| Russian | English |
| было бы, если бы | if would be, if (it would be much easier to compute satellite orbits if the earth were perfectly spherical and had no atmosphere) |
| если бы деление на ноль было бы позволительно | for if division by 0 were permitted (, we could deduce from the true equation 0 ( x + 1) =0 ( x + 2) the absurd consequence 1=2) |
| если бы мы могли располагать большим числом точных наблюдений, мы бы | if we could have at our disposal a large number of precise observations we |
| если бы ... ни ... ни | if the earth neither rotated nor revolved, one side would always have day (night) |
| если бы ... то ... бы | if one could gather all the parts of an exploding atom, their total weight would be slightly less than the weight of the original atom |
| если бы ... то ... бы | if some material substance were placed between these poles, then the flux density would change |
| если бы Х был бы | in fact, if X were (any finite linear combination of vector-functions X (i) with scalar coefficients, W could be reduced to the form 2.3) |
| если бы это было так | if this were the case (the curve would intersect ...) |
| если бы это выполнялось, то кривая прошла бы через точку А | should this be the case then the curve would be through A |
| почти так же, как если бы | much as if it were |
