Example sentences of "[coord] if it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even such a perfect match would count for little if the fish had to wave its fins in order to maintain its position in the water , or if it were to move independently from the weed . |
| 2 | From the start the new feature film had been saddled with outside obligations ; it had to preach or at least uplift , or if it were borrowing from literature it had to satisfy so many knowledgeable readers . |
| 3 | It would be a pity if talk of road pricing were to divert attention from commonsense action needed now , or if it were seen as a substitute for a properly funded roads programme . |
| 4 | On the other hand , if it is a galactic pulsar or if it were formed by accretion-induced collapse , it may be young and the large magnetic field would not be as surprising . |
| 5 | Mr Sedley said the court would have to decide if the damage to property under the Act included contamination by nuclear matter or waste or if it was limited to ‘ injury ’ to the fabric . |
| 6 | Some collectors used to visit the museum weekly to check up on how the art they lent was being shown , or if it was shown at all ’ , says one long-time curator . |
| 7 | This meant that it could not be used if it was the result of a ‘ fear of prejudice or hope of advantage , exercised or held out by a person in authority ’ or if it was occasioned by ‘ oppression ’ . |
| 8 | You see , all the iron work , as you took it off , it had to be straightened out , and if it was broken it had to be rewelded . |
| 9 | If investment in public education was a necessary political and humanitarian response to the problems of poverty and underprivilege , if it was an appropriate means of fostering and maintaining religious adherence , and if it was calculated to equip young people with the skills demanded by a changing industrial society , then a strategy had to be found for ensuring that value was obtained for the funds invested . |
| 10 | ( Prove you did n't print that , and if it was said of someone else , that you were n't tacitly implying it of me ) |
| 11 | As children with diffuse chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudoobstruction frequently vomit , we have investigated gastric electrical control activity as detected by the non-invasive technique of surface electrogastrography in the fasting state in such children to determine if persistently abnormal electrical control activity was present , and if it was related to the underlying pathology of enteric nerves and muscle coats . |
| 12 | And if it was done properly , no one need ever know . |
| 13 | By all the normal rules I should have pulled away before that , but if the road was clear I could let things get more serious before doing anything , and if it was blocked it was already too late . |
| 14 | In any case , the road from Chester to Caerleon was an important strategic line and always partly , if not wholly , under military control ; and if it was fortified , Whitchurch would have been included , and there is no evidence as yet of civil defences there . |
| 15 | Durham County Council has given assurances that a close watch will be kept on the parking situation , especially at the weekends and if it was warranted , yellow lines would be placed down the west side of Lakeside . |
| 16 | It arose from a groundswell of opinion in the EC that the internal market would be a success only where it had the support of both ‘ sides ’ of industry and if it was designed to benefit every citizen of the Community . |
| 17 | Then there was the printing works : it had kept pace with the changing times and if it was put on the market there would be plenty of interest . |
| 18 | and if it was forced upon them that this land 's going to have to be put into a , a kind of block |
| 19 | And if it were to invade Saudi Arabia , it would control 44% of the world 's oil reserves . |
| 20 | ‘ And if it were placed there later — say at three o'clock ? ’ |
| 21 | They pretended that what was happening was not happening , and if it were to happen , it would certainly never happen to the likes of them . |
| 22 | ‘ We had a similar set-up some years ago and if it were reintroduced I think the standard of the women 's game would rise ’ . |
| 23 | You may find that you often have to do this , as even a modest wedding bouquet can be too large to fit into a reasonably-sized picture frame , and if it were reproduced in its original size it could become such a large picture that it would completely dominate any room in which it was hung . |
| 24 | Nevertheless an object , resting on the ground by its own weight alone , can be a fixture , if it be so heavy that there is no need to tie it into a foundation , and if it were put in place to improve the realty … |
| 25 | But if it were granted it would significantly strengthen the conservationists ' hand politically . |
| 26 | But if it were to go up and up and up the blood would become absolutely saturated with sugar which would do us no good at all . |
| 27 | the design is based on squares , but if it were knitted without proportional adjustment , the whole thing would be incorrect and pulled out of shape . |
| 28 | The poem as a whole now tells a quite different story from the two-Part version of 1799 ; after the period of childhood , something is lost ( this sounds vague , but if it were known what was lost it would not be so ! ) . |
| 29 | Nobody was quite sure what that really meant but if it were to mean that audiences were now ready for films which dealt sensationally with sex , crime , and shady city affairs then that was what they were to be given . |
| 30 | But if it was intended that Jesus survive the Cross , or never perhaps be crucified at all , one can not help wondering whether Judas was privy to the plan . |