Example sentences of "[coord] if [pers pn] can [adv] " in BNC.

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1 He says they may take action against the company that made the barrier , or if they ca n't be traced , the Department of Transport .
2 No one can be healed if at one level ( often on an unconscious level ) they do not wish to be healed , or if they can not trust , or let go of any fears that may be blocking the flow of healing energies .
3 Like going to a solicitor if we can afford it — or if we ca n't afford not to .
4 Or if we ca n't find her ? ’
5 But while we know this , we must still believe that objective truth is obtainable ; or we must believe that it is 99 per cent obtainable ; or if we ca n't believe this we must believe that 43 per cent objective truth is better than 41 per cent .
6 If I can wave to that group of kids and they go home and talk about it , fantastic , or if I can just sign a measly bit of paper for a kid and he 's so stunned he ca n't talk , that really brings home to me what I am doing it for : because it really makes me feel good . ’
7 There is no point in keeping exciting sounds if you do n't know what they are , or if you ca n't find them .
8 ‘ Obviously it 's a little late to prevent the damage now , but in future , remember , either cover up , or if you ca n't , stay out of the sun .
9 But be extra vigilant partcularly in terms of headache , vomiting , or if they 're irritable , or if you ca n't bring their temperature down by sponging down and Calpol .
10 But be extra vigilant partcularly in terms of headache , vomiting , or if they 're irritable , or if you ca n't bring their temperature down by sponging down and Calpol .
11 I 'd like a piana from you for Christmas or if you can not get me that I would like a bike .
12 Imagine how difficult it is to look at the speaker if you can not tell the direction the voice is coming from , or if you can not hear his voice and maybe do n't know he is speaking .
13 Nevertheless : If a teacher has , himself , to go down into the library with the whole class , or if you can only afford a third of a teacher to be in the library at certain times , then you are quite simply restricting the amount of work that can go on .
14 He stormed : ‘ The FA should suspend him for a couple of years and if they ca n't ban the video then they should fine him every penny he makes out of it .
15 And if they ca n't write in sentences they 're not literate !
16 Farmers wo n't even bother to harvest it , right , simply because , the bulk of it , the total production costs , will be labour , will be the labour costs of harvesting , and if they ca n't cover those labour costs of harvesting by selling their produce , which they wo n't be able to if there 's been a bumper harvest because prices are very low , they 'll just leave the things rotting on the trees and er , that is , that is what , what happens quite regularly in horticultural markets which tend not to be markets that are supported through the Common Agricultural Policy .
17 They like training which they can actually apply , that has practical applications so say if you 're thinking of something like erm motivation styles or something like that , if you were gon na introduce Lounslow I du n no at the motivation there are loads of them one 's Lounslow one 's Hertzberg if you were introducing our training to a pragmatist what would be essential is you could actually show the practical application of it , if you just put forward C V and no practical application the pragmatist would say well this is all very well in theory , but how can I apply it to my job and if they ca n't they think well what 's the value of this .
18 The city tecnol technological college was given the right , has given the right of education , a quality of education undreamed of by a n by the people who live in the inner cities of , particularly the Asian population of opposed by the Labour Party , a Labour Party committed to scrapping and closing the C T C's and if they ca n't get
19 It 's just that I 've already mentioned to someone else , and if they ca n't go , then I 'll offer it to you .
20 But I mean I , if they want to be nasty they 're going to be nasty , in a sense , and , and if they ca n't see a positive way of using something , but they still want to get it in , then the obvious thing to do is to be nasty about it .
21 And if they can nae cope with it , they 'll come to , or the majority will come and say look I can nae do it .
22 If they ca n't help you speak to the feed companies themselves , and if they can not give you the information you want do n't buy their feed , its as simple as that !
23 Sometimes isolated toothed whales become stranded when , as a result of disease , they seek the shoreline to avoid drowning ; after all , they are air-breathing , and if they can not swim , they drown in deep water .
24 If Snotlings find themselves themselves further than 12″ away from a unit of Orcs or Goblins , and if they can not move to within 12″ of a unit during that movement phase , then they mill around in a confused mass .
25 Individuals may have to defend their decisions in court , and if they can not demonstrate a systematic approach , they are liable to find this difficult to do .
26 They are greedy for Humans , the sidh , and if they can once trap you with their music they will carry you down to the caves beneath the sea and steal one of your five senses and tear out your soul . ’
27 And if we ca n't fully enjoy the place there 's not much point in keeping it .
28 And if we ca n't produce some pretty credible answers then they wo n't allow that £400,000 to sit in the accounts at the full value .
29 And if we ca n't be sure of preventing our children from trying things , then we 'd better be sure how we can live with their experimentation , and how we can help them limit the damage .
30 It is a crime of violence and if we ca n't prove the violence then we ca n't prove the rape . ’
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