Example sentences of "if it meant " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if it meant that Senna were to lose the championship , then the legal ramifications would be far-reaching . |
| 2 | He felt the contact was so invaluable that he was prepared to turn down the job at the head of one of the UK 's premier blue-chip companies if it meant making such a sacrifice . |
| 3 | But not , he might now have added , if it meant staying in crumby hotels in places like Oslo . |
| 4 | He questioned whether it would be possible to prosecute them with any chance of success with the present rules of evidence and he would be against proceeding if it meant changing the way in which the courts worked . |
| 5 | In December word was leaked to American newspapers that the president had resolved to fight , if war was necessary , even if it meant destroying his chances of re-election . |
| 6 | For all his-lofty declarations of the Christian mission to liberate the enslaved subjects of Communism , when they pleaded for liberation he remained deaf , if it meant risking war . |
| 7 | It added : ‘ It would be a tragedy if the frustrations and the hardships that the recession has caused , and for some it is still causing , if it meant that Britain threw away all the achievements of the last decade . |
| 8 | Whilst paying lip service to the concepts , the CEGB remained unconvinced that it should bother seriously with either conservation or the renewable sources of energy , especially if it meant abandoning Hinkley C. It was up to the government to decide whether to provide incentives for energy efficiency , whilst the renewables must wait until pilot projects showed their worth . |
| 9 | When Madame shook the bucket you turned out your pockets even if it meant walking home . |
| 10 | Perhaps Cromwell , when he passed , also found the door of Coldingham Priory locked and decided that he would get in anyway , even if it meant removing a whole wall in order to do so . |
| 11 | If it meant being away from the family for more than a week it was out . |
| 12 | Well , no one was going to call them cheapskates even if it meant staying at home for the rest of the decade . |
| 13 | If it meant anything at all it probably meant other people thought you were a bit like them . |
| 14 | If it meant anything at all , thought Henry , it was something along the lines of We have n't got a clue . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | For Gandhi , religion is equivalent to helping the helpless , and given the choice between ‘ counting beads or turning the wheel ’ , he would choose the wheel if it meant alleviating poverty and starvation . |
| 18 | If this is what the new Clause meant , then Mr Roberts said he would support it ; if it meant something else , he would not . |
| 19 | The Clause was wrong if it meant schools could not have proper and adequate discussion , but if it meant that local authorities should not promote homosexuality then Mr Roberts would support it . |
| 20 | The Clause was wrong if it meant schools could not have proper and adequate discussion , but if it meant that local authorities should not promote homosexuality then Mr Roberts would support it . |
| 21 | As for Carol herself , she was quite prepared to recall the incident if it meant that it would help to convict the rapist . |
| 22 | It 's about time somebody killed this ‘ debate ’ dead in its tracks , even if it meant stating the obvious ; that postmodernism is nothing more than Situationism without the socialism , the archetypal assimilation of revolutionary technique and terminology . |
| 23 | Eubank is also asking for £1m to fight Benn once more but admitted : ‘ I would even take it if it meant that the winner got Pounds 1m and the loser only half as much — the fight is that important to me . ’ |
| 24 | Most ( 70 per cent ) said they would prefer the shortest possible repayment period , even if it meant large instalment payments . |
| 25 | I had Masquerade to mend and a life to live and , even if it meant living it without Ellen , my charter days were done . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ I have n't got a grandmother but if I had one I would shoot her in the foot if it meant getting three points . ’ |
| 27 | But Elton probably would n't mind exchanging his sparkling shorts to suffer Adams ' lumberjack shirts if it meant having a song at number one for 16 weeks like the Canadian rocker did |
| 28 | He threatened tough action to control council spending — even if it meant painful limits on Tory authorities . |
| 29 | ‘ The time has come for me to get it sorted out — and I 'd happily take a year out if it meant I 'd have a few more years later on . |
| 30 | Punk did n't mean shit to a palm tree to them even if it meant so much to us . |