Example sentences of "if [adv] [pron] [vb mod] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , such is the degree of interest in substantial properties offered for sale that the nature of the problem has changed , and a new threat has appeared as developers promise to restore houses if only they can be given planning permission for extensive new building . |
| 2 | If only we could be transported instantly to some Eastern couch , in some dream , out of time … |
| 3 | She felt that if only she could be dressed like Tamar she would win Bob Lamb . |
| 4 | The distinction between real and apparent achievement , if only it can be concealed from the teacher , and suitably managed by a child , provides the opportunity for rewards to be received just as well for cheating as for genuine achievement . |
| 5 | Their conversation consisted almost entirely of gossip of the kind that , if only it could be bottled , would have an instant sale . |
| 6 | For the women on the other hand , this kind of love , if only it could be returned , opens up possibilities of finding a kind of heaven on earth , a healing of past wounds , a gateway into full intimacy with one other person , an end to existential dread and isolation . |
| 7 | However , his on-the-spot tours of inspection , and his characteristically thorough investigations of the region 's peoples , problems and resources , quickly convinced him of Siberia 's enormous potential as a land of civilization and plenty , if only it could be provided with the necessary administrative , legal and political framework within which to develop its promise . |
| 8 | Therein lies a lot of its appeal , if only you could be bothered to look for it . |
| 9 | If only he could be persuaded to drop it here and now , there would be no harm done — unless indeed he had already said anything to Pipkin . |
| 10 | Out in the Waste itself the body of a dead rider might be lying but if so it would be hidden by the inequalities of the ground . |
| 11 | The Red Lion was on the outskirts of town , in ‘ the country ’ — if so it could be called — where fields showed coyly between pre-war semis , sprouting electricity sub-stations and pylons , drive-in garden centres and the odd cow or two . |
| 12 | Then Jaq and Googol heard him pray squeakingly in proper Imperial Gothic , as if thus he might be heard across the galaxy . |
| 13 | Angelica had already decided that her money could be taken out of the petty cash and then lost in the books somewhere … and if ever they should be caught doing it , she did n't feel that it was a crime she 'd be ashamed of . |
| 14 | Sandison wondered if now he would be classified with Maidstone . |
| 15 | Although EA may cause some delay to a development proposal , we believe it is far more important to ensure that such a development avoids generating environmental impacts that may cost time and money to overcome ( if indeed they can be overcome ) , than avoid the process because of its apparent inconvenience . |
| 16 | The outlines shown by daylight are obscured ; shapes and colours are different , if indeed they can be perceived at all . |
| 17 | There was nothing conscious or deliberate about my decision , if indeed it can be called a decision at all . |
| 18 | But the amount of money we received would have been so little that we thought it would be far more useful if instead I could be given a job in one of the innumerable Allied offices that had sprung up everywhere . |