Sentence examples for far if only from inspiring English sources

None of the big accountancy firms wants churn rates to fall too far, if only to keep the performance bar high.

So far, if only out of respect for the soldier's family, Israeli leaders have tried to keep Corporal Shalit out of the political fray.

It said it did not have many complaints about the way the government has handled security so far, if only because it has tried to work closely with federal officials after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Of course the parallel with Forster cannot be pushed too far, if only because Rosen is firmly committed to his Jewishness, largely secular though it is, while Forster was committed to nothing that could be said to have an official religious connection.

It would be easy to think of Dove as the male colleague who periodically tells you that you could go far if only you looked a little more enthusiastic in meetings, but really what woman doesn't look better when she smiles?

Because he works alone, he likes the "water cooler effect" of his friends' feeds: the ease with which he can say hello to someone far away, if only for a moment.

I allowed myself to smell the sweet lavender in the air and look out at the sea far below, if only as a distraction from the burning lactic acid seeping into my calves.

On Thursday, newly arrived Kentucky senator Rand Paul submitted a bill in the Senate that deserves at least a modicum of scrutiny (which is more than it has so far received), if only as a sign of the kinds of thinking that are going around in tea-party circles.

The fastest car in the world won't get you very far if you only have 20 feet of road, and a blazing-fast 4G LTE network is not worth much if you are limited to 2 GB of data per month.

The proposal seems far-fetched, if only because of the political obstacles in all four countries not to mention those denied an instrument in the concert.Mr White's views are controversial but he is not quite alone in contemplating Sino-American power-sharing.

However, this would be far-fetched, if only because at the time of the examination the examiners were unaware that the results would be used to assess the effectiveness of the preparation for skill training sessions.