Example sentences of "[pron] can give the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NOW that we have come back — with our half-used tubes of Factor 20 sun-cream , the remnants of a jar of Arnica ( for bruises ) , and the broken paper umbrella that decked my son 's wiener schnitzel for our last supper — I can give the lie to all those Doubting Thomases who said that five small boys on skis was a recipe for disaster , not a holiday . |
| 2 | I do not think I can give the petitioner superior rights . |
| 3 | I can give the House no assurance about what the Soviet — |
| 4 | LEFT Iron objects are best drawn with the aid of X-rays which can give the shape and form of an object under the corrosion . |
| 5 | It is easy to stop squabbles and arguments in the interests of peace and harmony , yet to do so often prevents us from observing significant behaviour which can give the counsellor invaluable insight into how older people think and feel about themselves , other people and their situation . |
| 6 | No one is likely to offer answers unless the questions are directly asked , but there are people who can give the information you need . |
| 7 | You can give the back up team though , you can get people to hand out leaflets and that sort of thing |
| 8 | Now , you can give the answer in this form you need n't write it out in full . |
| 9 | Once loaded , you can give the program explicit instructions to look at drive B then you can load up the exam paper stored on the floppy as a data file . |
| 10 | You can give the bedroom its total co-ordinated look by flat , fitted and valance sheets , cushions and bolsters , choosing from the wide range of bed dressings available , the superb selection of window dressings , wall-coverings and light fittings . |
| 11 | The language helper can give a command , and obey it himself ; he can give a command and you obey it ; you can give the command and obey it yourself ; you can give the command and he obeys it . |
| 12 | The language helper can give a command , and obey it himself ; he can give a command and you obey it ; you can give the command and obey it yourself ; you can give the command and he obeys it . |
| 13 | Being able to find out for oneself has a number of contributory sub-skills attached to it , and in planning resource-based programmes for our classes we must take into account such sub-skills so that we can give the chance for them to develop and mature . |
| 14 | ‘ We think we can give the vegetables a clean bill of health , sir . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Nonsense , ’ Veronica replied , ‘ we can give the place a good airing before we go . ’ |
| 16 | If if we can give the lists in it just makes it easier . |
| 17 | What I , what I 'd like to do is , we can say that we 're we can make er a profit or a loss and we can give the figure , so this might have come out at seven thousand two hundred whatever . |
| 18 | that 's why , that 's so that we can give the shop his control of supply which actually like my da , you 're saying if it was a computer disc supplier he could have next day delivery to him and then next day delivery to my man . |
| 19 | They can give the Champion a soul . |
| 20 | But the big day is today(thurs) , not Saturday , because that 's when the men from Greenwich Council come to see if they can give the £4 million redeveloped ground the safety certificate it needs for Saturday 's sell-out game to proceed . |
| 21 | Staff at the stores will be left managing the other 10% — fast-changing lines like greetings cards and fizzy drinks — though they can give the 90% a nip here and a tuck there with the help of the RMUs . |
| 22 | They can give the familiarity and the regular weekly person-to-person payment of the weekly credit caller or the mail order agent , with a measure of flexibility over payment difficulties which even an understanding commercial lender might find taxing . |
| 23 | They let all the big companies go round digging holes in the road , and when people fall in and complain they say it 's all for their own good , and after a while they hope the people will revolt so they can give the police guns and thin out the population , and then they 'll have a police state — which is what they 've always wanted — and the rich will be able to live in peace . ’ |
| 24 | There 's other associates who like to know beforehand roughly how much they can provide for people by way of life cover and living assurance , so that they can give the people some idea , or maybe want to sit in front of them and use the rate book to give them some idea . |
| 25 | Also by virtue of its ability to predict whether a company will survive for a given period of time , it can give the credit manager more confidence to enter into long term relationships with customers . |
| 26 | If the weekend is fine the rain waits for Monday , just so it can give the working week a gloomy send off . |
| 27 | Parliament is sovereign and in theory it can give the task of determining the legal meaning of whatsoever it chooses to whomsoever it likes . |
| 28 | The computer is very fast ; it can be set to scan the text of journal articles and print out the titles of all which use significant key words more than a stated number of times , and it can be set to tell us how many times Shakespeare used a particular expression , and in each case it can give the results quite astonishingly quickly . |
| 29 | The Government 's policy of keeping mortgage costs down is ‘ the most help ’ it can give the housing market , added the minister . |
| 30 | I understand that my right hon. Friend has just been to Oman , so perhaps he can give the House some information . |