Example sentences of "if [ex0] were to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there were to be a programme of comparable generosity to the new democracies , it would be necessary to reduce some category of expenditure within the industrial countries . |
| 2 | The steady erosion from astronomical to merely high has at least been good for morale : a further cut after the holidays might just jolly people into voting Tory if there were to be an autumn election . |
| 3 | He had only been a stop-gap , to fill in after Father Collins 's long , thirty-five-year ministry and the appointment of a permanent successor , if there were to be a successor . |
| 4 | If there were to be a failure in maintaining this conquest , the ‘ livelihood ’ of these people would be at stake . |
| 5 | If there were to be an image of a woman in that book , that one picture would stand out as the exception . |
| 6 | If there were to be nightmares , she could not control that ; but she would not waste her waking time frightening herself with a terror which was past . |
| 7 | If there were to be a reduction in the mark-up , then this would further reinforce the effect . |
| 8 | immediately if there were to be such a disaster as a Labour Government . |
| 9 | That is as absurd as if there were to be competition locally between environmental health officers or , nationally , if British Telecom and Mercury were to pick and pay for their own regulators . |
| 10 | If there were to be a Labour Government or the unlikely event of a Liberal Democrat Government , it would be open house for local authorities to spend and spend , just like Viv Nicholson . |
| 11 | Er if there were to be an exceptions policy the suggestion has been made that certain districts perhaps could be identified er as being a suitable location . |