Example sentences of "i can [vb infin] [pron] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That represents sixty percent of secondary schools and seventeen percent of primary schools and despite the er endeavour to which he refers of Essex county council , I can tell him that the latest school to decide to hold a ballot on such status is Notley High School , Braintree . |
| 2 | But Mr Bullock said : ‘ I can tell you that the name belongs to us . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Friends , ’ she continued turning her back on him , ‘ by a miracle the settlement has fallen into our hands and I can tell you that the late Lord Chatwin left everything to his son and heir . ’ |
| 4 | However , I can tell you that the title is The Life & Times Of Henry Pratt and it is set during the years 1936 to 1953 . |
| 5 | I can tell you that the further down the social scale we went the brighter and sweeter and richer the orange squash , and the more I loved it . |
| 6 | ‘ I can tell you that the transformation from Easington to here is quite dramatic , in fact you can use the word traumatic , ’ he says . |
| 7 | ‘ So I can tell you that the word is that they have not found what they were looking for . |
| 8 | We 've got to realise that there 's going to families out and about , and what we 'll do is the aircraft er I have n't seen the scenario on paper , but just off the top of my head , I can tell you that the aircraft will make their approaches to the base as if it were a real target . |
| 9 | ‘ I can shut up OR I can tell you when the Ship is going to arrive . |
| 10 | You 'll learn all I can tell you when the time comes and not a moment sooner . |
| 11 | Limits were set in short by both sides on what they sought to do and how they sought to do it and these limits erm were n't self-evident at the time I can tell you because the American military , the Chiefs of Staff on the Executive Committee that discussed this an and took the decisions , were all in favour of making s air strikes on these bases and possibly er an er an armed intervention and so the military advice here er was er was rather similar to that of McArthur 's , that is turn the , the crisis into er a different kind of crisis , turn it in fact into a war . |
| 12 | Limits were set in short by both sides on what they sought to do and how they sought to do it and these limits erm were n't self-evident at the time I can tell you because the American military , the Chiefs of Staff on the Executive Committee that discussed this an and took the decisions , were all in favour of making s air strikes on these bases and possibly er an er an armed intervention and so the military advice here er was er was rather similar to that of McArthur 's , that is turn the , the crisis into er a different kind of crisis , turn it in fact into a war . |
| 13 | Leaving aside the phrase that the hon. Gentleman attributed to me in the early part of his question , I can reassure him that the budget for the health service will be £3.7 billion , an increase of £342 million , or 10.1 per cent . |
| 14 | Under these conditions he might say the following : ‘ If I can satisfy you that the fuel consumption of this car is no greater than that of the Vauxhall Cavalier , would you buy it ? ’ |
| 15 | Well I mean I can assure them that the , the National Rivers Authority in the Thames region is monitoring rivers on a daily basis throughout the year and that we would hope to deal with pollution incidents as they occur , and we would hope with our monitoring and the pressure we put on third parties to er actually over the years , to improve things from what they are at the moment and to make things better . |
| 16 | The Secretary of State wrote : ’ I can assure you that the action the company has taken has not been forced on it by any of the measures the Government has introduced following the MMC's report on the brewing industry . ’ |
| 17 | I can assure you that the Council will not move very far without consulting representatives of all the interested parties , including the institutes of education ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ But I can assure you that the last thing the Football League wants is a repeat of the Maidstone situation where a club struggles through the summer to a new season and then folds . |
| 19 | I can promise you that the total came as quite a shock to me , I was convinced it would be well in excess of my budget . |
| 20 | I can Promise you that the police will do everything they can to find Mr. Stavanger , and to clear up the other matters we have been discussing . " |
| 21 | Nor just the pleasures of the table , although I can promise you that the chef here is superb . |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps I can persuade you that the life of a vigneronne has much to recommend it after all . ’ |