Sentence examples for not if only from inspiring English sources

Mr Obama is ambivalent, but more likely to sign the bill than not, if only because a dynamic market for new firms would provide a whiff of hope and change.The act will certainly make markets more friendly to firms.

Probably not, if only because Leclerc pays such lavish homage, in the construction of his film, to golden-age Allen; the moments at which a bewildered Arthur consults his teen-age self could have come straight out of "Annie Hall".

In the broad sense, surely not, if only because of demography: the Japanese combine a low birth rate with a deep cultural aversion to immigration, so the future role of Japan will be severely constrained by a shortage of Japanese.

Irvin was one of the Giants who preferred not to know the signs; roughly half the Giants, according to a teammate, Al Corwin, did not, if only because they might be distracted by the signals.

I imagine not, if only because "Superman Returns" tries so hard to qualify as family viewing, which is another way of saying that its vague spiritual leanings resemble those of a sophisticated child.

So different, in fact, are things in The Fall (Monday, 9pm, BBC2) that it's probably easier to list the things that it's not, if only to give ourselves something to cling to when the more familiar, context-y stuff begins to shift, the floor gives way and everything starts to slide inexorably into a deep, knotted, bilious swamp of … differentness.

It's not a question of "if," only of "when".

Presumably someone would eventually have thought of decorating those covers with original illustrations if Alex Steinweiss hadn't, if only because the idea made so much sense from a marketing standpoint.

Here's hoping it doesn't, if only so that Smith, who is working far below his potential, will be inspired to stop looking backwards and start challenging himself.

His attitude is profoundly conservative, though not reactionary, if only because it doesn't countenance anything to react against.

Our results did not change if only dietary caffeine consumption was evaluated (data not shown).