Example sentences of "can [adv] [be] [verb] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nothing that ca n't be changed if you have a scheme that 's worth thinking about . ’ |
| 2 | They ca n't be changed if they are not identified . |
| 3 | What he ca n't be saying if he understands the system is , " 1 want to vote effectively both for my first-preference candidate and for my second or any lower preference " . |
| 4 | I mean I like dancing and music but I like to have a chat with , I ca n't , I ca n't be bothered if I ca n't chat properly because you ca n't hear yourself |
| 5 | Uplifts of 1–2 km can apparently be produced if the crust experiences very little or no extension and the lithosphere is stretched by a large amount ( Box 4.2 ) . |
| 6 | He states that one rarely needs more than one granule although two or three can obviously be used if a stronger solution is required . |
| 7 | It is like expert power in that it can only be exercised if others recognise and accept it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This means that a surplus of 38 votes can only be transferred if there are 3,800 voting papers or fewer which have expressed on them subsequent preferences for continuing candidates . |
| 11 | Note that managership of the package can only be transferred if there are no DCs already active on it . |
| 12 | That can only be done if you spare just a few quiet moments away from the television and video , the toys and games , the table groaning with food and the glasses of cheer . |
| 13 | Such treatment can only be justified if it is necessary to give a true and fair view . |
| 14 | For instance , the relatively high costs of a quality orientated operation can only be justified if forecasts of market demand show that customers will remain insensitive to price increases , but sensitive to variations in product quality . |
| 15 | HIV can only be transmitted if virus from infected body fluids — blood , semen , vaginal secretions — enters the blood of another person . |
| 16 | The Product can only be registered if a known Product package and Package version have been entered using option 5.1.2 — Update Product . |
| 17 | But the very nature of advice can only be understood if we understand in what spirit it is meant to be offered and for what reasons it is meant to be taken . |
| 18 | The history of company legislation over the past century can only be understood if it is seen as an attempt to rectify the imbalance and injustice resulting from the creation of limited liability in the mid-nineteenth century . |
| 19 | The nature of the movement of goods can only be understood if it is seen in relation to the complex and changing framework of society . |
| 20 | So the struggle became to some extent a contest between the German bishops and the pope , and the position of the German bishops in extending the conflict can only be understood if we understand their relationships with the political parties and the rival claimants . |
| 21 | And many of our society 's institutions and problems can only be understood if we know about their origins and their subsequent development ; our industrial relations system , conflicts between religious groups , the ‘ crisis ’ in the welfare state and the problems of the world economy today are four instances of this point . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Such a near-continuous set of numbers can only be obtained if nine records are stored per track , and this will usually not be the best number of records for the file under consideration . |
| 24 | However analytical results can only be obtained if saturation is neglected , so this simplification has been used here . |
| 25 | [ 5. l 5 ( a ) ] we see that a real value for the maximum operating frequency can only be obtained if H is greater than unity , so that the square toot in the denominator can be evaluated . |
| 26 | Sometimes they may spread to involve the terminal urethra , and can only be seen if the urethral meatus is parted . |
| 27 | The optimum size of hash table can only be determined if the approximate number of items to be stored is known . |
| 28 | Please note : Bookings can only be accepted if you cut out the relevant token for the course you 're applying for and enclose it with your initial application . |
| 29 | There is a powerful body of opinion in the defence establishment which supports such a ban , on the grounds that the US Navy 's superiority can only be reinforced if its Soviet counterpart is deprived of the only weapons which could be expected to destroy a US aircraft carrier with a single hit . |
| 30 | it says , quality can only be assured if both patient 's view and care-giver 's view are in agreement cos that 's gon na be really hard to achieve is n't it ? |