Example sentences of "if it [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Luke only nodded , as if it made perfect sense . |
| 2 | I also asked if it affected sexual performance . |
| 3 | He leaned forward once again , subjecting her to the unnerving illusion of being pinned by his shadow , trapped and oppressed by it , as if it carried physical weight , composed of all that he felt for her , lust and contempt . |
| 4 | When viewing a house we were interested in buying , we asked the owner if it had rear access . |
| 5 | Christians quote from the Bible as if it had divine authority . |
| 6 | All experience showed that an attack had some prospect of success only if it had numerical superiority in a ratio of at least 3 : 1 . |
| 7 | UNTAC would only be successful , Boutros-Ghali stressed , if it had adequate human and financial resources . |
| 8 | The more cross-holdings there are , the less chance of success for any outside raid on Hongkong Land , even if it had semi-official backing from the Chinese government . |
| 9 | Such survivals in attitude and custom , however , can not obscure the fact that the fundamental direction of European society had been for decades moving increasingly into the hands of a bourgeoisie whose assumptions were at bottom not those of aristocratic society , even if it aped aristocratic style . |
| 10 | Thus new furniture would be defective if it contained live woodworm even though the presence of the woodworm posed no threat of personal injury . |
| 11 | The government of Taiwan announced on May 11 that the vessel was free to dock in the country but that it would not be allowed to return if it violated international law by making unauthorized broadcasts to the mainland . |
| 12 | John Redwood , a former head of Mrs Thatcher 's policy unit , saw no mileage in his current job as local-government minister if it meant non-stop council-bashing . |
| 13 | Most ( 70 per cent ) said they would prefer the shortest possible repayment period , even if it meant large instalment payments . |
| 14 | Cost her what it might , she would break off her engagement , and if it meant social ruin , so be it . |
| 15 | This was the first time he had used this mechanism to force through legislation rejected by parliament , and the ANC warned that it would nullify the legislation if it gained political power . |
| 16 | Firstly that Britain would never end immigration altogether ( even if it ended black immigration ) , because if it did so the economy might not survive its periodic labour shortages . |
| 17 | The commission would draft a new constitution to be put to a referendum , and if it won popular support , multiparty presidential and legislative elections would be held before the end of the year . |
| 18 | Representatives of the NAC met the Guild Council on 21 October and made it quite clear that the NAC could not continue to recognize the Guild as the youth section of the Party if it retained sympathetic affiliation to the Young Communist International . |
| 19 | It had the right to annul the first round of voting , if it found sufficient evidence of irregularities , and to organize new elections within two months . |