Example sentences of "if [det] be at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there 's something in even the very best of us which would really prefer to take the easy way out , if that 's at all possible . |
| 2 | If that 's at all true , I 'd like to help to get things straight . |
| 3 | But if y'have t'shoot , aim to disable rather than kill , if that 's at all possible without puttin' y'self at risk . ’ |
| 4 | It is necessary to prepare tor convalescence before you go into hospital if that is at all possible . |
| 5 | At the first meeting of the Central Authority , Shinwell had told Citrine and his colleagues that a reasonable aim would be to meet full demand by 1951 ‘ if that was at all possible ’ in the light of other national investment demands . |
| 6 | still keeps the wage-labour relationship and the work-role as determinative of social existence , even if this is at second hand ( and its being at second hand is very important in relation to issues of patriarchy ) . |
| 7 | Also , when families are providing care for a disabled relative they usually want to continue to do so if this is at all possible . |
| 8 | These inferences are based on the remarkable robustness of the assumption of cooperation : if someone drastically and dramatically deviates from maxim-type behaviour , then his utterances are still read as underlyingly co-operative if this is at all possible . |
| 9 | She 'd be wise to push him out of her mind — if this were at all possible — and before she made a complete idiot of herself . |
| 10 | Asked if this was at last your ‘ special friend ’ |