if only

Example Sentences

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So, yes, on this Sunday afternoon, this game meant more if only because it was another game in the long rivalry, a game the Lakers lost, 111-89.

From Los Angeles Times

If the changes that we think are called for as indicated in my five key points checklist—if that was to be done, if only 50% of it was to be done, I’m convinced, we are convinced at the ECB, that it would significantly improve the growth potential of Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal

“If only 50% of it was to be done, I’m convinced, we are convinced at the ECB, that it would significantly improve the growth potential of Europe,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Pitts laments that if only Routledge’s evidence had not been lost, “the false narratives would never have been born.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He may well try to answer that in his State of the Union address — if only because of his desperate desire for immortality.

From Salon