query: Meaning of 'were it not that'?
positive_passages.docid: 23884
positive_passages.text: What is the meaning of this sentence - "Were it not for the bodies there on the ground, it would have appeared to be a normal day at the oasis."?
negative_passages.docid: 15572
negative_passages.text: Meaning of "however" in "possible, however unlikely, ..."
negative_passages.docid: 3771
negative_passages.text: "The thing is, is that..."
negative_passages.docid: 8391
negative_passages.text: Why "was" not "were" in "Nearly £20 was taken from my bank account"
negative_passages.docid: 21668
negative_passages.text: "It is" or "it are"
negative_passages.docid: 11471
negative_passages.text: Ambiguity of “not.... because”
negative_passages.docid: 56154
negative_passages.text: Be it that,were to, and should - what were the differences between these conditionals?
negative_passages.docid: 10669
negative_passages.text: Why do we say "is it" when asking a question rather than "it is"?
negative_passages.docid: 151382
negative_passages.text: What does "if not" mean in the given sentence
negative_passages.docid: 38733
negative_passages.text: When can one omit "that" from a sentence?
negative_passages.docid: 90083
negative_passages.text: Usage of "rather than to"
negative_passages.docid: 97065
negative_passages.text: Is "what happened is" correct?
negative_passages.docid: 36618
negative_passages.text: What is the name for the grammatical device of putting "not" after a verb to negate it?
negative_passages.docid: 138033
negative_passages.text: whether it be vs whether it is
negative_passages.docid: 34717
negative_passages.text: 'reason' vs 'reason that'
negative_passages.docid: 21126
negative_passages.text: Expression for a choice which isn't really one
negative_passages.docid: 137382
negative_passages.text: What’s the meaning of “if that” at the end of a sentence?