Example sentences of "[vb infin] were it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hypnosis does not increase the recall of meaningless information like nonsense syllables , which it should do were it tapping a hypothetical memory-taperecorder lurking in the subconscious . |
| 2 | Indeed , it is the only word processor on the Mac that we would use were it not for the fact that no other software speaks its format . |
| 3 | Few farm workers leave the land because they dislike the job itself ; on the contrary many would return were it not for the poor pay and prospects . |
| 4 | Stars could not shine were it not for particles — called neutrinos — that are so insubstantial that they have no mass at all and can travel right through a solid object like the Earth as if it simply did not exist . |
| 5 | Salt marshes , too , would not exist were it not for the tides . |
| 6 | Because of the high cost of providing and gathering this information , Climbline would not exist were it not a premium rate service . |