Example sentences of "but can [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Mr Allenby , I I know you 've made a submission but can we just clarify what provision is being made in Harrogate District which can be seen quite rightly as forming pa a contribution towards the Greater York ? |
| 2 | But can we altogether blame the children when from the moment they are born they are the focus of adoration ? |
| 3 | But can we then be quite sure that at a later stage , when the same kind of performance has been taken out of the service and then out of the church , the signal is unambiguously to ‘ art ’ ? |
| 4 | But can we like erm hurry up please cos I 'm in a rush and there 's a traffic warden coming . |
| 5 | But can we really dismiss Deutsch 's proscriptive view of our biological masochism , strange as it is ? |
| 6 | In 1974 , Fidel Castro said , in his closing speech to the Second Congress of the FMC , ‘ We live in a socialist country , we made our revolution sixteen years ago , but can we really say that Cuban women have in practice gained equal rights with men and that they are fully integrated into Cuban society ? ’ |
| 7 | But can we really afford to take such risks with our limited space and natural resources in Britain ? |
| 8 | Dr Goode said he trusted himself , and clearly he is a good doctor ; but can we always afford to trust , or do we thereby run the risk of taking a step down the road towards euthanasia , both voluntary and involuntary . |
| 9 | I think if the committee did that then we 'd be back to what five or six years ago , when a whole afternoon was spent on that and I would n't commend that to you , but can we perhaps have a word with the officers at a later stage , take it on board what both Graham and Anne have been saying , and obviously not trying to do that in a meeting like this but try to prepare for it a month before-hand . |
| 10 | External bodies may be able to keep management from moving in undesirable directions , but can they also ensure that detailed internal decisions and management procedures run smoothly ? |
| 11 | ‘ But can something still go wrong ? ’ |
| 12 | But can there really be such a unified theory ? |
| 13 | But can I just make the point that we have been investing a great deal in British Rail , and the idea that er all over the piece we 're talking about non-modernized railways simply not true . |
| 14 | It is that is a paper from somebody , I know not who , but can I just explain , if we 're having one franchise passenger service next year , which is pretty well all you can do because you do need to have that record , track record , the business operating as a separate business before bidders can bid , if we 're having one next year , to suggest as I think the quote was , that the that would cost about one point two billion pounds is ridiculous , it 's ridiculous , a single , a single , |
| 15 | But can I just answer that because hopefully we do we do try to listen and we try to give you what information you 're capable of taking at the time . |
| 16 | That proposition presupposes that if you make a reduction in the district figures , then you must have an idea what the district contribution towards the Greater York figure is , er and I find it difficult to see that you can have , if you have a new settlement , if you have a new settlement the C provision for the new settlement floating in this table , erm but can I just say before we adjourn for coffee , that I really would like to have some very firm answers to the questions which are posed under issue two , er and particularly about two D and that is specific guidance on the location of the new settlement . |
| 17 | erm , you do n't like looking through it , but can I just look through for you and learn it for you . |
| 18 | But can I just refer you back to the words of P B G three where it says quite clearly in paragraph thirty three . |
| 19 | But can I just pick up on |
| 20 | But can I just look where they go in . |
| 21 | I know , but can I just have a burst of adverts ? |
| 22 | Ooh can I just mention while we 're while we 're on about tables , well we 're not really on about it , but can I just mention it . |
| 23 | That was very planned , and , and on that subject of planned and set up clips , I know er it may be tempting for people to do that , er but can I just say that we , you just get a gut reaction for anything that 's planned , it might even be cleverly done , but you ca n't actually rationalise it , you just know if something 's not , not real , not , not accidental , so er I would n't really encourage people to , to do set up pieces . |
| 24 | it is , I said I 've given you a lot of time in the holidays and what have you come in and now you 're making a big song and dance about an hour and she said oh I 'm sorry I did n't mean to speak to you like that , but she did , she was just plain rude and really quite nasty , eh she should of yeah , and she should of told me that I was n't , becomes taking a lunch break and then she said well you could of taken half an hour , I said you did n't tell me well I said to her Matt rung up this morning and said to you , surveyor 's coming up to , at four o'clock , he wants both of us to be there so we know which way the windows will be and all the rest of it , just bear in mind , now I said to her I know it 's short notice but can I please go at four o'clock , she said yeah it is short notice but yeah no problem come in at eight o'clock tomorrow morning as a joke and then she totally changed her attitude when she came back from her thing mm yeah oh yeah that was nice of her well I said to her , I said to her oh I said to her look she would take |
| 25 | Sorry to sound a little perverse on that issue , but I , we really wanted to have a clear indication of what you felt as District Planning Officers , er an and indeed we 'll hear what the County feel and in fact have pursued through this alteration , but can I again , just for clarification , and in fact it 's a sort of final head count , er and again I raise this in the context of P P G three paragraph thirty three , and that is the degree of acceptability , or otherwise , by the local planning authorities , erm and I only need a nod from you , or otherwise , for the record . |
| 26 | But can I really maintain that the affliction is ‘ visible , painful , incurable , distasteful to others ’ … ? |
| 27 | But can I really improve my relationship with the earth by going shopping ? |
| 28 | But can I now declare the debate closed ? |
| 29 | But can you please advise me about one thing ? |
| 30 | But can you honestly say you 've been cold in this house ? |