Example sentences of "if they could [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty thousand rupees it would cost , but the extension worker said the government would pay for it if they could register a co-operative . |
| 2 | I asked the probation department if they could arrange a visit as it did n't look like anyone else was going to . |
| 3 | I made a point of saying to the Indian Ministers whom I met that , just as they had announced elections in the Punjab , so it would be excellent if they could start a political process in Kashmir so that there would be people representing the Kashmiris with whom the Government could talk . |
| 4 | Could I not go to the castle where the German headquarters were and ask if they could forward a small gift of food to a worker in Germany ? |
| 5 | It would be helpful to companies , as they try to improve their corporate governance , if they could make a real distinction between executive and non-executive directors . |
| 6 | But I 'm sure if they could make a profit they would . |
| 7 | The quotas did not include refugees who were eligible for admittance if they could show a " well-founded fear of persecution " in their homelands . |
| 8 | At every corner they paused , checked the signal strength , held it at arm 's length to see if they could detect a greater strength around the other side . |
| 9 | Group members can also be asked if they could give a small life history of themselves , although never without prior warning , and only if they are sufficiently confident to do so . |
| 10 | This is merely routine arrogance , but it obscures from them the fact that they could impress everyone a lot more if they could do a better job — and with a bit of help they could . |
| 11 | Viewers were asked if they could put a name to the voice of the kidnapper , a fairly distinctive voice with a softish Yorkshire accent . |
| 12 | This involved taking apart any statements made by known offenders and seeing if they could pinpoint a flaw somewhere along the line . |
| 13 | This family 's life would be transformed if they could buy a small terraced house with a garden . |
| 14 | Sponsored roundabout signs will not be allowed if they could cause a traffic hazard . |
| 15 | You could use some of the dry transfer lettering that is available from most art shops , or ask your local framer or photographer if they could recommend a calligrapher to you . |
| 16 | On the American side the multilateralists believed that protectionism in the United States might be weakened if they could win a demonstrable success against Imperial Preference . |
| 17 | ‘ We told them that if they could find a better vaccine they should use it . |
| 18 | The effect of the decision was to give women the choice of an abortion during the first six months of pregnancy if they could find a doctor to carry it out , and it came to have enormous symbolic importance for feminists . |
| 19 | If they could find a cure for the common cold . |
| 20 | The children looked all along the bank to see if they could find a boat . |
| 21 | It is ‘ very cold , very handsome , and very dull ’ : ‘ Who 'd live in such a great , overgrown place as this , ’ Lady Glencora asks , ‘ if they could get a comfortable house like Matching ? ’ |
| 22 | she were gon na look at that place at er Audrey 's brother 's got it same as Walter 's , er second hand stuff to see if they could get a little bit of something , start him off , like , you know |
| 23 | ‘ I knew you was n't one of his usual harem — none of that lot look as if they could boil a kettle , never mind an egg . |