Example sentences of "if [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those radicals ( among whom Gaitskell was , oddly , not numbered ) who wanted to abolish the public schools , or amalgamate them somehow into the maintained system , persuaded themselves for a time that if this were done , and if everyone had a chance to take the 11 + and compete for a place at a grammar school , then justice would have been done and educational standards would be secure . |
| 2 | Now , if everyone had an average-sized lawn which they cut weekly for eight months using half a litre of petrol at each session , they would still burn less than 4 gallons a year . |
| 3 | If everyone had been like she was the human race would have died out long ago . |
| 4 | If … if everyone had their rights I should be legal mistress of this place now . |
| 5 | If everyone had one of these , the crime rate would drop by about fifty per cent . ’ |
| 6 | Byfleet , Surrey-based Specialix Ltd , UK manufacturer of intelligent input/output controllers has pulled out of ACE : marketing director , Ian Cummins says ‘ ACE was initially a good idea if everyone had worked together . |
| 7 | If everyone had no confidence , no one kindly , passionate-feeling human person would ever be approached by any other kindly , passionate-feeling human person . |
| 8 | In if everyone had a meter , |
| 9 | If we further take account of intergenerational differences , then the coefficient of variation over all generations , denoted by , is the weighted sum of individual plus the coefficient of variation obtained if everyone had the mean income of their generation ( the ‘ between-generations ’ inequality ) . |
| 10 | If everyone had identical tastes and endowments , then many public finance questions would lose their significance , and this is particularly true of the behaviour of the state . |
| 11 | If everyone had the same preferences as individual i , the same pre-tax income Y i , and the same perception of the tax required , then there would be no disagreement over the level of public spending . |
| 12 | If everyone had waited until they could promise their children a safe life , the human race would be extinct . ’ |
| 13 | It is as if everyone had decided to follow to the letter the advice sent out to UDF candidates by Jean-Pierre Raffarin , the centre-right party 's expert on political marketing . |
| 14 | A spokesman for the largest opposition group , the People 's Party , said the Prime Minister was acting ‘ as if nothing had changed ’ . |
| 15 | A spokesman for the largest opposition group , the People 's Party , said the Prime Minister was acting ‘ as if nothing had changed ’ . |
| 16 | Less than a minute later it will be on its feet again as if nothing had happened . |
| 17 | The rest of the hens were roaming as if nothing had happened . |
| 18 | He thought it best to give her a quick kiss and talk as if nothing had happened . |
| 19 | They are often advertised in the newspapers as ‘ bomb proof ! ’ ; no matter what occurs they will just continue their mild sweet way as if nothing had ever happened . |
| 20 | They are hardly likely to behave as if nothing had happened . ’ |
| 21 | But , the layman may object , this does not mean that the communicating classes should be allowed to get an election wrong , and just carry on communicating as if nothing had happened . |
| 22 | Beyond the cottage gates , a bent green and yellow sign welcomed visitors to the area as if nothing had happened , declaring : ‘ Visit Etna National Park , where nature is protected . ’ |
| 23 | Only Mr Rumback walked on as if nothing had happened . |
| 24 | Right on time , just as if nothing had happened . |
| 25 | The weeds that we 'd uprooted in the morning were shrivelled and brown ; the earth looked as if nothing had ever lived in it . |
| 26 | The villagers often joked that if she met a German tank on the road to Berkeley , she would order it off the road and pass on as if nothing had happened . |
| 27 | The barman was back ( a leap ) at his station behind the bar , as if nothing had happened . |
| 28 | Frank did n't apologize and Philip behaved as if nothing had happened . |
| 29 | Then , an hour before ‘ They 'd be giving Luigi his shirt when Maradona would come in as if nothing had happened . |
| 30 | as if nothing had happened , the Valkyrie flew on for sixteen seconds . |