Example sentences of "[adv] if " in BNC.
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1 | Germaine Meyer was wearing a sky-blue blouse that summer afternoon and Modigliani was immediately arrested by her colouring , a blend of rose and white , and asked her eagerly if he could paint her . |
2 | It was good policy to apologise , charmingly if possible , for not having brought more suitable clothes . |
3 | perhaps if integrated schooling were more widespread in the North , more protestant voices would be heard against it , particularly if there was a possibility that a nun or priest might show up as a teacher in such an integrated school . |
4 | ‘ Perhaps if we tried to get things straight in our minds now , it might hurry the enquiry along , ’ Peggy suggested , casually . |
5 | Perhaps if she had not got pregnant … perhaps they could have pulled it off . |
6 | Perhaps if the National Front had been excluded , the racism they stand for would have had to be faced up to , ‘ making it worse ’ for those very genteel people in charge of education . |
7 | Perhaps if I had n't been a fool I would have been the dead girl in the road . ’ |
8 | Perhaps if he had worried less about them , and taken a less self-reproachful line , the outlines of his personality would have softened with the years . |
9 | But perhaps if I had … ’ |
10 | Perhaps if he had met them after the confidence gained by a successful tour of India in 1976–7 , when his captaincy was much praised , the story might have been different . |
11 | Nor was he helped by being up against the mighty deeds of the West Indies in his first two series , and perhaps if he had been able to cut his teeth on something less difficult the story might have had a happier turn to it . |
12 | Perhaps if it had not been for the Shakoor Rana affair the TCCB might have handled this quietly and sensibly by issuing a non-committal statement and letting the fuss die down . |
13 | Perhaps if we offered to replace Crevecoeur for her … |
14 | Perhaps if my father had built a formica cocktail bar in the corner of our lounge my mother would still be living with us . |
15 | ‘ Perhaps if everybody had a stake in the business , they would work better , ’ said Robyn . |
16 | Perhaps if ultimate knowledge is attained it must at once be transformed into a significant death . ’ |
17 | Perhaps if I had allowed myself to be doubtful , I might have understood Mick 's concern about the rules , and his inability to express it without aggressive confrontation . |
18 | Perhaps if you see anyone not using their sense you could do them , and all other windsurfers , a favour by telling them . |
19 | Less ambitiously , you might ask your employer to agree to repatriate you , together with your family and possessions , free of charge , if your job ends prematurely for any reason , except perhaps if you have been dismissed for misconduct . |
20 | Perhaps if a few of our political masters were to read this book , and learn from it , they would recognise the dangers inherent in gambling with our children 's future for ideological gain . |
21 | Perhaps if the term is replaced by ‘ compensatory ’ or ‘ therapeutic ’ such reading will be considered more sympathetically . |
22 | Perhaps if he followed one path , he would find a place where they came together ? |
23 | Never mind , ’ said Breeze valiantly , ‘ perhaps if we 're awfully careful and cheese-paring for the next forty years or so , we may end our days in some sweet little cottage with roses round the door … ’ |
24 | With club rates varying from £50–£90 per hour depending on which part of the country you reside in , it makes economic sense if you can afford it to join a group — or perhaps if a little more of the folding stuff is available , to buy your own small PFA type or microlight . |
25 | ‘ Perhaps if you could learn a little tolerance . |
26 | Perhaps if it had n't happened so handily by chance , he would have engineered a meeting . |
27 | Perhaps if I 'd tried one-one-five , or five-five-one … or five-one-one , or five-five-five … |
28 | Perhaps if you remember them you will forget your maladies . ’ |
29 | Perhaps if he fancied Perdita he saw her as a potential mother-in-law . |
30 | Twelve pence , she reckoned ; perhaps if I had given ten pence to the beggar this would not have happened . |