Example sentences of "if it can be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it can be demonstrated beyond doubt that a ray of light passing close to the sun is deflected in a curved path , then it is not the case that light necessarily travels in straight lines . |
| 2 | The knowledge model , if it can be mapped to the physical world , must itself comprise discrete quantities , varying in a quantised ( step-wise ) manner . |
| 3 | The timing of the move to other pastures may be dependent on other farming activities , but if it can be delayed until October or later and accompanied by an anthelmintic treatment then eggs from any worms which survive the treatment are unlikely to develop due to the unfavourable winter temperatures . |
| 4 | The average Albanian wage is about £10 a month , worth 20 times that if it can be exchanged for blackmarket US dollars . |
| 5 | At this point , an isolated plantation will be noticed up on the hillside to the left , and if it can be reached without damaging walls it should be . |
| 6 | Each is a Ring of Protection , and each of which will only function as a magical ring if it can be separated from the others . |
| 7 | They want ties that link them more to each other — through mutual defence pacts — and to the West , if it can be done without infuriating the Soviet Union . |
| 8 | Nathaniel Houlton , a widower living in Bristol , itemized the details of his coffin in a will drafted on 26 May 1767 : ‘ First , It is my Will and Desire ( if it can be done without being Offensive ) to have my Body kept for the space of One Week at the Least after my Demise , before my Coffin ( which I direct shall have a Double or false Lid , as my late Wife 's had ) , be closed up ; … |
| 9 | Some management writers take the view that a matrix should not be resorted to if it can be done without . |
| 10 | Chief officers have been asked to carry out a survey of people who would like to work reduced hours for less pay if it can be done without hitting the service to the public . |
| 11 | They say if it can be done on water , it can be done on Mission Bay , the largest aquatic playground in the world . |
| 12 | I I if it can be done in the greenbelt policy it must be done in E two and there can be no argument that it is not too detailed a matter in greenbelt policy but too detailed a matter in E two . |
| 13 | What matters is the ultimate profit , and if it can be increased by employing some more salesmen so be it , even if the numbers go in the wrong way . |
| 14 | You may be able to claim constructive dismissal even if the incident which directly leads to your departure is minor , if it can be regarded as the last straw . |
| 15 | Similarly an obligation of confidence may not be prayed in aid of a refusal to disclose secret information to a trustee in bankruptcy if it can be regarded as part of the bankrupt 's property ( see Keene , Re [ 1922 ] 2 Ch 475 ) . |
| 16 | The same applies to the repetition of an auxiliary , particularly if it can be replaced by a contracted form . |
| 17 | Money supply is exogenous ( independently determined ) if it can be fixed by the authorities and if it does not vary with aggregate demand and interest rates . |
| 18 | In his pre-conference interview this weekend the Labour leader demonstrated a restrained confidence and authority which is new and , if it can be maintained in the heat of battle , likely to prove appealing to the sort of people whose votes he must win . |
| 19 | ‘ If it can be seen from here then let Mitch look and take photographs . |
| 20 | Could you perhaps see if it can be adjusted in the same way as Samuel Cyuma 's , perhaps to a date in October ? |
| 21 | Multicultural mathematics is unlikely to be tokenistic if it can be justified in terms of mathematical purposes , linguistic purposes and anti-racist purposes . |
| 22 | Even if it can be established beyond all reasonable doubt that certain cultural items were indeed originally developed in one place and thence diffused to another , by whatever means ( not excluding industrial espionage ) , this may have no relevance whatsoever to their significance in the new environment . |
| 23 | If it can be established by observation in some test experiment that a 10 lb. weight and a 1 lb. weight in free fall move downwards at roughly the same speed , then it can be concluded that the claim that bodies fall at speeds proportional to their weight is false . |
| 24 | Engineers from the DoT are to look at the southbound-only A1(M) and A66(M) interchange near the town to see if it can be adapted for northbound traffic . |
| 25 | If it can be abandoned in the case of the personal element of the council tax , it is hard to see why it can not be abandoned immediately for the poll tax . |
| 26 | But if it 's , if it can be dropped at your place |
| 27 | There are for instance extreme examples of the inhibition or punishment of the sexual act in which laughter can not be other than inhumane if it can be found at all : for example in Connebert , where a lecherous priest has to castrate himself in order to save his life , or Le Prestre et le leu , " The priest and the wolf " , a laconically brief tale of just twenty-eight lines relating how a peasant digs a trap for a lecherous priest , into which first a wolf , then the priest , and then the wife 's maid sent to see if the priest is coming fall in turn , after which the peasant kills the wolf , castrates the priest , and chases off the maid . |
| 28 | But on Friday night news came through that VAT HQ had agreed to study the ER scheme ‘ to see if it can be classified as a training activity , which would be VAT exempt , rather than as a business activity , ’ Maxen reported . |
| 29 | Crunching riffs , frantic sneer , a sound so chewy that Rowntrees are currently sticking it under the microscope to see if it can be put into a crisp candy coat , and a bloody horrible noise it all is . |
| 30 | Discrimination in education , as in other spheres covered by the Act such as employment ( see Chapter 9 ) is also permissible if it can be shown to be ‘ justifiable ’ . |