Example sentences of "were [verb] then the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the ‘ pincers ’ were to meet then the space for conventional capitalist ‘ management ’ — i.e. the hierarchal direction of enterprises in the pursuit of profit , recognising some form of responsibility to ‘ shareholders ’ but not to working people — would be at least severely restricted and at best eliminated . |
| 2 | For the managers , if the case for absolution from competitive tendering were lost then the strategy for Banstead was rendered non-viable . |
| 3 | If Berowne were murdered then the killing was premeditated . |
| 4 | If dividends were paid then the dividends would derive from assets comprised in the settlement . |
| 5 | Although communists were a nuisance it was fascist anti-semitism which caused the real headache ; if this were outlawed then the problem would be removed . |