Example sentences of "if it can [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any animal with even a rudimentary nervous system will be better placed if it can compute the arrival of impending danger or the location of valuable resources such as food or mates . |
| 2 | If the Commission thinks the case admissible and worth proceeding with , it sees if it can achieve a friendly settlement . |
| 3 | If it can offer the fellowship of a club , young people may well risk the scorn of their peers to belong to it . |
| 4 | And I think er I think it 's that what worries you sometimes , you know er er If it can stand the pace , but as I say . |
| 5 | Mitsubishi is also hoping to sell a lower-spec Sigma in the UK — but only if it can secure the cars from the factory in Japan , and negotiate an increase in its UK import quota . |
| 6 | The University will first see if it can make an internal appointment . |
| 7 | The success of the new Continental R , and before that the Bentley Turbo , shows that if it can make the sort of car that new customers approve of , it should still be able to find 3,000 buyers a year around the world . |
| 8 | Sir Frank added that Britain had no ‘ power to do anything other than see if it can influence the French or whichever country it may be . |
| 9 | If it can startle the predator in some way , there is a faint chance that the enemy may panic and flee . |
| 10 | Therefore , although one might think that hours of work would be a matter for internal national control , it will be dealt with by the Community if it can get the subsidiarity principle interpreted in that way . |
| 11 | It will not be filled as full later so if it can withstand the water pressure when full , it will be safe . |
| 12 | According to sources at the highest level , the Santa Cruz Operation Inc has ‘ bitten the ideological bullet , ’ and is prepared to step out on the Unix SVR4 road — if it can cut the deal it wants with Unix owner USL . |
| 13 | If it can raise a vast amount of capital — £1.8 billion — and believes that it is worth while to do so , surely it is possible for British Rail to commit the £100 million that is needed to electrify the main line . |
| 14 | That is , if it can overcome the notion of some Apaches , who reportedly think some provision ought still to remain for Microsoft Corp Windows NT . |