Example sentences of "if they can be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People understand their own and other people 's lives not just in terms of class fractions or units of labour power even if they can be categorised as such . |
| 2 | Distributors and retailers selling " own brand " goods can be liable if they can be said to be holding themselves out to be the producer . |
| 3 | Words are used to inflect if they can be assigned to a number of grammatical classes , and the members of all these classes are distinguished from each other by their morphology ( internal shape ) and by their syntax ( the rules of their use ) . |
| 4 | The activities of delinquent fans might be more intelligible if they can be related to particular roles and positions with respect to other fans . |
| 5 | Surpluses on a period of account should not be automatically lost , if they can be demonstrated to be the result of efficient working and not over budgeting , otherwise controllers will ensure that there are no surpluses . |
| 6 | We all know that the best dishes for entertaining are those that require little last-minute attention , and they 're better still if they can be prepared in advance and frozen . |
| 7 | I want to see elderly people looked after well and if they can be looked after at home all well and good but of course they need the facilities . |
| 8 | The violas can be used , however , also the cellos if they can be spared from the energetic bass part . |
| 9 | " It would be wrong for me to pretend that these problems can be solved quickly — if they can be solved at all . |
| 10 | Since these objectives have yet to be achieved , there is time to ask if they can be approached via an alternative route . |
| 11 | Paths with whatever surface is chosen can be laid at the start when the beds are being dug or later at a more convenient time , but it does make life easier if they can be finished before planting the beds . |
| 12 | Those who are seriously ill may be ‘ universal reactors ’ ( see p 162 ) and they will only recover fully if they can be protected from the majority of synthetic chemicals . |
| 13 | If they can be anticipated at the end of one of the even periods they will have no effect on real output : prices will merely adjust to keep output at its natural rate y n . |
| 14 | If they 're relatively technical , then I , then I 'd be grateful if they can be left to the officers , but obviously if there 's anything that erm , is political in anyway , big P or small P , then at least we can get in touch with the er , P A G , and if necessary call a meeting in respect Chair . |
| 15 | The argument is that funds should not be diverted to the government sector if they can be put to a more productive use in the private sector . |
| 16 | I mean if they can be put in a room or |
| 17 | The person who leaves the company 's employment er could I ask you , each of you in turn briefly for some comments about how you feel deferred pension rights can best be preserved , if they can be preserved at all er adequately . |
| 18 | This system of learning is very different for some students and it might help at the beginning of the academic year to introduce them to it in a more measured way and look at points of pressure during the year and see if they can be released without lowering standards |