Example sentences of "so [adj] if [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it would n't have been so funny if the robbers were n't as stupid as they were and the film would n't have been so good . |
| 2 | It would not matter so much if a Turkish president were just a figurehead . |
| 3 | It would not have mattered so much if the experiments described all held water , but when ( as we were encouraged to do ) I put up my hand and ventured that one experiment was not consistent , the lecturer acknowledged that this was so in the particular I questioned , but said that the results were usually found to be as would have been expected . |
| 4 | Completing this task outside the ERM will be more difficult , but it would be a betrayal of those who have sacrificed so much if the task were to be abandoned . |
| 5 | It would n't have mattered so much if the nights had brought the compensations she had been led to expect . |
| 6 | It does n't matter so much if the document is to be a one-off , although it obviously helps fairly significantly if the material can actually be read . |
| 7 | Thus if at this moment someone said something to me about " that ugly little statue on your fireplace " and accompanied this with an appropriate gesture , I should have little difficulty in identifying the object to which he is referring , but identification may not be so easy if a reference is made to an object that is not accessible to immediate perception , or of which I have no knowledge whatever . |
| 8 | Stripes are not so obvious if the amounts of yarn are used in block sections ; for example , three colours can be worked as three plain areas ranging from dark to medium and then light . |
| 9 | ‘ Not so good if the wife decides to drop in , ’ McLeish offered , with interest . |
| 10 | ‘ It is a matter for the members of the Orange Order if they wish to build a monument but I am not so sure if the ratepayers of Belfast should be asked to foot the bill , ’ she said . |
| 11 | There are several devices for home use which rely on vibration , for example , the pocket-sized timer , so useful if the warning ‘ ping ’ of the oven timer can not be heard . |
| 12 | She asks whether compulsory treatment in the community would be so bad if the alternative was hospital . |
| 13 | It would n't have been so bad if the two girls in the flat upstairs were at home , but they would n't be back until the end of the week . |