Example sentences of "been [adj] if [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Independent Liability ’ — This is the maximum payable under a policy in the event of there being more than one policy in force covering the subject matter of the claim but where neither policy is more specific , i.e. the amount which would have been payable if only one policy had been in force . |
2 | On the other hand , the influence of Comte 's Positive Philosophy seems to have been pervasive if often unacknowledged , and still surfaces in odd places ( see Alexander 1988 ) . |
3 | He and his colleagues were understandably concerned about the lack of evidence to support the beneficial claims of holistic medicine , but Dr Richards , who thought much evidence could be produced if funds were available , sagely remarked that ‘ absence of evidence is not evidence of absence ’ , a remark that lingered after a discussion that would have been better if longer and better left to the end of this excellent series . |
4 | In the twentieth century there have been numerous if somewhat isolated expressions of interest in Leapor 's work . |
5 | And anything will be worthwhile — the loss of Tara , the loss of Fergus — it will have been worthwhile if only I have woken the Enchantment of the Beastline . |
6 | This ‘ modern retributivism ’ has been influential if far from universally accepted ( see eg Honderich , 1994 : 224–31 ) . |