Example sentences of "if [pron] be the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I was the best second row forward in England I 'd hope to get into the side , but that 's not the case at the moment , ’ he said . |
| 2 | So if you are the best man , you might as well prepare a few words . |
| 3 | But if you are the slightest bit interested in this symphony you simply must hear it , and not only because it was recorded only months after première performances conducted by Mravinsky himself . |
| 4 | ‘ If you 're the best lay the platoon has to offer , I can only hope the Germans win this bloody war . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Frankly , if you can cook like this I do n't care if you 're the greatest lady criminal of all time . ’ |
| 6 | Ernie never wins , but if you 're the oldest musher in the business , who cares ! ! |
| 7 | For if there is the smallest hope of escape … if there is the merest chance that I could return to the world and to Grainne , I would tear this place down stone by stone . |
| 8 | For if there is the smallest hope of escape … if there is the merest chance that I could return to the world and to Grainne , I would tear this place down stone by stone . |
| 9 | since I am one of those people who do something the wrong way round , if there is the slightest opportunity , I also inserted the needle incorrectly the first time only spotting my mistake when I read on and found that I could not follow the next instruction if my needle was at the back of the work . |
| 10 | The only fact of a similar kind of which I am aware , is the constant asserted difference — between the wolf-like Fox of East & West Falkland Islds. — If there is the slightest foundations for these remarks the zoology of Archipelagos — will be well worth examining ; for such facts [ would — ( inserted ) ] undermine the stability of species . ’ |
| 11 | Other members of her family are also asked the same questions , and if there is the slightest discrepancy it can be used as proof that she is not the person she claims to be . |
| 12 | And call me at once if there 's the slightest change in the weather . ’ |
| 13 | There 's no question that the high heels and blusher go on if there 's the slightest chance that they 'll do any good . |
| 14 | Organised team games like soft-ball or squash hold small attraction even if there was the remotest chance of being selected for the team . |
| 15 | She wondered if there was the faintest chance of impressing them with the significance of her position . |
| 16 | Lydia was not exactly terrified , but she was sitting very , very still so that if there was the slightest noise she could be quite certain that it was not she who had caused it . |
| 17 | Any one of them would shove an ice-pick in her back , sunny side up , if there was the slightest chance of her saying a word . |
| 18 | ‘ Nah — even if there was the slightest chance he 'd fall for me , it would n't work . |
| 19 | Yet if there was the slightest chance of the offer being genuine , how he would leap at it ! |
| 20 | Cleo realised she was frightened , but if there was the slightest possibility she could catch sight of Inky 's shade , she was prepared to risk whatever might happen over the next few hours . |
| 21 | It would have been impossible to get her to eat if there was the slightest bit of tension in her . |
| 22 | If there was the slightest breeze from any direction the smoke would spread itself evenly between chimney and room in more or less equal proportions , which was why the once white walls had the appearance of very old ivory and the mounted fox heads , hunting trophies which hung on the walls , had a fine coating of brown dust , and their yellow eyes a slightly inebriated , glazed expression . |
| 23 | If there was the slightest risk of what one revealed in the process becoming known to others … . |
| 24 | We had no doubt that if there was the slightest suggestion that the statements differed materially from the evidence given by the witnesses the learned trial judge would have called for these statements and examined them himself and if necessary would have made them available to the defence . |
| 25 | c ‘ Even if it is the best tree-house I 've ever seen . ’ |
| 26 | Well no , not only that if it 's the simplest way |
| 27 | But if it 's the slightest bit lukewarm , |
| 28 | The night before , these three had blended together as if it was the easiest thing in the world , forming a new , three-headed animal talking comfortably to itself through Francie 's hands and Aunt Margaret 's lips and fingers and Finn 's feet . |
| 29 | ‘ Does that mean I have to change ? ’ she asked , as if it was the dreariest thing ever . |
| 30 | Asked about Labour 's attitude if it were the largest party , Mr Gould said on London Weekend Television that Mr Kinnock would accept the invitation to form a Government , would draw up a legislative programme and would put it to Parliament . |