Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] give [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I can not give a reliable date as to when the Metropolitan police report in the case of the first matters will be available , but I have no reason to suppose that it is not being prosecuted with all celerity by the dedicated team that the Commissioner has made available . |
2 | I can not give a precise date , but that is the intention . |
3 | Although I can not give a date , we intend to proceed just as soon as we can resolve the question of the contract . |
4 | Mr Ritchie , who will be deputy chief executive of the group , warned : ‘ I can not give a guarantee that there will be no redundancies . |
5 | I regret I can not give the correct pronunciation of the Gaelic names of the mountains : I never mastered them , adopting instead roughly similar English equivalents ; thus , for example , Ceathreamhnan to me was Chrysanthemum … |
6 | I regret I can not give the petitioner relief . |
7 | I can not give the hon. Gentleman that figure at the moment , but it is essential that we use NHS buildings as effectively as we can . |
8 | I can not give the hon. Gentleman the assurance that he seeks that I will agree with everything that the Edwards committee has recommended , but I can certainly assure him and the House that I will respond positively to the recommendations . |
9 | Although I can not give the House any good news on that score tonight , I can say that we are considering the matter . |
10 | ‘ I can not give the money until my doubts are resolved . |
11 | At this stage I can not give an explanation for their presence in that Peruvian cave , beyond saying that we have found something that indicates contact with the Old World . |
12 | Work is now in progress , although I can not give an exact date for its completion . |
13 | I can not give an estimate of the numbers involved . |
14 | That at the very least gives me the opportunity er to at very least glance through , I do n't know how long they 're going to be of course , but at very least glance through them to see what I need to see , to see if there 's any which is self-evidently requiring further comment , or further site visit , and er I can then give the Councils a further two weeks in which to respond to that . |
15 | While I can only give an average guide , a lot will depend not on pullet cost , but on the quality of the pullet you purchase and how well it has been reared . |
16 | I can only give an undertaking and I hope that the hon. Gentleman will accept it in the spirit in which it is given . |
17 | I can certainly give the hon. Gentleman an assurance that we will not go back to that . |
18 | I can certainly give the hon. Gentleman that assurance . |
19 | In Leicestershire we are trying to produce an agreed policy between each practice and cardiologist , and I would entirely agree that you can not give a blanket yes or no . |
20 | Discipline means having an agenda , starting and finishing the meeting when you said you would , answering the client 's questions with authority ( and if you can not give an answer , say you do not know but you will find out ) ; having your paperwork neat and easily at hand ; offering the best hospitality you can provide , such as telephones , a cup of coffee , a comfortable chair and a pad and pencil in case he did n't bring his own . |
21 | You can also give the number of words in the phrase . |
22 | This is one subject on which we can not give a firm recommendation . |
23 | We can not give a detailed proof of this important result here since it depends so crucially on the details of the denotational semantics , which have not been described in this paper . |
24 | Thus , we can not give the reassuring answer one expects from theories . |
25 | Because the flow of companies coming to the market is outside of MAS 's control , we can not give the acquiror any assurances as to how many opportunities will be identified within a certain timescale . |
26 | We can not give an adequate treatment of this matter here . |
27 | We can merely give a number of examples . |
28 | We can now give a complete list . |
29 | It is clear that one can not give a general rule . |
30 | The pair want to hear from anyone who had relatives serving with the Tyneside Scottish even if they can only give the name , rank , serial number and home address . |