Sentence examples for if in effect from inspiring English sources
What if, in effect, Jews had succeeded in getting into the heads of the German leadership?
He looked disconsolately at the shelves, as if, in effect, they were too high for him as well.
In the end, though, Selig settled for a plan that, if in effect this year, would tax the Yankees $9.5 million, the Texas Rangers $2.5 million and the Los Angeles Dodgers $315,000.
In a wonderfully unhinged speech, an Italian music teacher tries to explain Veda to Mildred, who asks if, in effect, he's saying she's nourished a viper in her bosom.
But the violence being visited on civilians in Syria by government forces means the treaty, if in effect, could well curb weapons supplies to the Damascus government, which Iran supports as its key Arab ally.
The essay advertises itself as "cleaning house" with respect to the "tired accusations and ritual defenses" typical of Middle-East discussions, as if, in effect, it will even-handedly take on the "clichés" of both sides.
If Occupy joins the ranks of 501(c)3s and (c 4s -- if it in effect becomes a self-preserving entity -- in some ways that would be a betrayal of qualities that made the movement what it has been.
If he, in effect, stayed?
They heard no witnesses and viewed no tapes, for the motion they were being asked to rule upon was merely procedural in theory, if not in effect.
It also warned Gorbachev that if he in effect strangled Lithuania, this might have adverse effects on the relationship with the US.
You cast back over Mayall's previous television personas, plural in number if not in effect, in A Kick Up The Eighties, The Young Ones, and Filthy, Rich and Catflap.
