Example sentences of "if we [vb past] such " in BNC.

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1 If we achieved such development of economic monetary union , we would be doing it on a sound basis .
2 If we had such a high rate , many of our devices would become irritating or disturbing .
3 If we had such highly centralised decision-making it would not matter who won elections or who was Chancellor of the Exchequer , because such issues would be decided elsewhere .
4 If we had such a network , we would be able to withdraw the support which we currently give to private practitioners , but the Minister knows that we can not do so at this stage because there is no body of effective legal advice and opinion to benefit people .
5 Erm what would present problems in real life I think would be developments of a larger kind than that in which a new settlement er might be one strategic site if we had such a policy might be another .
6 The computer is fed with all the relevant data , and ecological theory , and is then asked , ‘ if we did such and such , to this lake ( or river , or bay , or whatever ) , what effect would this have on such and such a pollutant ? ’
7 It was like climbing a waterfall , but there was a warder at the top , clinging to a railing and yelling to us at the top of his voice to hurry — as if we needed such encouragement .
8 Hubble noted that certain types of stars always have the same luminosity when they are near enough for us to measure ; therefore , he argued , if we found such stars in another galaxy , we could assume that they had the same luminosity — and so calculate the distance to that galaxy .
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