Example sentences of "can only [be] [verb] if the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The power of entry and search section 17(1) ( d ) of PACE can only be exercised if the police are in pursuit of the patient . |
| 2 | Such freedom can only be exercised if the manager has the full authority to make decisions , without the need to ask a boss for approval , and without the chance that a boss might step in and alter or reverse the subordinate 's decisions . |
| 3 | Since a complete understanding of developmental mechanisms can only be obtained if the sequence and timing of events is known , methods for obtaining synchronized embryos and their constituent blastomeres have to be developed . |
| 4 | Sometimes they may spread to involve the terminal urethra , and can only be seen if the urethral meatus is parted . |
| 5 | The optimum size of hash table can only be determined if the approximate number of items to be stored is known . |
| 6 | This can only be achieved if the specified user is the manager of the package and if the DC raised to update the package does not need to be assessed by any other users . |
| 7 | This can only be achieved if the current manager is the specified user or a descendant of the specified user . |
| 8 | In these schemes , a widow 's or widower 's pension can only be achieved if the member gives up part of their own retirement pension . |
| 9 | Even here , unless the purchaser was expressly authorised to contract for the principal , such a contract can only be ratified if the purchaser , at the time of making the contract , professed to contract on the principal 's behalf . |
| 10 | Equilibrium against collapse can only be maintained if the number of electrons ( and hence nucleons ) is less than . |
| 11 | Such incidents can only be avoided if the pilot has a more open mind about where he is going to land . |
| 12 | Approval can only be refused if the judge believes the rules are incompatible with a statutory objective and a general principle spelled out in the bill . |
| 13 | Solutions can only be found if the proper information has been recorded . |
| 14 | In most systems , if a word is misspelt or miskeyed , that piece of data can only be retrieved if the same format is used during the retrieval process . |
| 15 | Progress in this area has led to developments in the field of knowledge representation , since the appropriate documents can only be retrieved if the content of the text can be matched with the content of the query [ Hirschman & sager , 1982 ] . |
| 16 | This can only be contemplated if the switch is rated to handle the full mains voltage ( which is unlikely ) . |
| 17 | At present , road blocks can only be set if the police have reasonable grounds for believing a serious offence is about to be committed , or if they are searching for someone who intends to commit an offence . |
| 18 | Under Ord. 53 these procedures can only be used if the court so orders , although it is said that such an order should be no less readily made than in other types of proceedings ( by originating summons ) where such an order is needed . |
| 19 | This was a great age of Catholic history and the importance of the Council can only be appreciated if the strength of the Church it triggered into a spiral of reform — a strength that had steadily grown beneath the surface in the pontificate of Pius XII — is well appreciated . |
| 20 | This could not be handled via temporary exception from part of the National Curriculum , referred to earlier ( see p. 118 ) , because a ‘ general direction ’ can only be issued if the head teacher considers that it is inappropriate for the child to follow the National Curriculum and in his opinion that situation is likely to change within six months . |
| 21 | A " pure hedge " refers to a situation in which the derivative asset exactly offsets the price risk involved in holding a real asset , but this can only be attained if the real asset is identical in specification to the underlying asset on which the derivative is based . |
| 22 | The company has warned that the jobs of 18 quarrymen , currently employed at another site almost exhausted on the outskirts of nearby Kilbarchan , can only be safeguarded if the Elderslie scheme wins approval . |