Example sentences of "if there have be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had n't been so hot , if there had been no row the night before , if Dennis had n't passed out , if I 'd fallen asleep , if any of the others had been there , if Karen had come back later , if she 'd gone straight to the pool rather than taken a shower , if any or all of these had been the case , then intercourse would not have occurred . |
| 2 | ‘ If there had been less talk these past few weeks then perhaps the rumours that aided Bragad 's cause would never have arisen . |
| 3 | If there had been very few cases , the crime would not have had much importance . |
| 4 | One of the most infuriating habits of the scientifically illiterate is to talk of the ‘ ice age ’ as if there had been only one . |
| 5 | If there had been only two men holding Alison in the room , this meant that they 'd left her unguarded and she 'd be able to slip away . |
| 6 | The police argued that they had reasonably apprehended that a breach of the peace might occur if there had been more than two pickets at each entrance . |
| 7 | It was not the quantity of stars that was so impressive , though if there had been more they would have blended into a whitewash , nor was it their brilliance , though they were a dazzling variation of colour and size , but that they seemed alive . |
| 8 | ‘ Because you 're alive , ’ Michael snarled , ‘ which you certainly would n't be if there had been more than one of them here . ’ |
| 9 | It seems as if there 's been more in recent months . |
| 10 | The blooms usually occur at the end of the summer if there have been long hot spells and settled weather . |