Example sentences of "if it was not [art] " in BNC.

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1 It is a penalty if it was not a genuine attempt by the parties to pre-estimate the likely damages but was intended to hang in terror over one party to ensure that he carried out the contract .
2 If it was not a community crime , if the Pitts had not been slaughtered because they stood out from their fellows in a way the neighbourhood resented , then why had they died ?
3 Yet , Kochan continues , if it was not a guide to what happened after 1917 , it retains its importance as a dynamic diagnosis of the weakness of Tsarism and the force required to overthrow it .
4 ‘ Glory be to God , if it was not the Lord himself that sent His Holy angels to spread their blessed wings over you and keep you from all harm .
5 One person pointed out that , if it was not an accident , there were serious political overtones and the convention had been long established that political matters were never raised at presbytery meetings .
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