Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] if [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commitment and concentration were better if the bulk of the day 's work was past . |
| 2 | The examination of the performance of standard in-rack systems led to the realisation that systems giving a much quicker and better-directed response to fire were necessary if the performance requirements of section 6.3 were to be met . |
| 3 | Witnesses were uncertain if the bus was in the middle or the inside lane but it was doing about 63 miles an hour when a Nissan car , driven by 74 year old Malcolm Austin , crashed into the front . |
| 4 | I got on to the roof : the upper levels of mortar had crumbled so much that it was doubtful if the stack would survive the next gale . |
| 5 | It was doubtful if the equipment had been used for years . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't ask me , missis ; all I know , wherever she went on those nights , she 'd leave here at half-past six and it was lucky if the clock saw her coming in that door at half-past eleven at night . ’ |
| 7 | She tried to pull her scattered thoughts into some sort of order , but all she could do was wonder if the cold , level gaze he had given her betokened indifference or anger . |
| 8 | What he said was informative if a touch inconsequential ; you did n't remember too much of it but the effect was cumulative . |
| 9 | It is not enough for the defendant to show that he was aware of the contents of what he was distributing or publishing , but did not himself think that it was insulting if the jury or magistrate should come to the conclusion that he suspected or had grounds to suspect otherwise . |
| 10 | A devolution bill in the parliamentary session 1976–7 failed because of backbench Labour objections : the government was unable to carry the guillotine motion to curb debate which was essential if the bill was to reach the Statute Book . |
| 11 | A pool of people who could read and keep ledgers was essential if the world of commerce were to expand . |
| 12 | Withdrawal from the Coalition Government was critical if the process was to go any further : how could Labour make genuinely independent peace overtures to the German socialists while retaining its direct involvement in the Lloyd George Government ? |
| 13 | There had n't been any time to find a new skivvy , and a skivvy was vital if the evening was to be a success . |
| 14 | Five months later the Minister of Information was asked in Parliament , during the debate on the Newspaper Ordnance ( Amendment ) Bill , why this new Bill was necessary if the Government had been able to close down Ulimwengu was it somehow to legalize what had been done already ? |
| 15 | However , the Middle East Economic Digest of May 24 stated that a new IMF agreement was necessary if the government was to reach a new set of debt rescheduling accords with creditor countries within the " Paris Club " and " London Club " frameworks . |
| 16 | There were , however , three cases arising out of an original conveyance where a translation was necessary if the client 's chosen outcome was to be achieved . |
| 17 | In the later Middle Ages as more and more families became armigerous , the abuse of arms by illegal assumption grew to the point where corrective action was necessary if the dignity of possessing a valid grant was not to be eroded beyond reclamation . |
| 18 | Er i it was alright if the man took precautions but if the woman did n't take precautions there was er I mean the man did n't , there was nothing the woman could do at all about it . |