Example sentences of "[noun] if we [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can improve our ability to understand our horse if we can gradually train ourselves to observe it more intently , and to see in what situations and in what context different sounds , movements , and behaviour are used . |
| 2 | The crackling of a fire , the dawn chorus of the birds , the sound of waves upon the shore ; most of these go unnoticed and yet each of them can give a great deal of pleasure if we could only learn to become aware of them . |
| 3 | Err I think by the way I 've pretty much got all the the areas wrapped up in Scotland if we can just get going and we can get |
| 4 | We were determined not to start off with a mortgage round our necks if we could possibly avoid it . |
| 5 | ‘ We want to avoid a major incident if we can possibly help it ! ’ |
| 6 | But what chiefly concerns me here is simply the amount of time needed for what we know to have happened in the geological past if we can only postulate " normal processes " . |
| 7 | Allen Watkins used to say that there was a core of truth hidden in the heart of all folk tales and legends if we can only find it amongst the accumulations which have occurred over time : the difficulty arose in finding out what it was — of winnowing the wheat from the chaff . |
| 8 | When , however , we took time out and discussed it , we realized that the fact that we were more diverse offered us a strength against our competitors if we could only capitalize on it . |