Example sentences of "if it [was/were] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Energy was directed mainly to the primary sector , where , until recently , it was impossible to have anything but a church-sponsored school if it was to be funded by the state . |
| 2 | for Maxse , Bridgeman , and the great majority of Conservatives between 1906 and 1910 , the party , if it was to be popular , needed to embrace tariff reform and the gamut of policies with which it was linked , such as social reform and land reform . |
| 3 | demanding to know the date of the party — which was unanswerable , since no one knew when Karl would be back from Dresden — and either confirming that , anyway , if it was to be on a week-end they would be resent — or not Frau Nordern was annoyed b the refusals but Herr Nordern had a drier view ‘ Most of them have hardly heard of Karl , ’ he said ‘ and anyway it is n't everyone who wants to be seen meeting … . |
| 4 | For much of Act I , too , Jonathan Summers 's Posa seemed as if it was to be a rough-and-ready performance by this gifted baritone . |
| 5 | Hilary Wainwright did begin to raise such questions in stating that truly radical television would have to address the needs of its audience if it was to be able to ‘ imagine the real messy , [ business of socialism ] ’ . |
| 6 | But if it was to be the first triumphant scream of Morrissey 's revenge , then it was certainly a just reward for Johnny Marr . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This time it was widely recognised that a change in policy was necessary if it was to be achieved . |
| 9 | Clearly , if it was to be successful in redistributing work , those who controlled the market should be excluded completely or relatively . |
| 10 | Many also were prepared to accept state welfare reform if it was to be truly redistributive from rich to poor , rather than financed by taxes on the poor themselves . |
| 11 | It was felt that was totally contradictory as community care was more expensive and required a lot more time and resources if it was to be quality care . |
| 12 | But in 1981 I tried to go further and identify a set of criteria which any proposed biochemical or cellular correspondent of memory formation would have to meet if it was to be regarded as a candidate memory process . |
| 13 | If it was to be provided in addition to principal repayments in the revenue account , then local authorities ' capital would increase . |
| 14 | ‘ You ate that as if it was to be your last meal on earth . ’ |
| 15 | Old-style Falangists occupied the ministries associated with social and political control ( Interior , Army , Labour and the Party Secretariat ) , but portfolios connected with the external image of the regime and the assurance of its future ( such as Justice , Foreign Affairs , Education and Public Works ) were assigned to men guided less by rigid ideological concepts than by their awareness that the world had changed since 1945 and that Spain needed to adapt if it was to be counted among the leading nations in the post-war world . |
| 16 | that I have downstairs , because it 's , if it was to be computerized , it would be a massive great bloody great volume |
| 17 | Increasing this angle increases the flair very sensitively , up to the maximum deflection of the curve of the rear leg , if it were to be ( impractically ! ) mounted in the plane or the rear seat rail . |
| 18 | It is therefore possible to imagine two opposite reactions if it were to be shown conclusively that the creature was a whale . |
| 19 | Clearly , incapacity or wilful refusal to consummate a marriage as presently defined , if it were to be retained at all as part of the law , could only apply to those relationships presently regarded as marriages . |
| 20 | This argument is strengthened by a body of evidence that suggests that these very small investors would be most unlikely to read , let alone interpret correctly , such information if it were to be provided in the audit report . |
| 21 | But even if it were to be brought in , there would still be a need for the factor 's services , says Alan Hughes , chairman of the ABFD and managing director of Griffin Factors , part of Midland Bank . |
| 22 | After all , if it were to be something to mark the beginning of a new stage in her life , then she could make it clear that this new life would n't involve any further outings with him . |
| 23 | Must not theology , if it were to be possible at all , be established from the other side , by God himself — by the God who makes himself known to us in Jesus Christ rather than the God whom we choose to recognise in him , a God who comes from beyond ourselves to judge , redeem and save ? |
| 24 | So sealing , if it were to be done , would have to be done in strength ( by the eager-to-help Russians ? ) , along two borders , in the knowledge that frontier-patrolling might be the start of a bigger involvement . |
| 25 | If it were to be successful the mental health movement would have to move away from any strong association with welfare . |
| 26 | If it were to be stopped at all , then it could only be by means that fell entirely outside the constitution . |
| 27 | But if it were if it were to be slashed or erm you know and er on Monday evening we would have to get a screen we would have to replace that screen immediately . |
| 28 | It was possible to estimate the approximate vicinity of the conjectural planet if it were to be of a reasonable size and to be responsible for the perturbation of Uranus ' orbit . |
| 29 | Indeed , if it were to be as firmly and clearly drawn as some of our mentors would wish , I can not help feeling that a number of leading cases in your Lordships ' House would never have been decided the way they were . |
| 30 | Affirmative evidence rebutting that implication would , I think , be needed if it were to be contended that paragraph ( b ) had not been satisfied . |