Example sentences of "if it meant [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Redwood , a former head of Mrs Thatcher 's policy unit , saw no mileage in his current job as local-government minister if it meant non-stop council-bashing . |
| 2 | The great treeless plains from Salamanca to Valladolid were most economically employed with wheat and grazed fallows , while other poorer provinces — Avila for instance — could grow little else , even if it meant wretched crops and three-year fallows . |
| 3 | Most ( 70 per cent ) said they would prefer the shortest possible repayment period , even if it meant large instalment payments . |
| 4 | But if it meant this I ought to know it . |
| 5 | They would gladly put up with a certain level of pregnancy risk if it meant fewer side effects . |
| 6 | Hall argued , however , that even this least satisfactory outcome would be worth while if it meant some of the long-term unemployed in the inner cities obtained jobs , and were thus able to climb up the skills and income levels . |
| 7 | He could n't bear the thought of a child like Anna ever being subjected to the indecencies and ugliness of a house such as Claybury 's , and he vowed that from now on he would work only to make life for lunatics stress-free and tolerable , even if it meant less money for himself . |
| 8 | He threatened tough action to control council spending — even if it meant painful limits on Tory authorities . |
| 9 | Cost her what it might , she would break off her engagement , and if it meant social ruin , so be it . |