Sentence examples for if not declarations from inspiring English sources

But since that isn't so, why not reserve the spoken word for functional interactions and witticisms, if not declarations of love?

It's a point of pride, if not a declaration of net worth.

There was relief among Republicans, if not a declaration that Mr. McCain had turned his campaign in a winning direction.

Meanwhile he saw the war in Iraq, Russia's long-time client state, as an intolerable encroachment on national interests, if not a declaration of war.

Like most if not all sententious declarations this one is false, misleading and an oversimplification.

The beta version of Punch doesn't use any private APIs, but it seems to violate the spirit of Apple's rules if not their actual declarations.

The 2013 crop comprises an unplanned, if not accidental, collective declaration of the essence of the cinema, an art of images and sounds that, at their best, don't exist to tell a story or to tantalize the audience (though they may well do so) but, rather, to reflect a crisis in the life of the filmmaker and the state of the artist's mind or, even, soul.

Beijing views Taiwan as a breakaway province that eventually must be reunified with the mainland, while opinion polls in Taiwan show most islanders prefer autonomy, if not a formal declaration of independence.

Officials at the agency said 2,100 of the pages appeared very similar, if not identical, to the last declaration the agency received from Iraq, in 1998.

"I believe we would reach, if not an agreement, some fundamental declaration of principles which can form the basis of an agreement," he said at a news conference in Berlin, one stop on a trip to explain Israel's positions to European leaders.

Somehow this seems to work too, as a declaration of principle if not as a coherent musical statement.