Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] if [pron] can [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the tax year has ended , ask the Inland Revenue if you can still make an adjustment . |
| 2 | Research has also suggested that older people prefer not to share accommodation with their offspring in joint households if they can no longer manage on their own . |
| 3 | Shit it must be quite a little thing if it can only hear your voice . |
| 4 | It helps if it is small , and it is also a great advantage if it can easily reach the next tree without having to climb down to the ground and then climb up again . |
| 5 | ‘ We want to avoid a major incident if we can possibly help it ! ’ |
| 6 | But what chiefly concerns me here is simply the amount of time needed for what we know to have happened in the geological past if we can only postulate " normal processes " . |
| 7 | It seemed very obvious , first of all , that a country does not get rich by importing manufactured goods if it can possibly manufacture them itself . |
| 8 | ‘ I disapprove of killing at the best of times , Ace , but , and this is vitally important , you must never kill anyone with a role in recorded history if you can possibly avoid it . |
| 9 | But illness will not excuse disobedience to a legitimate order if you can indeed comply with what is required . |