Example sentences of "[noun] if [pron] [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a pond and beacon were both on the line , you would only see the reflection of the beacon in the pond if you were on the line too . |
| 2 | As the previous chapter shows , the development officers were rarely involved at all with those clients if they were in the action samples ; since in no real sense could they be said to have had the opportunity of availing themselves of the action project , they are omitted ( in both action and control samples ) from most of the following analysis . |
| 3 | wet weather gear if it was in winter . |
| 4 | They played golf every Saturday if it was at all possible . |
| 5 | Treatment with sedative antihistamines was continued throughout the study if they were in use on entry . |
| 6 | The assistant will also be guilty of theft if she was in league with the customer , e.g. Pilgram v Rice-Smith [ 1977 ] 1 WLR 671 ( DC ) . |
| 7 | If you are single , healthy and in your 20s , then it is probably worth very little to you , and you might prefer to take a cash alternative if one were on offer . |
| 8 | But Darlington Chief Inspector Matt Longstaff also believes club managers could have contacted the force if they were in doubt over their legal position . |
| 9 | It was very inadequate at times , especially in winter if you were on point duty . |
| 10 | ‘ I would n't ask him for help if I were on a sinking ship and he was the only one with a lifebelt ! ’ |
| 11 | He said his wife was encouraging him , but that he realized the difficulties of coming back to the Commons and of the years after the election if we were in office or even more if we were in opposition . |
| 12 | It is therefore possible to imagine two opposite reactions if it were to be shown conclusively that the creature was a whale . |
| 13 | You ca n't seriously be suggesting that I … that I should become his mistress if he were to … to want me as such ? ’ |
| 14 | These children were eligible to enter the trial if they were between 37 and 43 weeks of age and if their immunisation record indicated that they had received their first dose of OPV between 6 and 12 weeks of age and their second and third doses at 4 to 6 week intervals . |
| 15 | Many also were prepared to accept state welfare reform if it was to be truly redistributive from rich to poor , rather than financed by taxes on the poor themselves . |
| 16 | ‘ Specialists ’ might have to enjoy even better conditions of life under socialism than they had under capitalism if they were to be well motivated . |
| 17 | Right well you twenty five thousand a year is about the minimum the company er you would n't be doing the job if you were below that . |
| 18 | One did not have to attend school meals with the boys over the week-end if one was off duty ; and the only master who might have noticed I had been away was Méli himself , but as it happened he 'd been in Athens . |
| 19 | It was possible to estimate the approximate vicinity of the conjectural planet if it were to be of a reasonable size and to be responsible for the perturbation of Uranus ' orbit . |
| 20 | Indeed those dependent upon casual labour had to live close to docks and factories if they were to be on hand for work as it became available . |
| 21 | A logical move if I was in his shoes — Belgium is too close to Britain . |
| 22 | It was genuine amusement , and rather a pleasant sound if you were in the mood for humour . |
| 23 | Delegates attending the session in Torquay were asked to sit on the right-hand side of the room if they were in favour of the motion and on the left if they were against it . |
| 24 | As a captain , Ken , often resembling an unfit Oswald Mosley , would blatantly push his fellow team mates off the ball if they were in a goal-scoring position , and take the glory for himself . |
| 25 | It was easy enough to spot them in the distance if they were in a clearing on the mountainside , but extremely difficult to detect them as Abdullahi and I approached through a tangle of giant heath that rose far above our heads . |
| 26 | Its a , during the course of the time of the crucifixion , Jesus is on the cross and its says there , there were two others also who were criminals , were being lead away to be put to death with Jesus and they came to the place called The Skull , there they crucified him and the criminals one on the right and the other on the left , but Jesus was saying father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing , and they cast locks divided up his garments among themselves and the people stood by and looking on and even the rulers was sneering at him excuse me , and even the rulers were sneering at him saying he saved others , let him save himself if this is the Christ of god , his chosen one , and the soldiers also mocked him , coming up to him offering sour wine and saying if your the king of the Jews save yourself now there was also an inscription above him , this is the kind of the Jews , and one of the criminals who was hanged there was hurling abut at him and saying you are not the Christ , save yourself and us , but the other answered and rebuking him said do you not even fear god , since you are under the same sentence of condemnation and we indeed justly for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds , but this man has done nothing wrong and he was say , and he was saying Jesus remember me when you come in your kingdom , Jesus said to him truly I say to you today you shall be with me in paradise I wonder if you 've ever been in that awful position of facing of what you thought was certain death perhaps you were seriously ill and er , there seemed little hope of your recovery , perhaps you were facing some danger , some , some risk and it seemed almost certain that short of a miracle you were gon na die , I wonder what sort of thoughts would have been going through your mind , maybe w , may well be that you were with other people , I wonder what sort of things if you were in a condition of speaking , what sort of things you would of been saying to them . |
| 27 | Maybe we , it may well be that you were with other people , I wonder what sort of things if you were in a condition of speaking , what sort of things you would have been saying to them . |
| 28 | The 1967 Abortion Act made it possible for women to get abortions if they were in the early stages of pregnancy and could persuade two doctors that they met certain criteria . |
| 29 | It was felt that was totally contradictory as community care was more expensive and required a lot more time and resources if it was to be quality care . |
| 30 | For example , if at P the parcel had no motion in the east-west direction across the planet 's surface and the planet 's axial rotation is prograde then it will pick up motion across the grid towards the east , and in moving northwards will end up for example at Q. If it were in the southern hemisphere and moved southward it would also pick up an eastwards movement . |