Sentence examples for if ever it is from inspiring English sources

As exasperated mediators have concluded, there is not much scope for compromise a pity, given that Abkhazia's snowcapped mountains, fertile plains and balmy coast make an idyllic setting, with much potential wealth for its owners, if ever it is decided who they are.

They anguish about when, if ever, it is justifiable to lie to the young.

People do not know where the information they are sending is being stored and when, if ever, it is deleted.

The courts have been asked to decide narrow and specific points: when, if ever, it is legitimate to assist suicide; why someone who assisted suicide might not be prosecuted while anyone who engaged in killing someone who could not kill themselves would always face prosecution.

Exactly when such circularity is epistemically disabling and when, if ever, it is acceptable is a difficult question which cannot be here treated in detail (Alston 1986 , 1993 Bergmann 2006; Cohen 2002; Vogel 2008).

But as useful as this is as a general definition, it does little to address the ethical issues surrounding when, if ever, it is acceptable to address a person's sexual activity, behavior, past, relationships, etc... in the context of the law?

She "really was a person of good intentions, but if ever it was clear that good intentions were not enough ..."...

"If ever it were going to be possible," she said, "then now".

If ever it was a functioning casino, it was well before the days of slots and lights.

She "really was a person of good intentions, but if ever it was clear that good intentions were not enough . .

Certainly, the idea of post-partisanship in this political climate is self-defeating — if ever it was anything BUT self-defeating.