| The edges of the tattered hull weren't jagged or serrated like a normal gash caused by a rocket or something more powerful than a normal laser. |
| Economic theory tells us that if it weren't so, there would be tons of new entrants into the market, attracted by juicy profits. |
| If you were worried that the band had lost their touch, that they just weren't capable of making a good album, you can rest easy. |
| They weren't accusing me of doing anything wrong, but they didn't think I should have written about it. |
| Since they said some abominable things about me in the course of all this and I knew that they weren't true. |
| We even have to keep an open mind about whether there were any dealings that weren't strictly by the book. |
