Example sentences of "and if we can not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , we have no proof against him , and if we can not make him talk , this mystery will never be solved . |
| 2 | But we can not expect any Psalm reflecting the years of oppression and revolt to be exactly comparable with the situation described from a later point of view in the Books of Maccabees ; and if we can not use the Books of Maccabees in this way any certain terms of comparison are lacking altogether . |
| 3 | The hardships we are suffering in the recession are nothing compared to the hell of the Bosnian detention camps , and if we can not find the cash to help what amounts to very few of them then we are morally as well as economically bankrupt . |
| 4 | Better still , we enjoy solving mysteries : and if we can not solve them then , when the auspices are right , they can acquire the aura of magic . |
| 5 | We , society as a whole , must decide what we want school to do ; and if we can not agree on this we are not entitled to complain that schools , and teachers , fail to give us what we want , nor can we hope to find ways to improve the situation . |