Example sentences of "be [verb] if [pron] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're seeing if we can move the gear lever , Dorcas , ’ said Nooty . |
| 2 | This will probably be to see if you can think on your feet and react well under stress . |
| 3 | No question about it , she had a face , but I 'm buggered if I can remember what it looked like . |
| 4 | Well I 've seen the toothbrush somewhere recently but I 'm buggered if I can remember where . |
| 5 | They do not have to be solved if they can be avoided . |
| 6 | The payment will only be permitted if it can be seen that its purpose is to benefit the company . |
| 7 | It is common ground that an order for payment to the defendant by the board of his costs in the court of first instance can only be made if he can establish under section 18(4) ( b ) that he ‘ will suffer severe financial hardship unless the order is made … |
| 8 | Now more of a sex vixen than the innocent girl next door it remains to be seen if one can retain her teeny bop audience while aiming for the ( slightly ) more mature rock audience . |
| 9 | However , it can be used if you can ‘ read ’ your card and work out the maximum number of tucks or loops you will be collecting . |
| 10 | The problem of induction will be avoided if it can be established that science does not involve induction . |
| 11 | It is an important skill because even experienced pilots do occasionally make approaches which are far too high and which can be redeemed if they can side-slip quickly and accurately . |
| 12 | ‘ I remember seeing pictures of a fish like that at school , but I 'm damned if I can remember what it was , ’ said Yanto , thoughtfully . |
| 13 | Because if an old Puritan like you ca n't , then I 'm damned if I can . |
| 14 | ‘ It could still be black magic because I 'm damned if I can find a way through the tangle . |
| 15 | ( This is no doubt in some way concerned with the employee 's honesty. ) 2 The nature of the information itself Information will only be protected if it can properly be classed as a business secret or as material which , while not properly described as a business secret is , in all the circumstances , of such a highly confidential nature as to require the same protection as a business secret eo nomine . |
| 16 | The race , over a gruelling hundred-mile-long course was won last year by a team from Hereford … we 'll be asking if they can row their raft to victory once again . |
| 17 | Their editorial resources are , however , limited , so the church will be welcomed if it can provide good story ‘ copy ’ and clear photographs , thus saving them the expense of sending their own paid staff along to the various functions . |
| 18 | Such educated guesswork can be eliminated if you can actually see the fish in the first place . |
| 19 | Records on the prime data track , as has been explained earlier , may each cause a full revolution to be lost if they can not be processed during the time the inter-record gap is traversed . |
| 20 | for the animal in its mud burrow , valuable time will be lost if it can not prepare itself for foraging until after the tide has left the shore . |
| 21 | It is rather that the whole point of a national curriculum will be lost if it can not be assumed that children at 11 will be ready for whatever is the generally agreed content of the first year at secondary school . |
| 22 | But can you think of anyone who stands out as being somebody who really does their bit and yet does it possibly with humility or erm I 'm thinking of rather than saying sort of a general terminology of sort of Prime Ministers or what have you , erm I 'm thinking if you can think of a a particular person ? |
| 23 | A dog will not be deprived if it can not use a chair . |
| 24 | This will ( essentially ) be achieved if we can show that , whenever we write a as a product , that is a = bc with b , c ε Z , then one of b , c is a unit . |
| 25 | Collectors of the Lyttons , father and son , have an inexpensive line of country and are to be congratulated if they can distinguish infallibly between the two without recourse to their reference books . |
| 26 | Erm er it will be see if you can pay into something |
| 27 | Given the difficult economic climate , many clients have decided to opt for the old adage that things can only be managed if they can be measured . |
| 28 | I am asked if I can be on standby if transport is needed ? |
| 29 | For children older than 6 years they are asked if they can inhibit urination for an hour to teach bladder retention . |
| 30 | That 's to see if you can identify what the problems are with each of those three , and why they 're experiencing difficulties in their job . |