Example sentences of "if it was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that newcomers to the union would have confidence about using it , and not feel so anxious about it as a new and untried form of credit as they might if it was instead an advertised credit institution . |
| 2 | a party if it was closely linked to that party by organisation , loyalty to party goals and the partisanship of its readers . |
| 3 | So , if she did n't want to go anywhere , and she frequently did n't , she ran backwards ; even if it was straight into a prickly bush or a stinging cane . |
| 4 | You may be right , but your cynicism would be easier to accept if it was universally applied . |
| 5 | It was a grand chance to see all the states and sometimes Canada , even if it was rather too fast moving . |
| 6 | Do n't worry , it 's not the joke , even if it was slightly sick . |
| 7 | If it was otherwise , surely others would have come by now to find me ? ’ |
| 8 | There is a sense in which even he , the perpetrator , is considered the victim of the crime , his crime , as if it was somehow larger than himself . |
| 9 | ‘ He … he made it seem as if it was somehow … my fault . |
| 10 | Anyhow , we had open views over the Heath and Vale of Health and it made a lovely family home even if it was badly designed with a huge wasteful " well " in the middle of the house which had the advantage of enabling us to come downstairs in a series of flying leaps , holding on to tall mahogany pillars at the corners of the stairway . |
| 11 | ‘ If it was true there 'd be people all over the world with pigs with their teeth sunk in them . ’ |
| 12 | I would n't hesitate for a moment to lie my teeth off if it was either useful or necessary . |
| 13 | I got that about two rounds ago , but I 'm not sure if it was either |
| 14 | Raybestos also released a statement they had been authorized to make by Dr Selikoff , the world 's pre-eminent expert on asbestos and director of cancer research at Mount Sinai Hospital , to the effect that asbestos did not need to be banned to protect society , if it was properly controlled . |
| 15 | In some places abroad they have the women playing football before the actual big games which it would be helpful if it was here . |
| 16 | If it was even slightly formal she had only one . |
| 17 | You know , if it was a dog that was lost , if it was a cat that was lost , if it was even a pigeon that had got lost they 've got some homing device , but the sheep has n't even got that , it ca n't even find it 's own way home . |
| 18 | AT&T could find such co-operation elusive if it was also competing with them . |
| 19 | If it was also at the top line of the text window and scroll is enabled , the window scrolls down . |
| 20 | God , if it was just time ! |
| 21 | And if it was just exhausted , it was simply a question of postponing his own ploughing and resting it up for a day or two until it had regained its appetite and its strength . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's not being afraid of dying , ’ adds Salli , ‘ but I 'd hate to die having done nothing , even if it was just a little step forward . |
| 23 | Even if it was just somewhere built by humans . ’ |
| 24 | I wondered if she really felt strongly about this or if it was just a habit to sound as if she did . |
| 25 | ‘ If it was just defying the village I would n't think twice . |
| 26 | If it was just for money , then we would have had a ransom demand by now . ’ |
| 27 | And I always watched Wimbledon on the telly , even if it was just to see the lady players in those short skirts ( apart from old ‘ muscles ’ Navratilova ! ) . |
| 28 | was a bit drunk one afternoon at about four o'clock and he said , ‘ If it was just an ‘ oul book we could have done something for you but with marrying this foreign woman you 're a hopeless case . ’ |
| 29 | If it was just in brackets then I ignored it |
| 30 | If it was just a six point , or a seven point , then it was a real coarse one , cheap , for American markets . |