Example sentences of "if a [noun sg] were to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a movie were to be made of her American tour , one would see pages fly from calendars , clock hands spin and headlines slapped one on top of the next . |
| 2 | ‘ If a cause were to be rendered of natural appearances in special as what are the motions and influences of the heavenly bodies and of their parts , the reason hereof must either be drawn from the parts of the sciences above mentioned , or no reason at all will be given , but all left to uncertain conjecture . ’ |
| 3 | If a patent were to be granted to the second business , it could prevent the first from using what it has already been using for some time . |
| 4 | If a patent were to be granted , such prior use is a defence to an infringement action , by section 64 , and could also invalidate the patent if challenged unless such use had not made the invention available to the public . |
| 5 | And even if a break were to be found , the five naos and the 277 men would have to sail — how far ? |