Example sentences of "can [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mr Speaker , ’ swooned James Paice , a Tory backbencher from Cambridgeshire , ‘ can I first welcome my Honourable Friend to her first question time ? ’ |
| 2 | Can I first of all nail this health thing because er , near the start Anne said that th th , the court is still our , opinion is still divided on just how bad for you , for instance , passive smoking is . |
| 3 | Can I first very quickly er , congratulate Sue and Eddie on behalf of the London Region . |
| 4 | Can I first of all congratulate my colleague Graham , Graham on his measured speech , he 's certainly given us many things to , to think about and things that should be investigated . |
| 5 | Can I first of all thank er Mr for his er his concern about my having to er deal with new young members . |
| 6 | Can I sorry could I could I take obviously take some question people wish to ask a question because I think it 's important that before people start drifting away we actually bring the meeting to some conclusion and determine where we 're gon na go with the meeting once it 's actually passed . |
| 7 | Do you mean can I breast-feed her yet ? |
| 8 | ‘ Well at least I 'll get them into the kitchen for you , I ca n't leave you with all this mess , can I Chrissy ? ’ |
| 9 | Can I this ? |
| 10 | Sorry , can I some of the old can have some |
| 11 | Can I short circuit that question and say , what in fact is your hundred percent ? |
| 12 | Can I twenty six . |
| 13 | No , can I next week ? |
| 14 | Can my right hon. Friend answer a riddle for me ? |
| 15 | Can my right hon. Friend find time during his busy day to congratulate the management and staff of Rover on the fact that over the past 12 months not one single minute of production time has been lost through industrial disputes ? |
| 16 | Can my right hon. Friend comment on the recent improvements unveiled in the Guy 's hospital patients charter , with 3 , 500 more patients treated in the first six months , with better staff conditions and with lower waiting lists ? |
| 17 | Can my right hon. and learned Friend tell the House of any European Community country with a higher proportion of its adult population in work than the United Kingdom ? |
| 18 | Can my right hon. Friend confirm that the level of Japanese investment in this country runs into billions of pounds and that it underpins tens of thousands of jobs directly and a great many more indirectly ? |
| 19 | Can my right hon. Friend explain why the hon. Gentleman 's party suggests that we should increase the differences between those of us who live north and south of the border in the United Kingdom ? |
| 20 | Can my right hon. and learned Friend confirm reports in The Guardian earlier this year that the 12 local authorities with the worst record in English , mathematics and modern language results were all controlled by the Liberal Democrats or the Labour party ? |
| 21 | Can my right hon. Friend confirm that part of Syrian territory — the Golan heights — is still illegally occupied by the Israelis as are southern Lebanon and the occupied territories ? |
| 22 | What further pressure can my right hon. Friend place upon them ? |
| 23 | Can my right hon. and learned Friend confirm that many of the problems that British Rail experienced on the east coast line at the end of last year were due to criminal vandalism affecting the signalling system , particularly in Scotland and the north of England ? |
| 24 | How can my right hon. Friend help to allow my younger constituents personal access to such people , so that they can talk over with them the art forms that they are seeking to promote ? |
| 25 | Can my right hon. and learned Friend give us any estimate of the time that will elapse before the European Court gives its judgment on the matter ? |
| 26 | Can my right hon. and learned Friend take any action to shorten that period and clear up what is a highly unsatisfactory situation , whatever view one takes on Sunday opening ? |
| 27 | Can my right hon. Friend improve the refreshments provided not only for visitors but for Opposition Members , who seem rather subdued and depressed today ? |
| 28 | Can my right hon. Friend confirm that this very welcome new allowance will be extensively publicised and that the allowance itself is not taxable ? |
| 29 | Can my right hon. Friend assure the House , nevertheless , that the validity of the arguments behind ’ Options for Change ’ will be kept under constant review , not least because of the disintegration of the Warsaw pact , followed by the emergence of new power structures within the Soviet Union ? |
| 30 | Can my right hon. Friend say what proportion of that car crime is carried out by juveniles and how many of them come into the category of persistent offenders ? |