Example sentences of "if we [modal v] find " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then if we would find totally unacceptable we certainly would n't be prepared to do that |
| 2 | If we may find this incongruous , that is only because we live in an age of collapsed hierarchies in which painters and sculptors are liable to be more highly regarded than their patrons or even their sitters . |
| 3 | At last big Angus said , ‘ Very well — let us go and see the old place — if we can find it . ’ |
| 4 | Often we can secure the release of refugees from detention if we can find them somewhere to live . |
| 5 | ‘ It would solve all our problems if we can find him . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ There 's always a gypsy king and queen somewhere , ’ I said , ‘ if we can find them . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Could be with your family papers if we can find them , ’ I went on . |
| 8 | ‘ If we can find out how the insects switch this gene on and off then we may be able to prevent resistance by switching it off permanently , ’ said Dr Hemingway , at a Science and Engineering Research Conference in King 's College , London . |
| 9 | Same as 8 , if we can find a recording ! |
| 10 | Let's see if we can find the Colombi Hotel . ’ |
| 11 | If we can find a mystery variable which completely captures the causal mechanism , the effect of unemployment experience on law-breaking will disappear when the mystery variable is brought under control . |
| 12 | If we can find a process that affects only one piece in a face , then the commutator of that process with that face gives a 3-cycle of a piece , or a pair of flips or a pair of corner twists , depending on whether the process moves , flips , or twists the piece . |
| 13 | ‘ Let's just pop upstairs and see if we can find something more suitable . ’ |
| 14 | Therefore , the BFS is efficient if we can find a non-negative solution of for all j . |
| 15 | We can offer a partial answer to this question by observing that , if we can find w k > O satisfying and for j = 2 and 3 , then the BFS of P4/T1 is an alternative optimal solution of LP ( w 1 , w 2 , w 3 ) and another optimal ( efficient ) solution can be found by pivoting in column 1 ( x 1 -column ) . |
| 16 | Any two solids can therefore be glued together if we can find a liquid which will wet them both and then harden . |
| 17 | ‘ Let's see if we can find a way . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ But if we can find the funds in future we would want to reinstate the service . ’ |
| 19 | Yet for ten novels of adventure using this formulaic , superficial method there will be one , if we can find it , which by stretching the convention of improbable excitement by an acceptance of human nature both as it is and as it can be , offers not an escape but an enlargement of life through imagination . |
| 20 | Secondly the plan to place second year trainees with employers is fine if we can find employers to do deals with . |
| 21 | So if we can find out where those these are the important points , where it cuts that axis and where it cuts that one . |
| 22 | You see , if only we know about it , if we — if we can find the key , we can go and play there every day . |
| 23 | In my humble opinion if we can find a formula round this table for satisfying them , and that 's , I mean that 's who we 're trying to satisfy . |
| 24 | ‘ Only if we can find the document , ’ Charlotte cautioned . |
| 25 | If we can find a way of sending a parcel , we must do so . |
| 26 | Thus , if we can find A1 by whatever means , the mixture is completely specified , because . |
| 27 | ‘ If we can find L.L. , the mystery may be at an end , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ Let's see if we can find where the old witch lives . ’ |
| 29 | Let's see if we can find out what a reasonable fare would be . |
| 30 | Given the Minister 's assurance that , if we can find a better form of wording , it can be inserted in the Bill in another place , I shall not press the sub-amendments . |