Example sentences of "because if [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said this because if one were to think along certain other lines the fact that position is not a quality would seem irrelevant . |
| 2 | The suggestion is not that we should lift the laws of libel , which would be one other possible step to take , because if we were to do so witnesses would be inhibited and the opportunity for justice would be damaged . |
| 3 | ‘ Only that the reason they did n't rape me was because if they were found out they would be killed . |
| 4 | The price of 36s. has thus some claim to be called the true equilibrium price : because if it were fixed on at the beginning , and adhered to throughout , it would exactly equate demand and supply ( i.e. the amount which buyers were willing to purchase at that price would be just equal to that for which sellers were willing to take that price ) ; and because every dealer who has a perfect knowledge of the circumstances of the market expects that price to be established . |
| 5 | No-one would judge an overseas subsidiary purely on its cash flow , because if it was doing well and growing it would n't be sending much money home , whereas if it was in decline and its working capital requirement was decreasing , it would become cash positive . |