Example sentences of "but if [pers pn] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if we are to be fixed to the Deutschmark , that should be an agreed and acknowledged policy . |
| 2 | But if we are to be able to talk to our children about this at all , then we must have some understanding of the choices and risks they face . |
| 3 | The numbers mentioned above are very small , but if they were to be multiplied hundreds and hundreds of times across the nation they would become enormous . |
| 4 | She had not decided whether or not to tell Dick , but if he were to be told it would be by her , not by the Longhills . |
| 5 | And if you 're to try and fill her shoes , which I very much doubt you 'll ever do , but if you 're to be even half the woman that she was , may God have mercy on her , then you 'll need all the reminding I can give you . ’ |
| 6 | If the police authority was invited to co-opt people to add to their numbers , making sure that the majority still stayed with the councillors , then I do n't think one should have too much objection to it , but if it 's to be done in this er this way of central er of central allocation er in the form of the answer to the question to my noble friend Lord Lyle from my noble friend the Minister on the 17th of January which the Noble Lord , Lord Carrigan made reference in which these people are to be er i i it staggers me my Lord , I have to stop for the moment , it staggers me the er the insolence , the insolence of the Home Office in writing down job descriptions and personal profiles for people that are going to function locally . |
| 7 | But if it was to be the first triumphant scream of Morrissey 's revenge , then it was certainly a just reward for Johnny Marr . |
| 8 | If they were not employed , that did not mean that the legacy was at once void ; but if it was to be saved , all depended on construing the necessary verba sollemnia . |