Example sentences of "[was/were] that if [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implication of this line of reasoning was that if they could be left alone , insulated from the capitalist global reach , Third World countries would be better off , and would actually be able to develop themselves . |
| 2 | One risk was that if they did n't act there was a gunman on the loose , desperate , he 's after all escaped from prison , possibly in a confined space in a block of flats with a vantage point . |
| 3 | What I tried to teach people was that if we did n't increase the added value , but took more of it and put it in our pockets , the only place we could take it from was the glass marked reinvestment and that makes people unemployed quicker than anything — and permanently . |
| 4 | The underlying fear was that if we accepted any connection we would be back to the world of incomes policy . |
| 5 | This was that if we did n't take part in the inquiry , then it would be easy for the pro-nuclear lobby to accuse us of ignoring democracy , throwing up the chance to have our say , implying that our case was too weak to risk exposure . |
| 6 | Part of the agreement was that if we accepted the asbestos waste temporarily , there would never be a toxic waste dump in the Monkstown parish . |
| 7 | They did n't quite tell us that we 'd never had it so good , but the impression they gave was that if we trusted Honest John and Uncle Norman to look after the nation 's piggy bank , all would be well . |
| 8 | Er I think that , that my recollection of the last meeting was that if we could just knock together a Northumberland newsletter a unison newsletter that 's quite clearly coming from the three organizations that represent the membership in Northumberland it would be better than th this national stuff has one union on it , as I see it at the moment . |
| 9 | Yeah but the the funny thing was that if we had n't |
| 10 | It was felt one of the reasons for doing the video originally , was that if we had the film of the lesson we 'd all have a common ground , did n't matter whose lesson it was . |
| 11 | One thing that he did make very clear at the end was that if we thought of other things that he should know about , or it would be helpful for him to know about , we should contact him , so he 's left it very open for us to have an ongoing contact which I thought . |
| 12 | Six double O ones in the gear , the six eight O seven and the one six double O fours in the valve , that basically that drives the gear if you like , in simple terms , and a David 's point was that if we 're allowing to further develop the valve business , and we 're just standing still say , on the gear business , and ultimately they have a bigger supplier , and ultimately put either gear business under more and more pressure , yeah ? |
| 13 | Erm , now bearing in mind that half the year has gone , or will have gone by the time anybody arrived here , erm it seemed to me that where I , my analysis of that situation was that if we were going to achieve our target times , erm , then the theory would seem to be that we ought to make , er , two appointments now , I E two appointments for half the year will be equivalent to one appointment for the year , and that will produce the number of investigative hours which roughly that the formula says we need to knock off the required number of complaints in the required number of times . |
| 14 | And the advice that we got was that if we wanted to establish proper ownership and control of that land again , we would have to seek a High Court action , possibly the House of Lords as well , and that total cost would be in the region of a quarter of a million pounds in legal costs , and we also then stood the , well risk of losing the case as well , so we could have spent two hundred and fifty thousand pounds for nothing . |
| 15 | One of Wendy 's fears was that if her father died her mother would want to marry Ken . |
| 16 | His reported reaction was that if his order could answer a hundred heretics a year , they would not be beaten by one Catholic . |
| 17 | She had kept silent because ‘ my understanding was that if I told anyone I would die . |
| 18 | It was that if I wanted to set up in the business of manufacturing coffins , he would have no objections . |
| 19 | All they told me was that if I were on the public payroll I 'd take a ride out to Westminster Drive and have a long talk with Mrs. Laura Channing . |
| 20 | One thing that I did tell her was that if I ever got arrested she would not be involved . |
| 21 | Promotion to Vice-Questore seemed certain and the general feeling was that if I played my cards right I would make Questore in the end . |
| 22 | In a nasty , but highly entertaining tirade , one of the more perceptive remarks was that if it was n't for The Wedding Present , Ukrainian music would be confined solely to Blue Peter specials ; surely one of the main reasons the band did it in the first place . |
| 23 | What the package meant for France , therefore , was that if it wanted an agriculture settlement , it would have to accept an increase in the supranational characteristics of the EEC . |
| 24 | Wickham 's initial feeling was that if it were true the only surprising thing was that Barron had not flown away sooner . |
| 25 | The establishment 's boast was that if it was n't on the menu , then you could take your pick for free . |
| 26 | You will understand how important it is that he does , ’ The message was that if there was no agreement at Chicago , Congress might not be in a mood to furnish further British Lend-Lease requirements . |
| 27 | His last remark to me was that if there was any jiggery-pokery about candles he would n't be at all surprised if Jefferson did n't have a hand in it . |
| 28 | Our position in in the submission was that if there is not the the need to distribute York 's own population around Greater York , then the argument for a separate Greater York figure disappears . |
| 29 | His idea , she realised , was that if he saw to it that she had enough work to keep her occupied both at work and at home , there would be little time left over , if she wanted to keep on top of her job , for any social life with Travis . |
| 30 | Yesterday 's summary of events was that if anybody at Ibrox genuinely knew how tonight 's match would finish , the rest would be told and copious amounts of nervous energy would go un-used . |