Example sentences of "if it did [not/n't] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reticence of the General Council was deliberate for it feared the violence which might ensue if all workers came out and was alarmed at the prospect of mass defections leading to the rapid collapse of the dispute if it did not immediately meet its objectives . |
| 2 | In his view the SFO should adopt a code of conduct enshrining these ideas if it did not already have one . |
| 3 | In this he was mistaken , since state control over industry was considerably reduced once the war was over , even if it did not wholly return to pre-war conditions . |
| 4 | A lackadaisical boy with spots admitted him , and asked what he wanted , as if it did not greatly matter . |
| 5 | He told me this gaily , as if it did not much matter whether I believed it or no . |
| 6 | In a minority situation , some form of power-sharing — even if it did not necessarily involve coalition — was inevitable . |
| 7 | Furthermore , as Yevele had shown at Canterbury , the defensive value of the round tower was becoming better appreciated ; even if it did not always deflect a cannon shot aimed at it , such a tower could withstand an impact better than could a straight-facing surface . |
| 8 | That the two City teams were housed together reinforced , even if it did not fully explain , the notable enthusiasm for a purist model of the developmental ideal within these teams . |
| 9 | Peter Rogers knew he had hit a gold mine , even if it did n't always seem to the performers that he was totally on their side . |