Example sentences of "if it were " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poem might be thought self-pitying if it were more believable . |
| 2 | The Alexander technique would be invaluable if it were properly included in all drama training programmes . |
| 3 | Peony looked suitably chastened , but there was a glint in her eye that told Peggy there was plenty more she could say , and would say , if it were n't for the fact that she adored the Vicar with a passion that bordered on the obsessive . |
| 4 | ‘ You tend to treat life as if it were a game of cricket , for one thing . ’ |
| 5 | She put her bag with the story on the passenger seat and drove as if it were a newborn baby . |
| 6 | But he never succumbs to what Max Scheler termed ressentiment — that mixture of resentment and anger and injured pride that destroys so many , even if it were present in earlier years . |
| 7 | Although the majority of scientists tend to be a little coy about metaphysical matters in their professional publications , they are often less so outside when writing elsewhere , being prone to describe the framework of presuppositions about perception within which they conduct their investigations as if it were a discovery in its own right and that ‘ discovery ’ an explanation of perception . |
| 8 | Harriet puts her head on Jen 's shoulder , her long straight strange hair fanning across Jen 's breast as if it were her own hair , and her own short , coppery/gingery hair stops standing on end at the ghost in the wood and begins to flow loose . |
| 9 | Increasing this angle increases the flair very sensitively , up to the maximum deflection of the curve of the rear leg , if it were to be ( impractically ! ) mounted in the plane or the rear seat rail . |
| 10 | At low levels of excitation this structure , outlined in Fig. 1 , will obviously behave as if it were an inefficient transformer . |
| 11 | For instance , at a power line frequency between 100 and 120Hz , only lithium of atomic mass 7 , if it were present in solution as a free single-atom ion , could come near to satisfying the resonance requirement . |
| 12 | If it were gold . |
| 13 | But if every work of art is simply the expression of the artist 's intuition , it is evident that an absolute or complete pattern would be useless , since the intuitions of two different minds could never be expressed by the same form : nor can anything in art be said to have been ‘ done once for all ’ , since if it were ‘ done again ’ by another hand — used , that is , to express the intuition of another spirit — it would be no longer what had been done before . |
| 14 | If it were not for Section 8 of the Contempt of Court Act , we might be able to make reforms more rationally on the basis of , at least , a minimal sample of the recorded deliberations of informed and unidentified jurors . |
| 15 | The Governor , Sir David Wilson , has argued for a general ‘ right of entry ’ to Britain — though such a ‘ right ’ could not be of much value if it were not ordinarily convertible into full citizenship . |
| 16 | But this notion would probably do little to slow the emigration rate even if it were realised . |
| 17 | The small khat traders from Djibouti , who travel the route as if it were the local bus , shrieked and angrily rearranged their shawls and robes . |
| 18 | It would be a pity if talk of road pricing were to divert attention from commonsense action needed now , or if it were seen as a substitute for a properly funded roads programme . |
| 19 | Overlooking the point that if it were the latter he could clarify the matter on the next round , he settled for a direct raise to Four Hearts . |
| 20 | Contrary to Dr Francis Fukuyama 's analysis , published in The Independent on September 20 and 21 , ideological conflict is not the sole motor of history , and even if it were , this rich seam of dispute has yet to be fully exhausted . |
| 21 | If it were only a matter of alcohol , would a body care ? |
| 22 | Nicholas Ridley , Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , will open the attack on Neil Kinnock , the Labour leader today with a warning that the party could revert to its left-wing image , if it were elected . |
| 23 | as if it were not enough to battle the elements and their colleagues ( the crew includes a freaked-out Naval officer with a nuclear warhead and an itchy finger ) , Harris and Mastroantonio are a husband and wife with marital troubles . |
| 24 | However , if it were merely the scale of the transactions that was unlawful or that payments had been made out of the wrong fund , it may be the council could be forced to honour the contracts . |
| 25 | If it were normal , the world might be a different place . |
| 26 | A Belgian cycling union official confirmed that an unnamed rider had tested positive and said that if it were Yates , he would receive a 10-minute penalty that would lose him the race . |
| 27 | Now , if it were Ronnie Biggs … |
| 28 | If it were up to the faithful in Blackpool , Margaret Thatcher would go ‘ on and on ’ . |
| 29 | Canal tours , blue-and-white china , narrow streets — if it were not also a university town it would be merely beautiful . |
| 30 | If it were so , I would now be scratching the lumps and bumps on a very delicate area . ’ |