Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] if [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Explosions of some sort were almost unavoidable if the principle of nationality was to be extended beyond the states which embodied it in 1880 . |
| 2 | She was especially angry if the girls dared to eat any of her food or drink her coffee . |
| 3 | The latter was only possible if the state was seen to be separate from direct control by capital . |
| 4 | He specifically disagreed with Diplock LJ 's judgment in Gledhow quoted above and he particularly said that there was no such thing in this area of law as a contract which was void or invalid ab initio because an unreasonable restraint was only unenforceable if a party attempted to enforce it . |
| 5 | First , in the case of scienter liability for animals mansuetae naturae , the keeper was only liable if the animal caused some harm of the kind to be expected from its known vicious characteristics ; secondly , in the case of cattle trespass , there was a rule that the damage had to be in accordance with the natural characteristics of the animal . |
| 6 | Non-zero figures made the question harder and it was also harder if the interval spanned more than one hour . |
| 7 | This was also true if the men with cholecystectomy were compared with the 780 men with normal gall bladders . |
| 8 | I do not like the idea of complete fusion if it can be avoided , but I had come to think , as you had also , that it was really inevitable if the Coalition were to continue . |
| 9 | Direct English military intervention was now necessary if the duchy were not to collapse into chaos . |
| 10 | Herbert 's decision to take Orders was almost inevitable if a career at Court was not possible . |
| 11 | Iran entered reservations , on the grounds that this level of overall output was too high if the reference price target was to be achieved . |