Sentence examples for if not finally from inspiring English sources

Having known the 3 May date was likely, if not finally decided, why did Morrison make such definitive statements?

With Kevin Strootman also set to return from injury, there was optimism that Roma could seriously push Juventus, if not finally unseat the reigning champions.

He was, too, a resourceful if not finally persuasive advocate for a selection from Ernst Krenek's "Travel Book From the Austrian Alps".

The director Jonathan Miller's 1998 production of Stravinsky's opera effectively updates the 18th-century setting for this tale of a well-meaning but shiftless young man who falls prey to the devil and loses his mind, if not, finally, his soul in London.

There can be no final justice or security or love or hope in our society if it is not finally based on rootedness in Christ".

When he took his own life he had real reason to believe he would spend the better part of his life in prison if he did not finally cave to the prosecutors demands.

He ends with a warning: "If we do not finally take hold of ourselves, it will not be another epic saga as in Roger Martin du Gard's book, but merely a sad testimony to the colossal universal fatigue and incomprehensible indifference of the individual today with regard to his own destiny".

"There is every possible reason for optimism about the future of Christian faith in our world and in this country," he said, and added, "There can be no final justice, or security, or love, or hope in our society if it is not finally based on rootedness in Christ".

He also issued Mr Darusman a series of ultimatums saying that, if he did not finally get tough on these people, he would be out.Now Mr Marzuki has indeed been dismissed ironically, less than a week after clearing Mr Wahid of any wrongdoing in the president's own multimillion dollar corruption scandals.

"There can be no final justice, or security, or love, or hope in our society if it is not finally based on rootedness in Christ".

Mr Maimane's predecessor, Helen Zille, made no secret of her belief that the party would never threaten the ANC's enduring grip on power if it could not finally shake off the accusation that it is a "white" party, representing the interests of those who have benefited from decades of racial apartheid.