Example sentences of "if [pron] was to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there was to be any relationship , she wanted to see his head on the pillow most mornings . |
| 2 | Well I would have thought that if there was to be some assessment of a reasonable expectation of development proceeding , then there ought to be some assessment of demand , and I have n't seen that yet . |
| 3 | that I have downstairs , because it 's , if it was to be computerized , it would be a massive great bloody great volume |
| 4 | Clearly , if it was to be successful in redistributing work , those who controlled the market should be excluded completely or relatively . |
| 5 | for Maxse , Bridgeman , and the great majority of Conservatives between 1906 and 1910 , the party , if it was to be popular , needed to embrace tariff reform and the gamut of policies with which it was linked , such as social reform and land reform . |
| 6 | Hilary Wainwright did begin to raise such questions in stating that truly radical television would have to address the needs of its audience if it was to be able to ‘ imagine the real messy , [ business of socialism ] ’ . |
| 7 | He realised that if he was to be successful he would have to take them at speed . |
| 8 | He knew that if he was to be sure of winning he had to hole it . |