Example sentences of "if it had [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mossadeq declare that Iran did not need a settlement anyway ; much better that the country proceed as if it had no oil — at least that way it would not be exploited . |
| 2 | Extending the requirement for leave to appeal It was to be hoped that in the context of forthcoming legislation , consideration would be given to extending the requirement for leave to appeal across the board , both because there was no justification for allowing any appeal to proceed if it had no prospect of success and because the present dividing lines between those in which leave was required and those in which it was not , was quite illogical . |
| 3 | If it had a companion , the climate of any of its planets would be decidedly uncomfortable . |
| 4 | A moan rises from the wind , as if it had a spirit . |
| 5 | If it had a centre , that lay in the triangle formed by the cities of Angers , Tours and Poitiers . |
| 6 | At all events it seemed that the Cold War , if it had a victor , had been won by the West . |
| 7 | If it had a self , perhaps this was its face : split by wounds and doubt ; pitiful ; lost . |
| 8 | From what Wayne had been able to see of her left eye , it had looked as if it had a couple of drops of blood in it . |
| 9 | If it had a name , or a code word , well that sounds like civil servants playing games . |
| 10 | She had been foolish enough to ask if it had a name . |
| 11 | If it had a door and a wall and |
| 12 | If it had a secret she would do her best to discover it and she was not going to miss the trail across the Mountains of the Moon to what was undoubtedly the greatest small picture in the world . |
| 13 | Dalgliesh said : ‘ If it had a row of turrets it would be a rather different shape . |
| 14 | There was a moment of silence as their gazes locked , and his last sentence seemed to hang in the air , as if it had a meaning beyond the surface value of the words . |
| 15 | His crushed throat felt as if it had a lump of stone lodged inside it . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's as if it had a mind of its own ’ , ’ Grimma read . |
| 17 | I should prefer the headland without it but it 's beginning to look as if it had a right to be there . ’ |
| 18 | It also enabled him to wrap his hand round the glass , even if it had a handle , in a manner peculiarly his own . |
| 19 | If it had a face , it would have been sneering . |
| 20 | Esther says of Mrs Jellyby : her voice impressed my fancy as if it had a sort of spectacles on too Ch 8 and of Mr Turveydrop : |
| 21 | That value is small compared with the potential value that a search firm would have if it had a market quotation ; there would be a significant number of new millionaires were that to happen . |
| 22 | Extensive stretches of the walls of his nave have been traced on each side of the existing nave , although we do not yet know if it had an aisle along each flank . |
| 23 | It gave her great qualms that it had been lying in the hall since the morning 's post , as if it had an atmosphere capable of permeating the whole house . |
| 24 | On the Cairngorm plateau the pressure of walkers ' feet on rare mosses and lichen continues to damage a sub-arctic habitat that would take 100 years to repair — if it had the chance . |
| 25 | According to the rules then extant , a national strike could only be called by the NUM if it had the support of at least 55 per cent of the members voting in a secret ballot : the union prided itself on its democracy in this context . |