Example sentences of "if to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If to do this , if to be a Whistler at best , in the art of poetry , is to reach the height of poetic expression , then Ezra and Eliot have approached it and tant pis for the rest of us . |
| 2 | Cornford had quoted the Euripidean question , ‘ who knows if to be living be not death ? |
| 3 | ‘ Are you sure , ’ said Simon , speaking slowly as if to someone with a poor knowledge of English , ‘ that Gazzer has n't already got the money ? |
| 4 | ‘ Of course they did n't say that , ’ said Nigel as if to an elderly sloth suffering from senile decay , ‘ but it 's no good me saying , ‘ Sinister , dexter , sinister , dexter , ’ because they wo n't know what I 'm talking about , will they ? |
| 5 | I have , after all , attempted to answer this before , if to no avail . |
| 6 | To the code-breakers of Bletchley , to the Cabinet , the Chiefs of Staff and certain commanders in the field , this intelligence was referred to ( as if to some rare commodity or magic panacea ) as ‘ Ultra ’ . |
| 7 | My mind is full of dark thoughts and evil yearnings , terrible images which move me to wickedness , as if to some obscure crime which perhaps I have committed already — ’ |
| 8 | I speak as if to a child , and add , ‘ On Friday . ’ |
| 9 | Nessie found herself reacting as if to the parish priest or the headmaster of the school . |
| 10 | The profit derived from their sale could not be very considerable , and the land , if to be sold , would be regarded as infinitely less valuable to the situation purchaser . ’ |
| 11 | Still twitching and shuddering , as if to the beat of the wrong pulse , the dhāmi looks at the child , willing his eyes to focus , be still . |
| 12 | I heard Daffodil 's voice before I saw her , so that when Filmer came past the door of the bar I was bending down with my head below the counter as if to be tidying things there . |
| 13 | She went as if to her execution . |
| 14 | I can see how those faded images might suggest sultry nights of Mediterranean passion even if to me they now evoke only memories of sunburn and Retsina hangovers . |
| 15 | Presently , ’ Edward said vaguely , as if to himself . |
| 16 | Then added in a mumble as if to himself , ‘ Just wait … just wait till you try it on Boxing Day … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Wpc Jones , that one , ’ murmured Markby as if to himself , ‘ and doing her job very well . ’ |
| 18 | It was becoming clear , at any rate to Griffith if to nobody else , that in a world where practical materials only reached a small and highly irregular fraction of the strength of their chemical bonds , the weakening mechanism , rather than the bond . |
| 19 | If to that we add both the structured dependency which was earlier described , in which social policies and practices discriminate against them in matters crucial to their well-being ( such as housing , income and transport ) , and the personal indignities of physical and social dependence , we must surely put at the top of our agenda for care a determination to assess realistically , yet sensitively , what is the best balance that can be achieved in the present circumstances of that old person . |
| 20 | A lofty and spacious carriage , the G slips from rough country into a more courtly role as if to the manner born . |
| 21 | ‘ Aye , such heedlessness — such invitation to injury , as if to a friendly playmate — can imperil our battle planning , risking loss of personnel and materiel . |
| 22 | Eventually he said , as if to himself : ‘ I 'm glad I came back . ’ |
| 23 | Born in 1903 , a year before Graham Greene , they met only when Orwell was dying ; and only a few letters are known to have passed between them , all composed in polite terms , as if to strangers . |
| 24 | If to this were added the effects of a special pension at 60 for those who were unemployed , a new invalidity pension , the raising of the school-leaving age to sixteen and a uniform forty-hour week , a total of 2,000,000 jobs would be redistributed to the unemployed . |
| 25 | Glow-strips flickered , as if to this stifling hell of pain and terror was soon to be added darkness . |
| 26 | In our study year there were forty-five murder trials reported from the courts where some sexual component was raised as an issue , even if to be denied . |
| 27 | It is proposed in the course of this work to use the USA as a main comparison , though other jurisdictions are also considered , even if to a lesser extent . |
| 28 | If to be made in larger quantities and stored , seal the little pots with a layer of clarified butter , melted and poured over the chilled paste . |
| 29 | Fleury made a dash for his sabre , but the sepoy was much nearer to it and picked it up , making as if to hand it to Fleury , and chuckling more loudly than ever . |
| 30 | Look at the word ; say if to yourself . |