Example sentences of "if this [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet if this were indeed the law , then surely the Act must have had as its object something of greater moment than the nudie magazines and nude pamphlets which British juries were asked so regularly to assess for depravity . |
| 2 | Mr Kirkland said : ‘ If this were so the Safety Authority would not let us go ahead and build the tunnel . |
| 3 | Growth follows the direction of the arrow — perhaps to meet the other half-span if this were truly a bridge . |
| 4 | For if this were really the case , a communicative approach would have little or nothing to commend it . |
| 5 | We have watched Eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have watched the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial instruments . |
| 6 | We have watched eastern Europe grapple for freedom and the liberty that we enjoy , yet I have heard the House of Commons talk solemnly as if this were merely a question of a pile of money at one end of a table or the issuing of financial intruments . |
| 7 | If this was indeed the case , why were those children ever removed from their own home at all ? |
| 8 | If this was indeed the case , the Devil must also have been very busy brainwashing Paul . |
| 9 | If this was indeed the case , then I think we played exceptionally well . |
| 10 | If this was indeed the case , then each 1% of injected neutrophils excreted in faeces should be associated with equivalent blood loss . |
| 11 | However , their headache could have been relieved by sumatriptan , though we are unable to explain the failure of sumatriptan to prevent migraine-induced hemiplegia ( if this was indeed the case ) . |
| 12 | If this was really the case then surely those Conservatives given to disguising themselves in this manner could have saved their party a lot of grief by letting the opponents of their ‘ professed stance ’ into the secret of their ‘ true intention ’ . |
| 13 | If this was so the consequence would be that although an exempted person by reason of being an appointed representative , Winchester were also an authorised person . |