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 . |