Example sentences of "if it did " in BNC.
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| 1 | What if it did n't work out after all ? |
| 2 | And a certain party 's name was not to cross her mind , rather , if it did , she was to wipe it out with a picture of her favourite places , backed by her favourite music . |
| 3 | The success of Let Us Compare Mythologies confirmed Leonard in his decision to be a poet-writer , even if it did not relieve Masha of her concern for his future well being . |
| 4 | If it did not exist , would anyone trouble to invent it at a time when , from the Atlantic to the Urals , socialism in all its manifestations is losing the argument to liberal capitalism ? |
| 5 | Even if it did , personal generosity simply can not cure basic social injustices . |
| 6 | If it did , it was not perhaps all that surprising . |
| 7 | In a minority situation , some form of power-sharing — even if it did not necessarily involve coalition — was inevitable . |
| 8 | Firstly that Britain would never end immigration altogether ( even if it ended black immigration ) , because if it did so the economy might not survive its periodic labour shortages . |
| 9 | Presumably if it did n't kill them it gave them a very nasty headache . |
| 10 | In fact it 's the best offer I 've ever had , and in any case I always knew I could go back to Wakefield if it did not work out . |
| 11 | But if it did , it was apparently to have been a big affair — no mere helicopter-borne ‘ surgical strike ’ — in which sheer weight of numbers and firepower could have been expected to guarantee ultimate success . |
| 12 | Even the party leadership does n't really believe that de-regulation is the best guarantee of the public good : if it did , it would n't have needed to call up Lord Rees-Mogg to police TV decency . |
| 13 | It no longer indulges in slanging matches with the American embassy , which had hinted that Kenya 's aid might suffer if it did not tolerate an opposition . |
| 14 | The reticence of the General Council was deliberate for it feared the violence which might ensue if all workers came out and was alarmed at the prospect of mass defections leading to the rapid collapse of the dispute if it did not immediately meet its objectives . |
| 15 | Even if it did n't lead to the elimination of all the older , ‘ flawed ’ models , a narrow range of ‘ new ’ species might well reduce the older ones to huddled groups in farming heritage parks . |
| 16 | ‘ It does n't seem to occur to anyone that all these people going on about UFOs and the general hilarity they cause would be quite a good disguise for the government if it did want to cover up weapons testing . ’ |
| 17 | Whether she had or not , he felt compelled to ask her a last question , even if it did annoy or depress her . |
| 18 | Eleanor Thorne moved her head about uneasily on the pillow for a moment or two , wishing she had not complained about the soap , for now Alida might change the brand , keep that tablet to herself , And if it did not lather well , it had such a distinctive scent , a scent Eleanor liked . |
| 19 | And if it did , do I therefore know what happens , do I know ‘ the truth ’ ? |
| 20 | ADMEN WOULD N'T PUMP SO MUCH MONEY INTO IT IF IT DID N'T WORK |
| 21 | It would be easy to dismiss ‘ softing ’ as an esoteric corner of the stock market which could be ignored , if it did not account for one deal in every six . |
| 22 | Britain , the US and France warned Iraq yesterday of ‘ serious consequences ’ if it did not remove anti-aircraft missiles threatening UN aircraft searching for nuclear and chemical weapons . |
| 23 | If it did the yield at yesterday 's 84p , down 5p , would be 6.3 p.c. and the multiple about 30 . |
| 24 | That the two City teams were housed together reinforced , even if it did not fully explain , the notable enthusiasm for a purist model of the developmental ideal within these teams . |
| 25 | And if it did work he would n't have to build his plane . |
| 26 | If a European Union of this kind were ever to be formed , it would either introduce new tensions and resentment when countries found their policies increasingly dependent on the most powerful country , and thereby lead to the break-up of the Community ; or , if it did somehow succeed , the future union would in effect be a greater Germany , balancing uneasily between East and West , inheriting and perhaps magnifying the complexes and instabilities of post-Bismarckian Germany . |
| 27 | Bearing in mind the size of the KGB 's foreign operations it would be surprising if it did not have some successes . |
| 28 | ‘ The most disturbing feature of the underground repository is not simply that an accident might occur , ’ he said at the time , ‘ but that if it did , we might never know until its consequences reached the surface — maybe decades later . ’ |
| 29 | The Stop Hinkley Expansion group complained to the Inspector , arguing that this was jumping the gun and a waste of public money , despite the CEGB claim that if it did n't order these parts in advance , at its own risk , it would never keep to its construction timetable . |
| 30 | If it did seek revenge , the lady 's spirit certainly took its time . |