Example sentences of "if it had [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone once worked out that there were about a dozen words which appeared more often than any other in ad headlines , and concluded slightly illogically — that any ad would be better if it had one or more of them in the headline . |
| 2 | The idea of siphoning the matured learning of the Universities to the industrial and agricultural areas is as fresh and germane as if it had first been thought of last night . |
| 3 | When viewing a house we were interested in buying , we asked the owner if it had rear access . |
| 4 | Idealism , then , simply did not look as if it had much to say about the major events in international relations in the 1930s . |
| 5 | Well that 's right , even with help from upstairs , I mean , if it had four wheels on right , alright . |
| 6 | Christians quote from the Bible as if it had divine authority . |
| 7 | But if it had better-information about what was likely to happen in the economy than the private sector , the government could take such measures . |
| 8 | Nobody asked the Public Service official anything , and Yggdrasil would have spoken up if it had any strong objections . |
| 9 | He really must get back to the library and see if it had any more books on the subject . |
| 10 | Outside , the Chelsea Pensioner pub would have have been doing good business if it had any drinks to sell , but it was purely decorative ; part of garden by Hereford Wyevale Garden Centre called the outer sanctum which won a silver-gilt medal . |
| 11 | That 's if it had any sockets upstairs ! |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The usefulness of the Grand Plan , even if it had few subscribers , was that it provided a cover . |
| 14 | UNTAC would only be successful , Boutros-Ghali stressed , if it had adequate human and financial resources . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | After that , Waits retreats into his usual ho humdrum bummed-out bluesywoozy alkie drone mode mood muzak , the sort of mozzery gushy mush your dog would make if it had vocal chords and could handle its drink . |
| 17 | And I noticed that the skin was hanging loose in folds over the shoulder and behind it , as if it had fit a rounder form yesterday , before the rigours of birth . |