Example sentences of "if [pron] were to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were to be critical it would be to say that the scratchplates could be finished off more tidily , and occasionally the necks and bodies do n't look entirely new — although that 's hardly surprising , really . |
| 2 | When I told him that if we were to be married I would n't ask my father for a penny he … well , he threw me out . ’ |
| 3 | immediately if there were to be such a disaster as a Labour Government . |
| 4 | ‘ We would have more respect , certainly for the politicians , if they were to be positive , imaginative and constructive instead of carping and negative in their approach . ’ |
| 5 | There was no consensus amongst the Serbs as to the form of government they wanted if they were to be able to force recognition of Serbian autonomy from the sultan . |
| 6 | The GREY program has automatic intensity adjustment and if it were to be useful would need to be modified to provide a user override , at least during development of the measuring technique . |
| 7 | Must not theology , if it were to be possible at all , be established from the other side , by God himself — by the God who makes himself known to us in Jesus Christ rather than the God whom we choose to recognise in him , a God who comes from beyond ourselves to judge , redeem and save ? |
| 8 | If it were to be successful the mental health movement would have to move away from any strong association with welfare . |