Example sentences of "if it can not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If it can not be avoided , it will have to happen , ’ he told the Chartered Institute of Transport on 4 May . |
| 2 | After two days of trying , however , the shares remained unsold last night and stockbrokers Hoare Govett have the problem of starting their attempted placing all over again this morning in the knowledge that if it can not be done today , holidays prevent them trying again until Tuesday . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Very little benefit is gained by imposing a condition relating to odour emission if it can not be enforced , and for that reason conditions which refer to the responsibilities of a third party , such as : ‘ all odours must be abated to the satisfaction of the Environmental Health Department ’ , should be avoided . |
| 5 | In another text Ulpian states that , if it can not be discovered from the testator 's habits , his domicile , or the context in the will which denomination was intended , then the smaller denomination is to be understood . |
| 6 | The painter told a young man joining the navy , ‘ Never purchase any enjoyment if it can not be purchased without borrowing of others . |
| 7 | Below and beyond this zone behavioural responses must become the major controlling mechanism , but this becomes metabolically expensive , and must lead to exhaustion if it can not be made good by an increased intake of food and rest . |
| 8 | This outward aggression , however , if it can not be expressed to the object has to be turned inwards in depression , which is anger turned back upon the person . |
| 9 | In characteristic style , Professor Tweedie is determined to stamp on loose interpretation now , before the issue gets out of hand , and is not beyond threatening to throw an encyclopaedia of rules at the profession if it can not be trusted to follow the spirit of the ASB 's principles . |
| 10 | for so long as may be necessary to enable the vehicle , if it can not be used for such purpose without stopping in that length of road , to be used for fire brigade , ambulance or police purposes or in connection with any building operation , demolition or excavation , the removal of any obstruction to traffic , the maintenance , improvement or reconstruction of that length of road , or the laying , erection , alteration , repair or cleaning in or near to that length of road of any traffic sign or sewer or of any main , pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas , water or electricity , or of any telegraph or telephone wires , cables , posts or supports . |
| 11 | For example , modern jus ad bellum puts considerable emphasis on the right of self-defence in accord with Articles 2(4) and 51 of the UN Charter : the implication of these provisions is that any use of force , even after the outbreak of fighting , is prohibited if it can not be justified by reference to the right of self-defence recognised in Article 51 of the Charter . |
| 12 | If it can not be proved wrong , then the scientist will conclude that there is a causal law in operation , and will advise farmers , who are likely to have paid for the research , of this . |
| 13 | However , the position taken by the Court of Appeal loses much of its force if it can not be assumed that the House would have taken non-certified points of appeal had they been raised . |
| 14 | But feeling does not evaporate : if it can not be shown in one form it finds an outlet in another . |
| 15 | After all , oil has little value if it can not be produced and sold . |
| 16 | If it can not be shown that the person uttering the remarks intended to induce his victim to believe that he was about to engage in violence himself , or intended to provoke the object of his remarks into using unlawful violence , what will be termed here the objective conditions come into operation . |
| 17 | A common foreign policy means nothing if it can not be implemented . |
| 18 | 10.1 If either you or we are delayed or prevented from performing our obligations under this order , by circumstances beyond the reasonable control of either of us , ( including without limitation any form of government intervention , strikes and lock-outs relevant to this order , breakdown of plant or delays by sub-contractors concerned ) such performance shall be suspended , and if it can not be completed within a reasonable time after the due date as specified in this order , this order may be cancelled by either party . |
| 19 | ‘ Sundial may close if it can not be converted ’ The Sundial Hotel in Northallerton may close if it can not be converted into a nursing home , it was claimed this week . |
| 20 | ‘ Sundial may close if it can not be converted ’ The Sundial Hotel in Northallerton may close if it can not be converted into a nursing home , it was claimed this week . |
| 21 | But he added : ‘ Obviously if it can not be provided by voluntary means that would be an entirely different ball game . ’ |
| 22 | If it can not be audited , you 'll never know if it works . |