Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] if he [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this view , a doctor could avoid liability only if he could show that , apart from consenting , the patient was carefully studied and examined in a context where specialist medical and psychiatric facilities were available , that the consensus of expert opinion was that surgery was called for , and that this was explained to and understood by the patient before he gave his consent . |
| 2 | References to experts are likely to be seen as occasions of what is known as " qualified privilege " , where a plaintiff can succeed in a defamation action only if he can prove malice on the part of the defendant . |
| 3 | So close to Paris , it would be expensive , and Alain must indeed be successful in his work too if he could afford simply to give his share away to his mother . |
| 4 | Paddington decided that Browns must have a very rich friend indeed if he could afford so many presents . |
| 5 | Searle 's position can have cogency only if he can show that a computer which is allowed to look through the window ( and preferably touch things as well ) could not succeed , though in these conditions the Westerner would succeed . |
| 6 | He fancied a class half the size especially if he could have picked who was in it . |
| 7 | I believe that he committed himself to assuring that he would never be party to such a thing again if he could prevent it . |