Example sentences of "can confirm [that] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ These arrangements are confidential , but we can confirm that hotel porters are very useful to us .
2 I wonder if you can confirm that you are still interested in receiving a copy ?
3 In what must rank as the most offal moment in the history of Hampden Babylon , the paper reported the sonorous tones of a senior Strathclyde police spokesman : ‘ We can confirm that a 38 year old man is the subject of a report to the procurator fiscal .
4 ‘ I can confirm that Major Anthony Dryland has been requested to resign his commission for misconduct by the Army board , ’ said a spokesman .
5 ‘ We can confirm that Det Chief Insp Keith Free of Heathrow CID did visit the offices of the Sunday Mirror , interviewed journalists and watched a video tape showing a man who claimed to be Phil Wells , ’ said a the spokesman .
6 The program can suggest a list of alternative words and allow the user to choose a substitute , the user can edit the file to correct the word , or the user can confirm that this is in fact a correctly spelled word , and should be added to the program 's dictionary .
7 Following her 1991 appearances at Nottingham , Wimbledon and the Midland Bank Championships at Brighton at the end of last year , we can confirm that Steffi Graf is the most popular of all the foreign players , according to Tennis World readers .
8 I can confirm that he is supported by a competent staff , and has never actually been convicted of being foreign or of committing serial buttock fondling in his office or elsewhere .
9 At this point , having reached the end of the ‘ second sentence ’ , we can confirm that all the conventional classical music examined seems to be built in sentences , each of which comprises two phrases of the ‘ question and answer ’ type .
10 I can confirm that I will be available .
11 From the terms in which he subsequently refers to the longest of the fragments , we can confirm that " The Greek State " represents a short-lived attempt to widen the scope of a book whose central concern with tragedy was already determined .
12 I can confirm that there are no spare rooms in the whole of this city . ’
13 I can confirm that Friday 5 February 1993 will be treated as special leave .
14 Accordingly on behalf of Department of Water and Drainage , as owners of the land , I can confirm that you have permission to erect your portable bird hide at Gladhouse subject to the following conditions :
15 I can confirm that Community Councils are already included in the Structure Plan mailing list , together with the Queensferry Association .
16 When I drew the attention of the Leader of the Opposition to previous threats of that sort , he wrote as follows : ’ Of course I can confirm that there will be absolutely no action of this kind . ’
17 I can confirm that it was an excellent Commonwealth conference .
18 Yes , I can confirm that that review showed that there was a clear need for section 4 support in Scotland .
19 I can confirm that we shall have one Budget next year — and that we shall have one the year after and the year after that , as well .
20 I can confirm that , of course , I made none of those statements , but I believe that each of them can be attributed to the Leader of the Opposition .
21 I can confirm that my hon. Friend is right — over two-year waits in the west midlands are down by 31 per cent .
22 I am not sure whether I can confirm that off the cuff , but The Guardian sometimes gets it right .
23 I can confirm that the appointment of a commissioner to monitor procedures at Castlereagh , and the two other police holding centres where terrorist suspects are interviewed , is under consideration .
24 I can confirm that 486 vehicles for new Networker trains are being manufactured at a total cost of £365 million and that the first of those trains will come into service on my hon. Friend 's line in May this year .
25 I can confirm that that story in The Sunday Telegraph is wrong .
26 I can confirm that the new Networker turbo class 165 trains will be in service in the May timetable this year — that will bring an improvement of the service on the Thames line — and the Networker express class 166 trains will arrive next year .
27 I can confirm that , although the medical examination was clearly an unpleasant experience for Mrs. X , it was in accordance with the regulations and was conducted with kindness and sympathy throughout .
28 I can confirm that that is exactly what happened .
29 On the first point , I can confirm that 5LI will continue and will include a company from the 4th battalion the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment .
30 I can confirm that the 5th , 6th and 7th volunteer battalions of the Royal Anglian Regiment will continue .
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