The earth would be a frozen ball if it were not for the radiant heat of the sun.

要是没有太阳的辐射热，地球将会是一个冰冻的球体。

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If it were not for the climate, I would stay here much longer.

如果不是因为天气原因，我呆在这的时间会更长。

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If it were not for the fact that he was a billionaire, she would never have married him.

如果不是因为他是个亿万富翁，她不会嫁给他。

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Parson Walker's wife was very sick once, for a long time, and it seemed as if they were not going to save her.

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If it were not for me and my money, this room would be empty!"

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It would not be remembered today if it were not for Faulkner's later work.

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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.

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"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.

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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".

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