Example sentences of "[art] [adj] if [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I most scrupulously carried out my promise to her , despite the dishonest if well meant advice of various people who suggested that I should deposit her letters in a great library . |
| 2 | The international order the British presided over had no proper place for Germany , but that which the United States brought into being after 1945 has given the Federal Republic a privileged if somewhat constrained position . |
| 3 | The international order the British presided over had no proper place for Germany , but that which the United States brought into being after 1945 has given the Federal Republic a privileged if somewhat constrained position . |
| 4 | Lionel said , ‘ Anything to do with rags to riches is sure of a welcome if brightly done — as happens of course at the Carlton … |
| 5 | When protection turned to annexation Russia faced Georgian resistance and became involved in a long if relatively untaxing war with Persia ( 1804–13 ) . |
| 6 | THE ANCIENT BARNS , cow sheds , granaries and other agricultural buildings of the countryside are a vital if perhaps under-appreciated part of Britain 's architectural heritage . |
| 7 | Jacques Tajan 's much heralded sale of the largest collection of ancient mirrors in the world on 8 December in the Hotel George V , proved a notable if little publicised failure . |
| 8 | The quality of the conceptualization of his thought was low , but the garrulous style of The Fascist and his pamphlets contained an implicit if dimly perceived racial philosophy which linked Leese to this tradition . |