Example sentences of "if [noun sg] do [adv] work " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this scenario occurred often enough , you would have taught her that , if whining does not work , a noisy tantrum will do the trick . |
| 2 | If time-out did n't work for you , you may have been applying the method incorrectly . |
| 3 | If persuasion does not work , ‘ green conditionality ’ might be the answer in some cases , unpopular though it would be ; and for the really hard cases , sanctions , provided there is sufficient of a consensus to back them and the industrial world has not sunk into a mood of profound fatalism about the impossibility of stemming the greenhouse gases . |
| 4 | He felt that ‘ shareholder pressure ’ would ensure compliance with the Code , but added that ‘ if self-regulation does not work , a more bureaucratic legislative solution would be inevitable ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ If seduction does n't work , she can play on fitzAlan 's sympathy , if he has any . ’ |