Example sentences of "[verb] if there were " in BNC.
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| 1 | Items with high added value would only be subcontracted if there were insurmountable problems of some sort in making it in-house . |
| 2 | Items with high added value would only be subcontracted if there were insurmountable problems of some sort in making it in-house . |
| 3 | ‘ I should know if there were something wrong . |
| 4 | I ca n't read or write so I do n't know if there were posters or books about it . |
| 5 | The blunt instrument obstinately refused to reveal itself and he doubted if there were any more revelations to be got out of anybody . |
| 6 | Letters of her own to a friend had been pulled out of a waste-paper basket by the friend 's husband , who did a jigsaw puzzle of the bits to find if there were signs that his wife had complained of him . |
| 7 | He did n't appreciate that a production company would only flourish if there were several channels , run by people with diverse sensibilities , through which to filter projects . |
| 8 | That would test whether Oxleas wood , Twyford down and other such places would survive if there were proper implementation of European law . |
| 9 | One wonders if there were any books by Jewish authors in the 105,070 that went in Brent . |
| 10 | Yeah , but what happens if there were som , if somebody landed on it ? |
| 11 | Triangle 123 indicates the loss that arises because individual A does not consume as much as she would choose if there were no need to compromise . |
| 12 | Surprisingly , no power is conferred for this purpose , either by statute or by the common law , although there was ample authority to enter to arrest if there were sufficient grounds to suspect that an offence had been committed . |
| 13 | than it could do if there were full employment . |
| 14 | However , it can be seen that her presence could be more readily accepted if there were comparable Commissioners in existence , assisting in areas other than those involving trade union members and their unions . |
| 15 | In looking for a situation , Allen recalled reading that a script was more likely to be accepted if there were few characters and few scene changes , making it cheaper to produce . |
| 16 | They said they were warned yesterday that the Washington area centre would also be privatised if there were any problems in its running . |
| 17 | The MMC pointed out that the block exemption only applied if there were no effective competition , no refusal to supply , or if it were not true that less favourable conditions were imposed on those with an exclusive purchasing obligation . |
| 18 | It would n't matter if there were 111 links . |
| 19 | Ramsey bicycled over to Wordsworth Grove to see if there were any letters . |
| 20 | It did not occur to her to strip her bed down and change the sheets , or even to pull them back to see if there were any more where that one came from . |
| 21 | No , sure she 'd no notion where to find him , but he might ring the house in an hour or so , to see if there were any messages . |
| 22 | ‘ To see if there were any sharp edges or protrusions that could have caused such a head wound ? ’ |
| 23 | Brookhead Smith loaded the cabinet with the gramophone inside it on to the back of his cart , then he looked around the shed to see if there were any more records lying about . |
| 24 | The authors surveyed forty-three high performance companies in the United States to see if there were common factors in their success . |
| 25 | Disturbed , the Doctor examined the rest of the Collector 's body with care to see if there were any further local formations of pus gathering beneath the skin . |
| 26 | The DHSS were playing me up over the removal grant , so one of my sons went up to the house to see if there were any letters — everything had been smashed , crocks were smashed and the beds were slashed . |
| 27 | He looked around the carriage to see if there were reinforcements to hand , but it did not look promising . |
| 28 | She went through to the prop-room to see if there were some on the mantelpiece , but there were n't ; and then she remembered the lighter in the vase in the cabinet . |
| 29 | I , I did have a go through this core brief to see if there were any things that I should have picked out . |
| 30 | I went to the village several times that week , to see if there were any strange faces about . |