Example sentences of "if it be [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone has some quality they like , even if it is just that you are kind to animals . |
| 2 | I wonder if it is here that the pictures are to appear , worrying that the seats are badly arranged , pointing the wrong way , that we wo n't be able to see them properly . |
| 3 | If it is simply that ‘ our heritage is our power ’ , and women gain strength today by looking to their sisters in the past , if what interests her is the vision of an equality between women and men , Schüssler Fiorenza might well be better advised to look to other communities in the ancient Near East . |
| 4 | However , if it is right that a change is as good as a rest , you should now feel rested and ready to cope with anything . |
| 5 | It is generally possible to isolate at least one compelling selling feature even if it is only that your client 's product is the cheapest . |
| 6 | I do n't know if it 's just that I 'm missing you … |
| 7 | I mean , if it 's just that you 're too close to it and you do n't want me to look at it , there are people I know who 're good at that sort of thing ; they can see the wood from the trees ; they could — ’ |
| 8 | The calculations would seem a lunatic fantasy if it was n't that they were produced by an organization which then occupied the centre stage of British energy policy . |
| 9 | If it was n't that we had to develop from an egg in every generation , I do n't think that kind of conservatism would be observed . |
| 10 | He had stopped stealing , or , rather , Emmie thought he had : sometimes she wondered if it was just that she was n't keeping a proper watch on him . |
| 11 | The then Lord Chief Justice in 1980 commented that , If it were not that a high proportion of cases are compromised long before they reach court the administration of justice would soon grind to a halt ; the courts would be overwhelmed by the volume of work . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ If it were simply that it would hardly be convincing , would it ? ’ |
| 13 | If it were n't that a judge has to decide a case , quite a few of Edward 's legal opinions would probably end in a question mark . ’ |
| 14 | Afterwards Jared Tunstall had said to her mama , ‘ It was a question of a little hustler meeting a big one , and if it were n't that he has hurt Sally-Anne so badly I could almost admire the swine for his gall . |