Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [modal v] tell you " in BNC.
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1 | The employers will tell you that environmental auditing is solely a management tool , but , B S seven seven five O , and the Euro Community regulations , should lead to increased employee and T U involvement . |
2 | If that dreadful mid-Atlantic ‘ celebrity ’ who rummages through other people 's houses in the appalling ‘ Through the Keyhole ’ TV programme delved through the house of Australia rugby , he would find any amount of shimmering silverware — the World Cup itself , the Bledisloe Cup , and so on — but the contents would tell you nothing about the true greatness of the inhabitants . |
3 | The textbooks will tell you that chitons are herbivorous , but this is not necessarily the case . |
4 | Those who follow the favourites will tell you that the best bet is two-year-old handicaps , which have produced a profit of 14 to a 1 level stake over the last five seasons . |
5 | On particularly clear days ( the locals will tell you that midwinter provides the best of them ) the view reaches as far as the Vosges in France and Switzerland 's Jura . |
6 | You know all the psychiatrists will tell you that comedy is a kind of biological mechanism to save us from all the things we fear most , death being one of the , you know , the most is just a spit away you see . |
7 | One look at the screenshots will tell you this is n't a dodgy Speccy port , updating about as fast as a reasonably athletic snail . |
8 | Do so if you wish , but if you do , we shall go to the voters once more , and the voters will tell you what they think of you . ’ |
9 | The sceptics will tell you that , because there is no such thing as reincarnation and therefore no such thing as regression to a previous life , the whole thing is a figment of the subject 's imagination . |
10 | The magistrates would tell you that they were du they were going to do their utmost to pr to support the police at all times . |