Example sentences of "[verb] be [vb pp] if a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the concentration of 7α-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one can vary during the day and acute increases have been found , a better correlation may have been obtained if a serum sample had been taken at more than one occasion from each patient . |
| 2 | Looking back , one can only wonder why no-one suggested easier ways of working , great economies could have been made if a time and motion expert had been employed . |
| 3 | Fire claimed more than six hundred lives in Britain last year , many may have been saved if a smoke alarm had been fitted . |
| 4 | It is surely not just and equitable to reduce the damages if the court is satisfied that as severe , or more severe , damage would have been caused if a seat belt had been worn . |
| 5 | The total exposure of the vendors under the warranties and indemnities shall be limited to the consideration paid and ( if higher ) the consideration that would have been paid if a dividend and any other non trading transaction ( e.g. pension fund contributions , compensations for loss of office , etc. ) had not been paid between [ date ] and completion but will not exceed £ [ ] million . |