Example sentences of "if they can [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good Christ , if they can make five miles a day when they have to fight through four systems of trenches and get right inside our Battle Zone , how bloody far d' you think they 'll go when we 've got nothing to hide behind except cow turds and haystacks ? ’ |
| 2 | One of the disability lobby 's persistent fears is that people will be pushed off the invalidity benefit into disability working allowance if they can do some work . |
| 3 | I 'll see if they can ram some learning into you as well . " |
| 4 | ‘ If they can maintain that enthusiasm they 'll certainly be an asset to the League . ’ |
| 5 | If they can stomach this quirk of undemocracy to keep their MPs in line , why not ? |
| 6 | Miss Calder and Mr. Persaud will therefore not be without remedy if they wish to pursue the avenue of appeal to the Court of Appeal and if they can persuade that court to grant them leave to appeal out of time against the relevant decision of the Visitors . |
| 7 | In theory these developments should allow undertakings to avoid the application of Article 85(1) if they can produce economic evidence to show that there is no effect in the market . |
| 8 | Even if they can produce more food , they have n't the transport or the packaging facilities . |
| 9 | I have n't gone for the rack thing because if they can get that lot in a rack then go ahead ! |
| 10 | Probably the ideal candidate for reading our book would be someone who would perhaps be involved in the manufacturer of erm products and , having recognised that washing machines are involved with microprocessors , are anxious to see if they can get any insight into the role that microprocessors can play |
| 11 | ‘ If they can get any mug to buy it . ’ |
| 12 | If they can have some time off I can have some time off , fair 's fair . |
| 13 | I wonder if they can hear that clock on there ? |
| 14 | If they can establish that literacy in itself constructs superior logical functions , then it will follow that those without it have inferior logical functions . |
| 15 | Depending on his assessment of the patient , the therapist may judge that he should be encouraged to use open access only as a last resort ; in other cases it has to be accepted that the patient and his relatives may benefit if they can use this facility often . |
| 16 | Now what happens there some some , particularly motor companies , will ask permission if they can put some cars in front of the club house if there 's a photograph of the clubhouse and have them photographed . |
| 17 | The money markets are wiping out share values , there 'll be a flight of money if Labour gets in and professional people will leave too if they can see better prospects abroad . |
| 18 | TMD Carat head of press Paul Shalet says : ‘ If they can sell 250,000 copies and get sponsorship for it as well , they should make a lot of money . ’ |
| 19 | In particular , policy rules and guidelines are necessary to spell out the presumptions of policy , but there should generally be a procedure by which firms can present a case for exemption if they can demonstrate offsetting efficiency gains ( an exception might be price-fixing cartels ) . |