Example sentences of "[adv] if [not/n't] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If NEP was presented as a retreat , however , giving ground to capitalist economy to gather strength for a later offensive , this suggested that ‘ war communism ’ was desirable , even if not immediately practicable . |
| 2 | attempts by the executive arm of government to influence sentencing are unconstitutional ; attempts by the legislature to interfere with the sentencing discretion of the courts are , even if not strictly unconstitutional , bound to result in both practical confusion and injustice to defendants ; the sentencing powers of the courts should therefore be left to the wisdom of the courts , under the guidance of the Court of Appeal . |
| 3 | Plenty of mergers take place , often under pressure even if not overtly hostile . |
| 4 | The main point to be taken , however , is that by then , even if not yet dramatic , the growth of the economy was strong enough for per capita tax yield to rise with the growing population . |
| 5 | In fact , the account is correct , even if not very explicit , and as by now the reader will be equally confused , let us look at the history of the papingo shoot . |
| 6 | Even if not as ancient or beautiful as the Charles Bridge , it is a lovely artefact from which one commands splendid views of the Parliament Building and of the skylines of Buda and Pest . |
| 7 | In prosperous districts too — most strikingly in central Suffolk — the labouring element was minimal , few assessments falling below £2 , and many people had their own smallholdings which , even if not always big enough to afford a really adequate livelihood , at least restricted working for wages to a subsidiary role . |
| 8 | This is such a formidable list that we might be tempted to assume that research and higher education must at least be species of the same genus of activity , even if not actually identical . |
| 9 | Some of these guys had brains once , even if not that much sign remains . |
| 10 | The islands of Isabella , Green Island , Flinders , and Waterhouse were to prove a fertile hunting-ground even if not aesthetically pleasing . |
| 11 | The picture that emerged was highly confusing , because she could not follow all its references , despite Clelia 's efforts to explain herself ; she found it impossible to sort out the complications of Clelia 's family , which seemed to contain , as well as a poet father , an equally if not more famous mother , and a large number of strangely named children . |
| 12 | It is equally if not more striking that these remarks about mania in the individual manic-depressive of modern times hold perfectly true for the cultural equivalent : the first cultivating societies . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , carcinogens are found in similar levels in the smoke of all tobacco products and experiments indicate that smoke condensates from pipes and cigars are equally if not more carcinogenic than condensates from cigarettes [ 5 ] . |
| 14 | In my opinion , these acts were equally if not more severe than the ones we saw in Paris , but there was no sign of any dismissal by the referee . |
| 15 | on , it was equally if not more dreadful to him to think that this successor might treat the emirs ‘ as superiors — as Royalties ’ , thereby incurring ‘ their astonished contempt that the King 's representative — the conquering dynasty — should so behave ’ . |
| 16 | As predicted , he was holding a bottle , but I saw that it was almost if not quite full . |