Example sentences of "if [pron] were [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | £560 if you were hospitalised for a week after being involved in an accident as the NatWest Hospital Income Plan would pay you DOUBLE the normal rate for hospitalisation . |
| 2 | If you were disqualified for more than 12 months ( in certain cases 12 months or more ) you can only get a provisional licence until you pass your driving test again . |
| 3 | But if you were arrested for murder they would have to be very careful not to blow their cover . |
| 4 | The location of the airfields was not logical if they were intended for defensive purposes . |
| 5 | Several recent or forthcoming operas sound as if they were designed for — or perhaps by — what in Soho are known as people of strange and unusual tastes . |
| 6 | ( The women also had tusks , so that I wondered if they were used for offence or defence . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're not , sir , although I have no doubt it could carry out such a survey if it were called for . |
| 8 | ( Almost , she thought afterwards , as if it were done for her . ) |
| 9 | Answer guide : An opportunity cost is defined as the maximum benefit which could be obtained from a resource if it were used for some alternative purpose than the opportunity under consideration . |
| 10 | Notice that a similar interpretation would arise , and no loss of information would result , if monarch were replaced by a synonym or paraphrase such as sovereign , or crowned head ( and automobile would interact in the same way with the context if it were substituted for car in 16 and 17 ) . |
| 11 | Presumably you 'd find that ethically acceptable if the abortion were natural or legal but not if it were induced for the purpose of providing the tissue . |
| 12 | Because the State er if he were covered for twenty six weeks full pay |
| 13 | Contrastingly , on the final day the journalistic gathering were honoured by a visit from General Zahid Ali Akbar , who made it clear that Mike Gatting would be welcome back in Pakistan if he were chosen for England 's next tour there . |