Example sentences of "if [adj] [noun sg] was to [be] " in BNC.

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1 the need for incentives was accepted if economic growth was to be attained .
2 The peak associations of business and labour were important in the economic sphere as they controlled resources that were needed by government if public policy was to be effective and capable of implementation and enforcement .
3 There was an alternative view , however , that forcing the pace was necessary if real change was to be effected .
4 Spencerian analysis not only assigned women a narrow and subordinate role , but also stressed that this was necessary if human progress was to be sustained .
5 They needed a vehicle of much greater weight in the society if national liberation was to be promoted .
6 One , firstly , if equal distribution was to be achieved peasant mobilization and increase produc erm if equally distribution was to achieve its goals of peasant mobilization and increased production , there had to be enough land available to bring most peasants up to an independent pe peasant status without encroaching upon the existing er middle peasants .
7 The UDC 's first pamphlet , written by Morel , was unequivocal in asserting the necessity of military victory over Germany if Belgian sovereignty was to be restored .
8 Merrison noted that Gunn 's original report backing the accelerator had warned that ‘ the competition in this field was already very keen and [ he ] pointed out that if full value was to be secured from the project it should be started immediately ’ .
9 But if Russian effort was to be mainly inspired by government and executed by the military , the American was to be quintessentially capitalist .
10 She said she had tabled questions in the House of Commons asking if new money was to be provided for the expansion and to identify the rule in an act .
11 It became obvious however that because of limited resources within the Transport Department workshops , it would be necessary to seek outside assistance if significant progress was to be made in replacing the fleet .
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