Sentence examples for best if only from inspiring English sources

Best and worst away fans Bayern were the best, if only for their wonderfully effective ticket price protest.

Besides, he said, he wanted to face the best, if only to take mental notes for the future.

"Fight fans just want to see the best against the best – if only it was that simple," Haye said.

Buffon always thought he could, claiming Morata had everything to be among the world's best "if only he could get over his mental hang-ups".

He wasn't home much, and when he was, he did not know best, if only because he brought his boyfriends home with him.

Stevenson remains a tantalising writer, and his last, unfinished novel, Weir of Hermiston, may have proved his best – if only he had lived to see it through.

Jeb Bush may in fact be the best of the Republicans' "if only" candidates, in terms of record, resume, style, intellect.

[P]eople will perceive their own best interests if only they are well enough informed, and... the best means to that end is to open the channels of communication, rather than to close them...

Gravitate towards the best pianists, if only to try and understand why they're considered the best.

She could be the reformers' best friend, if only they'd let her.

Buying time might be the President's best hope, if only a very slim one.