Example sentences of "if [pron] can be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ultimate ‘ aim ’ of beauty , if there can be said to be such a thing , is to point us towards the spiritual realm . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The knowledge model , if it can be mapped to the physical world , must itself comprise discrete quantities , varying in a quantised ( step-wise ) manner . |
| 9 | Discrimination in education , as in other spheres covered by the Act such as employment ( see Chapter 9 ) is also permissible if it can be shown to be ‘ justifiable ’ . |
| 10 | If it can be shown to be successful at bureau level then there are certainly grounds for extending it throughout the democratic structure of the CAB . |
| 11 | If it is possible to generalize from this at all , it is that presence of predator remains in a fossil assemblage gives no indication of method of origin of the assemblage , even if it can be shown to be accumulated by a predator . |
| 12 | Increase in enamel thickness , but the enamel is even thicker than in afropithecins , as measured for the Pasalar sample , with relative enamel thickness of 19.71 ( ref. 47 ) , although it has yet to be measured for any of the African Kenyapithecus ; this character may be diagnostic of node 1A if it can be shown to be ancestral for both pongines and hominines ; |
| 13 | If it can be shown to the satisfaction of the jury that the defendant had the intention , he has very little opportunity to exculpate himself on the grounds that he lacked mens rea , as will be explained further presently . |
| 14 | In contrast , if the supplier undertakes to use reasonable care to manufacture the machine in accordance with the agreed specification , it could be argued that the supplier is only liable for any departure from the specification if it can be shown to be due to negligence . |
| 15 | The revelation came , if it can be accorded to any single event , when he was back in England , reviewing his collections with one of the best ornithologists in the country . |
| 16 | We need to see if he can be admitted to hospital . |