Example sentences of "if you can find " in BNC.

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1 Olive ash , for instance , makes a good ploughed field , as does yew , especially if you can find a piece with a nice ‘ crook ’ grain ; zebrano is useful for both water and sky ; walnut often yields a rock formation ; some of the ‘ burr ’ types ( eg. walnut , ash and elm ) make excellent tree foliage , if the scale is right .
2 If you can find time for basic personal hygiene you can find time for exercise .
3 Over by the volleyball court a crowd of older children gathered to look at postcards of Scotland ( always an icebreaker , particularly if you can find a picture of someone in a kilt ) .
4 Leaks are relatively easy to fix if you can find their source .
5 ‘ And see if you can find out when the water and electricity are going to be back on ? ’
6 Please contact either Tim , Vicki or myself ( if you can find me ! ) if you would like to know more .
7 Be sure to include maps , current and historical ones if you can find them .
8 This route begins from Glen Nevis and you can take your car up to the head of the Glen and leave it in a packed car park , if you can find a space between the ice-cream vans and hot-dog vendors .
9 It obviously helps if you can find a yard near home , and most DIY owners find that five to ten miles is the farthest they want to travel .
10 ‘ You can borrow it if you can find a guarantor .
11 I was going to say , if you can find time — I promised you , when your father 's insurance came up , you can have contact lenses .
12 If you can find a partner of roughly the same level , this is an excellent way of practising .
13 If you can find it , snap up Deutz Marlborough Cuvée , masterminded by Champagne Deutz in Montana 's cellars or , failing that , try Lindauer from Montana which is full and honeyed .
14 If you want to have a snapshot of yourself , see if you can find a friendly policeman to perform the task .
15 If you can find a gnarled peasant woman making shabby artefacts from twigs , point your readers in her direction .
16 If you can find a Porsche centre able to demonstrate an RS to you , put some time aside and insist on an experienced specialist .
17 Packs of l.e.d.s and holders are sometimes available at quite attractive prices , and it is probably worthwhile investing in one of these if you can find a suitable pack .
18 Also , if you can find their live Ticket To Ride ( NME giveaway EP ) you 're in for a treat .
19 If you can find nothing wrong with the external pickup wiring and associated circuitry , the chances are that a wire has broken inside one of the coils and will require rewinding .
20 All will flower for longer if you can find them a cool spot away from the dry heat of radiators .
21 If you can find a hundred thousand reasons
22 At the top of the list are botanical , ornithological and topographical books from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries ; and if you can find any important book from that era , especially if the plates are hand-coloured , for less than double figures , you have done very well .
23 Today a chest like this costs a small fortune if you can find one .
24 If you can find meaning and reason for what you do and a sense of useful function , then your job will seem significant .
25 Fry a diced onion and 100g of ham ( parma if you can find it ) for 3–4 minutes in a little olive oil .
26 If you can find them , listen to the African and Latin hybrids of Babatundi Olatunji 's ‘ O-Wa ’ ( 1973 ) or ‘ Music Trance ’ and ‘ No Nos Pararan ’ by Charanga 76 for a glimpse into the potential that was opening out .
27 If you can find someone like yourself who is in the same position then this can be an ideal arrangement .
28 If you can find someone else whose fault it is , then you can give up worrying that it is your own .
29 ‘ Now see if you can find the gravedigger .
30 If you can find a stake that long at the garden centre , it will probably be painted green , with perhaps a black painted end for the ground — do n't be deceived .
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