Sentence examples for if not beaten from inspiring English sources

They wince as the United States retreats from Iraq and Afghanistan if not beaten, then certainly not victorious.

But I do argue that I am in touch with my feminine side – something I would have been teased, if not beaten up, for saying when I was at school.

Last year saw 146 officially recorded attacks on the oil system.The spectrum of insurgencyThe mantra of Mr Allawi and his American sponsors has been that, provided the Americans do not cut and run, the insurgency can be contained, if not beaten.

Pride parades are out of the question, a pink triangle enough to get you arrested, if not beaten".

Those dangerous, threatening others are to be, if not beaten or suppressed, at least castigated or shunned.

If corruption was not beaten while the executive appeared united, what is to stop it from festering now that FIFA is so broken that it is falling apart?

The vibes I had were that Guardiola might have gone if they had not beaten Dortmund in the German Cup final.

If Texas Tech had not beaten Texas, 39-33, on the final play of the game on Nov. 1, McCoy might be the runaway favorite.

Pep Guardiola suggested Manchester City's Premier League title defence would have been over if they had not beaten Southampton, while admitting it remains precariously balanced going into Thursday's showdown with Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium.

The players grieved for Gathers, traveled together to his funeral in Philadelphia, and made a pact to play on, and dedicate to their fallen teammate the rest of the season, which would have ended if they had not beaten New Mexico State in the first round.

This detention, most of it in a military jail before the special tribunal was created last year with the assistance of the United Nations, was the basis for the assertion by his lawyer, Kar Savuth, that his human rights had been violated, "even if he was not beaten or tortured".