Sentence examples for was real if from inspiring English sources

Progress was real, if fitful.

The threat to Brit Food was real, if the authorities do not relent.

So the need for a fixed date line was real (if not immediately obvious).

Analysts said the threat of a trade war was real, if not imminent.

But my sense that Scotland itself was in the cultural doldrums was real, if exaggerated.

Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, suggested that the threat of a filibuster was real if Democrats pushed too far in changing the operations of the Senate.

So there is real if modest improvement over the past year.

These are real, if only half-serious, proposals.

There is real, if disputed, science behind them.

But how real is "real" if what is exposed is show business reality?

Because life can only be real if it's nasty and brutish, though not ­necessarily short.