Example sentences of "[pron] can give the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is worth getting this formidable reputation into perspective by quoting the words of Edward O. Wilson , the world 's foremost authority on ants as well as the author of Sociobiology : In answer to the single question I am asked most frequently about ants , I can give the following answer : No , driver ants are not really the tenor of the jungle . |
| 2 | That will be the case and I can give the hon. Member for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Leighton ) that undertaking . |
| 3 | I believe that Wales is much better placed to ride out the worldwide recession than it has been and I can give the hon. Gentleman this pledge : I and my ministerial colleagues will continue to do everything that we can to attract investment to Wales . |
| 4 | I can give the hon. Gentleman and the House some comfort by saying that over the next two years things will change dramatically . |
| 5 | The most comforting assurance that I can give the hon. Gentleman , which I am sure that he will welcome , is that the results of the study will be made public . |
| 6 | I am not sure that I can give the hon. Gentleman the first information that he requested . |
| 7 | I can give the hon. Gentleman the undertaking — it is of the sort that I gave him in Committee — that I believe that many things should be done with the extra resources that we shall have , and in the context of administrative matters the care of records is relevant . |
| 8 | ‘ But Ray is quality through and through and is the sort of player who can give the whole Villa team a real lift . |
| 9 | The immature deliberative faculty will mature ; children have the ‘ possibility apparent ’ of turning into rational beings ( Hobbes ) ; they love to be treated as though they were rational though they are not so yet ( Locke ) ; you can give the prerational child reasons for acting in certain ways and he will turn into the youth who is capable of having principles ( Kant ) . |
| 10 | And you happen to live frugally but have a good income you can give the spare income away without subject to any tax . |
| 11 | We can give the young reader a second opinion on what is being read . |
| 12 | Those who provide public services will have to prove they can give the right quality at the right cost . |
| 13 | HUNDREDS of Darlington Council employees are being briefed about how they can give the best service to customers and chargepayers . |
| 14 | They can give the same information as the text , giving the reader two opportunities of gaining clear understanding . |