Example sentences of "[noun] if he can [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the plaintiff can establish that , then the manufacturer will have a defence if he can show that in 1989 , given the then state of scientific and technical knowledge , the risk of the polyester causing arthritis was not discoverable . |
| 2 | Any person charged with an offence under the section has a defence if he can prove that he took all reasonable steps for securing that the accounts were delivered in time . |
| 3 | However , the defendant may be able to escape liability if he can prove that he took all due diligence to avoid the commission of an offence ( s12 of CPA 1987 ) . |
| 4 | a proprietor can avoid the ordinary liability based on the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher if he can show that the water had escaped without his negligence . |
| 5 | Mr Rifkind will deserve warm praise if he can succeed where several incumbents have failed . |
| 6 | The lesson seems to be that a plaintiff has a better chance of attacking the exercise of ministerial power if he can show that in some general way , especially procedural and not substantive , the minister has not played the game according to the newly enlarged rules of natural justice . |