Example sentences of "were to [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In principle if the dose were to exactly meet the requirements of the patient there would be no observable reaction before the resolution took place . |
| 2 | And so we 've got to desire to have our broken relationship with God restored , you see we need to receive what God offers in Christ , the fact that Christ died for our sins does not mean a thing to us until we say yes I accept it for me , I believe you died for me , I receive it , I 'm linked into it , you see your house can be , let me give you a very simple illustration , your house is linked up with er Eastern Electricity and there is so many er I du n no what , what the what it is , but there is the power there , the there are , there are kilo watts of power on tap in your home , but in the winter you 're cold , when it gets dark outside , it 's dark inside the cooker , the electric cooker does n't work , the fridge is not operating the food is going rotten , you ca n't watch a programme on television , why , because you have n't plugged into the source of the power , it 's as simple as that , you ca n't blame the Electricity Board , it 's not Eastern Electricity 's fault it 's your fault because all the plugs are out of the sockets and it does n't matter what the Electricity Board does short of blowing up your house , they can do nothing for you and it does n't matter what God has done in Christ until we as it were to also plug in , it does n't mean a thing to us , but the moment we link in , that 's the change , the lights come on , there 's , there 's heat there , the stove works , the , the radio , the television , the record player , they 're all operating , the freezer 's working , the situation has changed , we needs to receive what God offers us in Christ |
| 3 | ’ They said we were to ahead of or time , ’ say a Saunderson . |
| 4 | I wish it were to here . |
| 5 | ‘ I wish it were to here . |
| 6 | If we were to deliberately over-provide , then I think it would be difficult to put a brake on this once a certain level of jobs had been reached , once the land is committed , there is a certain certainty attached to that commitment and I wonder how that would sit with the er guidance on development plans . |
| 7 | What would happen to your family if you or your partner were to suddenly die ? |
| 8 | The New York headquarters of Chemical had discovered that the deal their leasing arm , based in London , had negotiated with Virgin could technically be regarded as an infringement of New York banking law , through theoretically leaving Chemical with unlimited liability if the Virgin Group were to suddenly collapse . |
| 9 | It was bad enough that she 'd fallen in love with the cold , glacial man she already knew him to be — if she were to suddenly discover a tender , humane element to his character , heaven help her . |
| 10 | She-who-Pulls-the-Strings said the bars were to far apart and the dogs would get stuck in them . |
| 11 | The practices of the press were to further undermine its credibility . |
| 12 | Is that when you actually sit down and you you know we if we were to actually cross out the words that were sexist in the service book , you know , er and put the non-sexist alternatives in . |
| 13 | especially if I were to actually get , if I get that I 'd consider going if I could get a place in the halls , the residence |
| 14 | Girls with extreme youth and high spirits were to boldly claim their patch in a business which was obviously a male domain . ’ |
| 15 | According to the Clarkes ' evidence in the Old Bailey court , Atra signed a contract with Virgin in September 1975 , under which Virgin were to directly handle certain Atra recordings . |