Example sentences of "[pron] can give the " in BNC.

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1 NOW that we have come back — with our half-used tubes of Factor 20 sun-cream , the remnants of a jar of Arnica ( for bruises ) , and the broken paper umbrella that decked my son 's wiener schnitzel for our last supper — I can give the lie to all those Doubting Thomases who said that five small boys on skis was a recipe for disaster , not a holiday .
2 I do not think I can give the petitioner superior rights .
3 I can give the House no assurance about what the Soviet —
4 I believe that Wales is much better placed to ride out the worldwide recession than it has been and I can give the hon. Gentleman this pledge : I and my ministerial colleagues will continue to do everything that we can to attract investment to Wales .
5 I can give the hon. Gentleman and the House some comfort by saying that over the next two years things will change dramatically .
6 That will be the case and I can give the hon. Member for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Leighton ) that undertaking .
7 The most comforting assurance that I can give the hon. Gentleman , which I am sure that he will welcome , is that the results of the study will be made public .
8 I am not sure that I can give the hon. Gentleman the first information that he requested .
9 I can give the hon. Gentleman the undertaking — it is of the sort that I gave him in Committee — that I believe that many things should be done with the extra resources that we shall have , and in the context of administrative matters the care of records is relevant .
10 It is worth getting this formidable reputation into perspective by quoting the words of Edward O. Wilson , the world 's foremost authority on ants as well as the author of Sociobiology : In answer to the single question I am asked most frequently about ants , I can give the following answer : No , driver ants are not really the tenor of the jungle .
11 It is easy to stop squabbles and arguments in the interests of peace and harmony , yet to do so often prevents us from observing significant behaviour which can give the counsellor invaluable insight into how older people think and feel about themselves , other people and their situation .
12 LEFT Iron objects are best drawn with the aid of X-rays which can give the shape and form of an object under the corrosion .
13 No one is likely to offer answers unless the questions are directly asked , but there are people who can give the information you need .
14 ‘ But Ray is quality through and through and is the sort of player who can give the whole Villa team a real lift .
15 You can give the bedroom its total co-ordinated look by flat , fitted and valance sheets , cushions and bolsters , choosing from the wide range of bed dressings available , the superb selection of window dressings , wall-coverings and light fittings .
16 The immature deliberative faculty will mature ; children have the ‘ possibility apparent ’ of turning into rational beings ( Hobbes ) ; they love to be treated as though they were rational though they are not so yet ( Locke ) ; you can give the prerational child reasons for acting in certain ways and he will turn into the youth who is capable of having principles ( Kant ) .
17 And you happen to live frugally but have a good income you can give the spare income away without subject to any tax .
18 Once loaded , you can give the program explicit instructions to look at drive B then you can load up the exam paper stored on the floppy as a data file .
19 The language helper can give a command , and obey it himself ; he can give a command and you obey it ; you can give the command and obey it yourself ; you can give the command and he obeys it .
20 The language helper can give a command , and obey it himself ; he can give a command and you obey it ; you can give the command and obey it yourself ; you can give the command and he obeys it .
21 You can give the back up team though , you can get people to hand out leaflets and that sort of thing
22 Now , you can give the answer in this form you need n't write it out in full .
23 ‘ We think we can give the vegetables a clean bill of health , sir . ’
24 ‘ Nonsense , ’ Veronica replied , ‘ we can give the place a good airing before we go . ’
25 We can give the young reader a second opinion on what is being read .
26 Being able to find out for oneself has a number of contributory sub-skills attached to it , and in planning resource-based programmes for our classes we must take into account such sub-skills so that we can give the chance for them to develop and mature .
27 If if we can give the lists in it just makes it easier .
28 What I , what I 'd like to do is , we can say that we 're we can make er a profit or a loss and we can give the figure , so this might have come out at seven thousand two hundred whatever .
29 that 's why , that 's so that we can give the shop his control of supply which actually like my da , you 're saying if it was a computer disc supplier he could have next day delivery to him and then next day delivery to my man .
30 Those who provide public services will have to prove they can give the right quality at the right cost .
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