Example sentences of "if it was [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I suppose if it was raining one night she might have done . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) Directing that the money remain in court , that , where solicitors sought payment out to them of money belonging to a foreign state , if the court was not satisfied that the solicitors had authority to act on behalf of that state , it should , of its own motion if necessary , require them to obtain that authority and ensure that the money remained under the court 's control meanwhile ; that the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a regime existed as the government of a state were whether it was the constitutional government of the state , the degree , nature and stability of administrative control that it exercised over the territory of the state , whether Her Majesty 's Government had any dealings with it and the nature of any such dealings and , in marginal cases , the extent of its international recognition as the government of the state ; that on the evidence , M. 's interim government did not become the constitutional successor of the former government and was unable to show that if it was exercising any administrative control over the territory of the Republic of Somalia ; and , accordingly , the instructions and authority the solicitors had received from the interim government were not from the Government of the Republic of Somalia , and no part of the proceeds in court should be paid out to the solicitors without further order of the court ( post , pp. 750G–H , 757E–G ) . |
| 3 | Fortuna was smiling on me and my haphazard trip felt as if it was taking some kind of shape , a dynamic and a logic of its own . |
| 4 | But I mean , if it was costing this sort of money to clear the pipes and so forth out , what I fail to understand is if we 're having a full overhaul of the machine , why this was n't incorporated within it . |
| 5 | ‘ Or it would be if it was rendered habitable once more . ’ |
| 6 | It was as if it was harbouring some great consuming sadness and had lost the urge to live . |
| 7 | Disunity in Congress also compelled the administration to look for allies if it was to risk military involvement . |
| 8 | Yet the contradiction as seen by Castells was that capital , if it was to remain profitable , could not afford to provide such facilities itself . |
| 9 | Here , the English Tourist Board and the local authority decided the magnificent fifteenth-century castle , if it was to remain intact and open to the public , would not find a purchaser without permission for development . |
| 10 | She said the Church could not afford to refuse to ordain women if it was to win more supporters . |
| 11 | more public expenditure : the King 's Fund researchers provided a tentative estimate that spending would have had to be just under £400 million higher in 1987/88 if it was to match 1981/82 levels , taking into account changing demand and technology ; |
| 12 | Parreira , Gilmar , Calazans and many others maintain the championship has enormous potential if it was to run all year with matches just on Sundays , as in Italy . |
| 13 | He would run the United States like a business , with little regard for the Constitution if it interfered with his plans , declare martial law to combat the drug problem , eliminate Social Security or the entire defence budget if it was thought necessary to meet the government 's deficit , and remove the power of Congress to raise taxes . |
| 14 | Oh , if it was bought two or three years ago , well I well obviously I could n't say , but obviously they have the option to read the policy at that point . |
| 15 | And I mean I think that if it was spread more I mean if if if people locally gave more to bereaved in their own areas , I mean it would go down a lot more good there . |
| 16 | I paused , to see if it was having any effect . |
| 17 | E two if it was carried forward sir after this morning 's discussion also does n't help us because , as the county made clear this morning and made very clear just a minute ago , it would use such a policy , it sees its position as being to block erm the er inward investment planning terms to block it as er erm being out of tune with the county 's general conservation and environmental policies . |
| 18 | Such case as the defence were able to make depended , like the defence in some of the cases cited above , almost entirely on the defendant 's credibility if it was to have any prospect of success and therefore the misdirection was material . |
| 19 | They were often in danger of forgetting that the good news they heard each Sunday had to be applied to everyday life if it was to have any validity . |
| 20 | His Honour John Slack in allowing the appeal told the RSPCA that it needed to clean up its act if it was to secure future prosecutions . |