Example sentences of "if [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most significant of all , this 1964 picture starred the woman with the most notable breasts in British movie history , yet who always managed — if only just and with the aid of her equally pretty hands — to keep them to herself , Barbara Windsor . |
| 2 | But time was when I would have said the same of you , ’ he added wryly , and took heart at hearing Hugh laugh , if only briefly and softly . |
| 3 | In the process of examining how routine policing is affected by social divisions , researchers may , however , obtain some direct and first-hand impression of public order policing , if only unsatisfactorily as it briefly or infrequently enters their research location . |
| 4 | hallucinations can also be dangerous , unpleasant and frightening , but even these can be enjoyable ( think of horror films ) and allow youngsters to ‘ escape ’ — if only temporarily and only in their imagination . |
| 5 | Indeed , his work rate is so high that his players are inspired to perform if only so that the old so-and-so does not get the better of them . |
| 6 | Indeed , his work rate is so high that his players are inspired to perform if only so that the old so-and-so does not get the better of them . |
| 7 | ‘ I might as well tell you — if only so that you 'll let me go home . ’ |
| 8 | I felt I should include them in the list if only so that you could see the limited choice at present available . |
| 9 | In this more temperate climate , we can see that rock 's estate is a grand one , and it 's tempting to tramp its grounds — necessary , perhaps , if only so as to have somewhere to ‘ go ’ . |
| 10 | Yet if we are going to approach language as isolated artificially constructed sentences , even if only occasionally and for limited purposes , we do need to make a case for this , and not just do it because that is the tradition : in the mother tongue classroom , for the foreign language learner , or in linguistics . |
| 11 | The bankers ' peace , however , was not a genuine one , but a rampant militarism which threatened to destroy the foundations of civilized life as surely as , if less quickly than , war itself . |
| 12 | And if you are still not convinced , then Parker says that customer demand for mainframe capacity continues to grow healthily , even if more slowly than the good old days . |
| 13 | Firstly , an elder may display verbal consciousness for most of her or his day-to-day conduct , even if sometimes haltingly or with verbal expression impaired by physical conditions such as aphasia . |
| 14 | From the husband 's point of view it is obviously more satisfactory to have repayment of the mortgage on a fixed date or on the happening of a specified event ( such as remarriage of the wife ) if earlier rather than have repayment of his charge postponed until sale of the property . |