President Ronald Reagan's drive for deficit-inducing tax cuts and deregulation might not have worked if it were not for the grass-roots conservative activism of the 1970s that pushed national debate to the right.
"TWA would not be in bankruptcy court now if it were not for Mr. Icahn's prior plundering of our airline's resources, " said Robert Pastore , chairman of the TWA Master Executive Council of Air Line Pilots in a statement.
Judge Reddihough added the large number of other websites illegally streaming football matches called "for court to impose deterrent sentences", and that if it were not for mitigating factors of young age and previous good character that he "would have had in mind a custodial sentence".
Rising interest rates mean losses for holders of long-dated debt, and he says that if it were not for the Federal Reserve's bond-buying programme, US Treasury yields would be "higher, meaningfully higher".
If it were not for the double standard, one could almost excuse their ignorance.
If it were not for London, Britain would be off the map for both businessmen and tourists.
The sound of pop music would be very different if it were not for the likes of Vee-Jay Records.
The electron would have no mass if it were not for this "substance, " the field made of Higgs particles.
If it were not for the suitcase scandal, the preferential treatment conferred on PDVSA flights and passengers would sure continue.
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If it were not for the last quarters, growth would have been better than the 2.0% the economy registered for 2012.
But Dr Gill Markham, also of the CCSC, said nothing new would get built if it were not for the PFI.
If it were not for the Electronic Privacy Information Center's lawsuit, we would be unaware of the details of this latest program.
Indeed, if it were not for foreclosures the net asset position of US households would be getting worse even as their savings rate rose.
The picture would be much worse if it were not for the 2012 Olympics in London and, more important, these rising political advertising expenditures.
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Widely watched car sales, for instance, increased only 0.3% in November, year-on-year, but they would have declined if it were not for unusually large year-end discounts.
It was barely a month ago that Wigan went down 9-1 at Tottenham - and if it were not for good fortune they might have suffered a similar fate at Old Trafford.
If it were not for this kick, the apparatus would be behaving just like Maxwell's Demon, a hypothetical creature (conceived of in the 19th century by James Clerk Maxwell) that could cause the spontaneous separation of hot and cold particles and thus do serious damage to some of the laws of physics.
He questioned why the government set the 2% trigger level if they were not happy for councils to go up to that figure.
Such a fund would be self sustaining if it were a not for profit organization and reinvested profits earned in expanding services.
But consequences there were for the victims, if not for the perpetrators.
As if this were not bad enough for the Tories, the electoral system has also turned sour on them.
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Ikea made a threat to set up in Northern Ireland if planning restrictions were not relaxed for a proposed site in north Dublin.
However, if you were married and did not allow for a survivor benefit, and if you predeceased your spouse, they would receive nothing.
If voters are in fact looking for a reason not to stay with Gore, if they were simply looking for reassurance that Bush is a safe choice, they may well have found it Wednesday night.
They seemed genuinely happy for their boss, who, as if she were not busy enough, helps them study for civil service promotion exams on her own time.
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That would be worth repeating several times if it were not too cringingly presented for parents.
Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney were expecting, if not hoping for, a climactic fight to the finish.
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And he concluded that if the two sides were not ready for a settlement, then no amount of American involvement could help them.
If the foregoing were not sufficient grounds for concern about the Bumpers amendment, there is also the matter that its putative benefits for the United States are more illusory than real.
They could not substitute for man in a religious ritual if they were not somehow fitting representatives.
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