Example sentences of "[noun sg] if [pron] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You say they 've got some sort of guidance , perhaps through the Magistrates ' Association , or maybe through some local starting point tariff if I could put it that way . |
| 2 | However , in a concession to a veto threat delivered by US President George Bush , Congress allowed Bush the authority to restore the aid programme if he could certify " that the government of Jordan has taken steps to advance the peace process in the Middle East , or that furnishing assistance to Jordan would be beneficial to the peace process in the Middle East " . |
| 3 | I asked the probation department if they could arrange a visit as it did n't look like anyone else was going to . |
| 4 | On behalf of ‘ Spokes ’ therefore , I would like to ask the Highways Department if they could attend to this as soon as possible . |
| 5 | She asked her head of department if he could think of anything which might have acted against her . |
| 6 | In 1940 the British Decca Company was asked by RAF Coastal Command if it could record frequencies up to 14000Hz , almost the limit of human hearing . |
| 7 | ‘ It would help my concentration if you could stop tapping that blasted pencil . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ A friend of mine who 's working in and around Florence said he 'd meet us in his jeep if he could make it , ’ David answered looking round . |
| 9 | I fully understood the principles which led the party to believe it could gain more of the ethnic minority vote if it could prove that a barrister of Afro-Caribbean extraction could become a Conservative MP . |
| 10 | They 'd murder each other over the choice of curtain fabric if they could get away with it . |
| 11 | ‘ We would probably be more effective in combating crime if we could train reformed otaku . |
| 12 | I asked the College if they could help , but was told by the then-bursar : It is College policy not to help fellows with housing . |
| 13 | I mean , an incident happened last week er the fitter went up They asked the fitter if they could track the belt up on the top . |
| 14 | Never one to sit behind a desk if he could help it , he tried to see the battle front for himself , and was severely wounded . |
| 15 | Alongside the rivalry which characterized foreign relations in the Middle East , most governments desired peace if they could achieve it without weakening their own position . |
| 16 | By this time the king had decided that he would be prepared to abandon investiture if he could keep the homage of prelates for their lay fees . |
| 17 | Good morning David , I 'm enclosing three pages of a fax which I have just received from Teagasc capital T E A G A S C which is self explanatory stop , I hope you can make it all out , comma , if not please come back to me , full stop , paragraph , it would be a help if you could get your shipping agents to provide us with the rates they would have charged paragraph , many thanks and best regards , Sam . |
| 18 | It would be a help if I could get about the countryside when he was working . |
| 19 | Indeed , even a trader who withheld credit from women simply because they are women could be within the law if he could show that women were unreliable payers . |
| 20 | The centre 's director , David Chi , asked the princess if she could use chopsticks and she demonstrated her ability with a flourish before turning her back on photographers and popping the pancake in her mouth . |
| 21 | It would do us far more honour if you could succeed in obtaining a post under some other great lord . |
| 22 | If the laboratory scientists were there already — and Lorrimer , the Senior Biologist , never missed a homicide if he could help it — then there might n't be much for him to do . |
| 23 | So we asked council if they could get us a place and they offered us a flat at first over the other side , I do n't know what walk it was on , and they says , You can stay there until we get an house for you . |
| 24 | Well I , I took the liberty of the Lord Lieutenant 's appointed me to something called the Sussex Rural Options Land Bank and I brought you a copy of the leaflet , having notice of your question and I did ask the officer who deals with this in the Sussex Rural Community Council if he could give me the latest score on housing I thought that the news was bad from what he had said , but having said that , I mean every effort is being made to deal with the issues you raise in this council which is now chaired by Peter . |
| 25 | ‘ It was n't exactly what I had in mind when I asked the council if I could donate some money for a seat in the park ’ |
| 26 | Elisabeth already felt herself rebuked in the presence of Fru Møller and the Colonel — over matters beyond her control — and she was not going to add to that burden of disapproval if she could avoid it ; not again . |
| 27 | He told the gaffer that one of his workers had died and asked the boss if he could have his job . |
| 28 | Both the head and the DCSL freely acknowledged that these developments were undertaken in the light of knowledge that a library project existed , and that schools might stand a better chance of securing a grant if they could show evidence of commitment to enhanced library provision . |
| 29 | You could use some of the dry transfer lettering that is available from most art shops , or ask your local framer or photographer if they could recommend a calligrapher to you . |
| 30 | She got wearily out of the car and tramped across the car park to the reception lobby , where she asked the receptionist with peroxided hair if she could phone the AA . |