Example sentences of "if [pers pn] can [verb] [pron] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under these conditions he might say the following : ‘ If I can satisfy you that the fuel consumption of this car is no greater than that of the Vauxhall Cavalier , would you buy it ? ’ |
| 2 | If I can tell you that some of the the erm what I would call direct sales people have said they think they can sell advertising and are now in another direction or still resting |
| 3 | My research , if I can call it that , has involved ( over the same period ) a cyclical process of listening to teachers , tidying up what I think I 've heard into some more-or-less coherent story , and then telling it to other teachers to see if it makes sense to them , and captures in an interesting , plausible and fruitful way something significant of their experience . |
| 4 | If the salesperson is convinced that the objection is the major stumbling block to the sale , he can gain commitment from the buyer by saying : ‘ If I can convince you that this model is the most economical in its class , will you buy it ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I hope to be in the theatre somewhere if I can find one that will have me . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm sure the local press will be interested too if you can involve them that would be a great help |
| 7 | It is not the first time that , for whatever reason , such a ‘ mistake ’ , if you can call it that , has been made with the best will in the world . |
| 8 | My problem , if you can call it that , at the time was that I thought I had all the natural talent in the world and did n't need to train . |
| 9 | The main view , if you can call it that , consists of an overview of the rooms you have on your system . |
| 10 | Indeed the only real drawback , if you can call it that , is that people are continually coming up and congratulating us on our victory over England . ’ |
| 11 | ’ Im responsible for themusic if you can call it that ’ |
| 12 | The explanation , if you can call it that , gives the flavour of the enterprise . |
| 13 | mental institution and having to give up his job because once they get that position if they speak out , in any way , for instance the Civil Service you ca n't speak out at all even if you can see something that you know is wrong |
| 14 | His abiding concern is his farm and if you can convince him that you can efficiently dispose of the rabbits on his property he may be more than pleased to welcome you . |
| 15 | BELVILLE : If you can convince me that the hated parson has had no encouragement from you I will offer you the following proposals . |
| 16 | ‘ If you can convince me that you can make Kirsty happy , believe me , I wo n't stand in your way . ’ |
| 17 | So if we can do something that may trick the would-be burglar into thinking there 's someone in , then he may well go somewhere else . |
| 18 | Even if we can convince ourselves that nobody is getting hurt , even if we are sure we are not cheating , we have a suspicion that it is inappropriate . ’ |
| 19 | Interactively organized circuits are highly resistant to analysis by the elimination of single components so we can only really use the lesion method if we can convince ourselves that the brain is organized differently . |
| 20 | Most people , if they can play something that sounds like something that they 've heard on a record , are in danger of falling into the trap of saying , ‘ A-ha ! |