Example sentences of "[adv] if [pers pn] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps if we can arrive at some sort of specific amounts or some research in that direction , we might Mr Chairman , be able to take representations to government in a more positive way . |
| 2 | Perhaps if we can parody the eight gramophone records , and ask the question , ‘ If you were cast away on a desert island , which eight plants would you wish to have with you ? ’ there is no doubt that the rose would be the first choice for most people . |
| 3 | I think it was fifty , I do , but I 'm not sure oh perhaps if we can get over there at the end of the , well it 's the end of the month next week anyway in n it ? |
| 4 | And perhaps if I can understand it more , then |
| 5 | And not to go into too much depth , basically if I can find the switch . |
| 6 | There are one or two things you have to do and you can always do them better if you can see what you 're doing . |
| 7 | To say instead , ‘ I hear you better if I can see your face ’ is more positive . |
| 8 | ‘ Obviously if we can get his support and if he comes up trumps , it will be marvellous , ’ she said . |
| 9 | articles , books and stuff like that which talk about this thing erm it helps obviously if you can link in what you 're asking people to some of these previous ideas , theories , bits of evidence |
| 10 | We all agree that small stores are important , but they can remain viable only if they can carry out their trading on Sundays . |
| 11 | Governments can raise tax revenue only if they can identify the activities on which the tax rates apply . |
| 12 | Overseas markets too are affected , for only if they can reach ports at reasonable cost and efficiency can goods be readily exported . |
| 13 | In turn , they will be able to buy only if they can raise the money to bid , which depends on investors ' assessment of the risk and likely return . |
| 14 | It has decided that individual states can refuse imports of waste from neighbouring countries , but only if they can prove that the trade is dangerous to their health or environment . |
| 15 | I want to make it absolutely clear that general practitioners voluntarily choose to run fund-holding practices and are not forced by the Government to do so — and GPs will take that step only if they can see benefits for their patients . |
| 16 | That there will be fierce opposition to such changes is fairly certain , and there will be vociferant arguments against them , and whilst these must be listened to , they must be allowed to have influence only if they can help in the process of bringing into being the new philosophy or religion . |
| 17 | ‘ Only if we can find the document , ’ Charlotte cautioned . |
| 18 | It is only if we can read that record that we can discover some very important biological characteristics of human beings , since ( to repeat an earlier point ) it is through convention , convention that has a history , that human nature is expressed . |
| 19 | ‘ All right , but only if we can come back here . |
| 20 | Only if you can do so , only if you can waken a deep concern with other human beings , is there any possible basis for moral argument . |
| 21 | Only if you can do so , only if you can waken a deep concern with other human beings , is there any possible basis for moral argument . |
| 22 | it 's only if you can reinforce it |
| 23 | * Analysing the structure of a text is useful only if you can make something of it , such as linking it with something else about the text in a correlation or causal relation ( see p. 53 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ It is , but , ’ she was stung into replying , ‘ only if you can keep all your salary for yourself . |
| 25 | It 's alright , only if you can let , all of you that have expenses , can you let me have them by next Wednesday and erm , I will , I can pay you out then at the meeting and erm , because you know , everything has to be in erm by the end of this month . |
| 26 | But , without your low-calorie dressing to hand ( you could smuggle it in a hip flask , perhaps ) , order a baked potato in restaurants only if you can resist that terribly high-calorie sour cream or butter . |
| 27 | THERE 'S a feast of live football this week — but only if you can get near a TV set with a satellite . |
| 28 | Only if I can kneecap first . |
| 29 | ‘ Only if I can keep it if she does n't . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Only if I can kill you myself ! ’ |