shall see more birds if we visit again in winter when ‘ The field fare chatters in the whistling thorn … ’ , |
2 | Erm so two pounds of that went with sale with the sale of the journal and so we can say we had twelve pounds unsolicited donations , erm as Peggy would back me up if she was here , saying that any time you ask someone to sign the flood gates open with what they thought about the position of pensioners , in fact we 've probably got a lot more signatures if they had n't , but erm , we did pick up , we , I picked up the news about Welwyn Garden City 's cost of and things like that not going through and erm , erm , now , our month our monthly , our monthly stall will not be on the third third Thursday this year , it will be on the fourth to co-inside with the week were celebrating pensioner 's week , which is a week behind National . |
3 | He put in a kitchen and he thought there was something funny about these people erm they did n't want to give him money up front for the fabric , you know , the woods and things and he was n't asking the full amount anyway and he said , you know , a things are very tight in business and I do not want to run up any more debts if you will let me have some of cash , some of the cash fo for the wood as soon as the wood 's delivered I 'll come and do the job , it 's not as though your money is going to be tied up in any way and there was a bit of a face pulling and saw this woman drop to , sort of , always hovering around always putting her motty in and erm when th when the job was nearly completed madam steps forward with the cries of that is n't quite right and that is n't quite right and Nev was putting hours doing nit-picking fussing about getting things absolutely perfect got it absolutely perfect but when it came to the final bill they knocked off six hundred because there was the tiniest little scratch on one of the panels ! |
4 | Housing activists argue the agency could sell more houses if it were more adept at reaching its target market . |
5 | We can supply you with more copies if you would like to send them out to other people : please ring us for more information . |
6 | And you can have more painkillers if you need them . ’ |
7 | Adapt the chilli content according to your palate : the preceding recipe should not be too fiery , but add more chillies if you feel brave . |
8 | With tyre firms around the world laying off thousands of workers , Continental may end up cutting even more workers if it remains independent . |
9 | In a similar way , it may be that courses in the Spring programme , which have been low on numbers but well received , will attract more participants if they are repeated . |
10 | ‘ I would like to ask you one or two more questions if I may . ’ |
11 | Could n't the people in these places use more goods if they had the power to purchase them ? |
12 | he 'll have more problems if he carries on moving do n't panic , all is under control I think there 's one driving round the bend perhaps talk about it all , where 's really first year he gon na know |
13 | Similarly , it has long been known that hens lay more eggs if they are kept under artificial illumination . |
14 | We 're always anxious to push out more forecasts if we can on these erm services but erm the Government are also leaning on us and saying , ‘ Yes , but you 're spending lots of money on satellites , computers and all this sort erm You must get some of that money back . ’ |
15 | Nobody could deny Mr Gummer this small triumph , but he might make more friends if he did n't always insist on making such a meal of it . |
16 | I think it 's better if you give them fi They 'll buy more tickets if they 're getting |
17 | Lancing , who surprised themselves and everyone else by making their first appearance in the Halford Hewitt Cup final against the winners , Shrewsbury , last April , will raise a few more eyebrows if they do half as well this time . |
18 | In the future , harsh economic necessity will dictate that businesses will have to consider employing and promoting more women if they are to survive . |
19 | erm then erm what I 'll do I 'll pick it up next week and that will obviously show you a bit more about Abbey Life and any , any of your friends or anybody you think might , might like to look at the video erm you know just to give them an insight , people you mentioned erm to me that you perhaps know you 'd like to pass the video on to them to have a look erm and if er er you 've got my number and if you want to ring me then I can get some more videos if you think other people might be interested I 'm quite happy to pass them on , on to you as well , okay ? |
20 | It always seems to me that you 've got a set of results , and if you come to write them up , and you know they 're obviously wrong , you 're going to get a lot more marks if you put down the right values — or what should be the right values — so you end up fiddling things eventually . |
21 | Do you think it 's an encouragement also to erm go out and commit more crimes if you 're cautioned ? |
22 | so you 'd be paying out for some more tyres if you do n't have that checked or anything |