Example sentences of "[adv] if there [was/were] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They appeared to be checking only if there were any additional persons in it . |
| 2 | Much of the historical evidence presented in this chapter suggests that under the harsh conditions of poverty which prevailed for most people in the early industrial period , family relationships necessarily were highly instrumental , with support being offered only if there was some hope of mutual benefit precisely because anything else would have been an unaffordable luxury . |
| 3 | I think he was in a munitions factory somewhere near Baghdad and the stress had certainly precipitated quite a serious heart condition and that was under a relatively peaceful situation , so if there was any sign of war out there that would obviously be tenfold . |
| 4 | He did n't go home , but lay down in one of the rest rooms at the police station , asking to be called at once if there was any news . |
| 5 | She left them both smiling , with instructions to call her at once if there was any change . |
| 6 | He 'd set the staff straight if there was any nonsense … |
| 7 | It would be easy enough to ask him straight if there was any truth in it , so why did n't she just come on out and ask ? |
| 8 | The approach of the majority seems to have been that even if there was such a breach the courts would refuse to acknowledge that it existed . |
| 9 | Even if there was little to be suspicious about , such cosiness made others suspicious . |
| 10 | Or even if there was any plan at all . |
| 11 | Even if there were such a description it would be difficult to imagine the number of working years it would take to arrive at a complete frequency description of a novel , let alone " the language as a whole " . |
| 12 | This argument is a weak one : there is no clear evidence that such phonetic differences exist , and even if there were such evidence , it would be easy to produce explanations for the differences that did not depend on phonemic analyses ( e.g. the position of the word boundary in ‘ watch apes ’ , ‘ what shapes ’ ) . |
| 13 | Even if there were some truth in such an argument it hardly justifies such an unacceptable form of activity . |
| 14 | Jones then remarked that , even if there were some commercial benefits , he failed to see how they could be vouchsafed for Utah , and reviewed the history of his own group 's work at Brigham Young University . |
| 15 | Even if there were some unique experience given to all observers in perception , there still remain some major objections to the inductivist assumption concerning observations . |
| 16 | Even if there were some UK trustees , the provision could apply ( see p7 ) . |
| 17 | They all appeared in the film which is an unusual record of part of their youth , even if there were some apprehensions about the filming . |
| 18 | Fenella shivered , because surely if there were any creeping darknesses abroad here , they would be abroad now , with the twilight stealing through the Wolfwood behind them … |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't suppose anyone would live here if there were any danger of sinking , ’ replied Isabel , ignoring the rest of Ellen 's speech . |
| 20 | Alternatively if there were enough interest we could go part way on the Central Wales Line and arrange a coach pickup at an appropriate point . |
| 21 | Then they You dropped the old er breasts of lamb in the old stew pot , chop it up , and then if there was any left , me Mam used to take it out , so we could eat it cold . |
| 22 | Now as I say , I started at that price and I used to have to help in the warehouse , in the packing and so forth , and then if there was any parcels to go into Nottingham I used to have to deliver them , by hand . |
| 23 | I 'm , I 'm , if there any question over it , the reason why I said ten days I 'm already sitting in London for , until the end of next week and therefore if there were any question , it 's obvious that it came before me , and that |