Example sentences of "if [pron] was [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The red stripe on the file was attached only if there was believed to be a risk of escape . |
| 2 | At either stage , if there was considered to be a problem , then it was noted for later discussion . |
| 3 | Mm , mm , we might even manage , I mean , we , we might talk later on about this , but , perhaps you know have two or three people working on a campaign if , if , if , if it was felt to be better that way , mm , mm . |
| 4 | Oddly the land on which it sits was actually called Folly Hill before the building was added , as if it was fated to be there . |
| 5 | They regretted that there appeared to be no suitable places of safety in Orkney if it was found to be absolutely necessary to remove children from their homes . |
| 6 | On Nov. 9 the International Maritime Organization ( IMO ) was reported to have indicated that it would consider halting the shipment if it was found to be unsafe or shown to be vulnerable to accidents and piracy , as claimed by some IMO member states . |
| 7 | I 'm , I 'm certainly as I was going to come on to explain and the way you will see ourselves working , is not people who sit in the Town Hall and just turn out reports , I mean the kind of work we do and the way we work means that were actually very much involved in the community groups , but I mean if it was , if it was thought to be an issue that we needed to have greater community involvement , i.e. to resurrecting that forum then that 's something that , you know , we may need to address , but I never saw it as operating like that anyway , I mean I saw it as it 's almost like in a cabinet of members mainly . . |
| 8 | He glanced up at Doyle to see if it was meant to be a joke , but Doyle was not smiling . |
| 9 | If it was meant to be it would be , I would n't have to do a thing about it . |
| 10 | ‘ … that it would look much better if he was seen to be supporting indigenous native art as well as looking to Africa or Latin America . |
| 11 | People would say — usually his father — that if he was determined to be an artist , well and good , but why did he spend so much time with books , and silly French novels at that ? |
| 12 | In what must now rank as one of the most well worn cliches of modern football , Peter Marinello was dubbed ‘ The Scottish George Best ’ , and with predictable results , the machinery of pop music , fashion and advertising pursued the young Hibernian player as if he was guaranteed to be the next big thing . |