Example sentences of "if only for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would , furthermore , be difficult to justify the scale of directors ' remuneration if the recipients did not possess comparatively scarce abilities , and it would , if only for that reason , be surprising if directors were themselves to deny the possession of special skills . |
| 2 | Even if only for that reason , to regard it as simply an expression of industrial grievances is ludicrously inadequate . |
| 3 | He was also , if only for this minute , hers . |
| 4 | If only for this reason , it was inevitable , as the nineteenth century wore on , that the sense of purpose once associated with German Hellenism must be lost . |
| 5 | If only for this one night . |
| 6 | Yet they work somehow , because her is a man who had the courage to state it as it is , with such conviction and such power and optimism that somehow you get caught up in his enthusiasm and believe with him , if only for those three chords . |
| 7 | If only for another five minutes . ’ |