One of the jobs of writing is indeed to unsettle.
The conversion is indeed to 1,200 miles, but that is a diameter, not a radius.
If Brexit is indeed to mean Brexit, then the date needs to be fixed with some dispatch.
Ultimately, if Microsoft's goal is indeed to strengthen its search-related advertising, then this alternative transaction alone might make sense.
If the stronger stuff is indeed to blame, the government should have a word with the coastguards.
The job of the satirist and cartoonists is indeed to offend and outrage, but who do we want to offend?
If Europe is indeed to commit close to £1bn year to rebuild the postwar Balkans, parliament will have to approve the money.
If Microsoft's strategy is indeed to return to the table, this would forestall any higher bid at least without the consent of Yahoo's board.
Although the editorial presence is indeed to disappear, "the London office" will remain in existence because advertising staff will go on working there.
And nobody wants to see their insurance premiums go up, if that is indeed to be the outcome of this ruling, something which is by no means clear.
If the disaster movie is indeed to be shamed by disaster, we would do well to remember the exact moment of its defeat.
