Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] if only " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her enormous grey eyes ( they would have been rather striking if only she had used some make-up ) were staring at him with the expression of a trapped rabbit . |
| 2 | I du n no they 're , they 're damn popular if only , I mean |
| 3 | I feel I could be entirely useful if only I could get something to focus on . |
| 4 | This in itself presents a powerful argument against change , for it is clearly desirable that national and EC policies should be broadly similar if only because it is less confusing to the business community . |
| 5 | The prospects would have been even brighter if only Russia had been blessed with a less benighted tsar . |