Example sentences of "can tell the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gerd can tell the adventurers a little about the following locations : |
| 2 | If you have no one to visit you , then you can tell the nurse that you would be grateful for a hospital visitor . |
| 3 | By sensing the movements of different hairs , the animal can tell the direction of any air currents . |
| 4 | Now that I know the genetic formula of my insects , I can reproduce them at will , and I can tell the computer to " evolve " towards them from any arbitrary starting point . |
| 5 | I do n't know where he is , I 'll smash his head in when we get home , taking care to use the rolling-pin , then I can tell the judge I was just rolling out the sausage plait when he took me unawares . |
| 6 | Make sure you know the care instructions so that you can tell the customer how the item should be washed or stored . |
| 7 | ‘ Now , ’ she said with some relief , ‘ you can tell the others when you think they 're old enough to understand . ’ |
| 8 | COUNSEL : Turning now to another part of the same statement , although you do not know the magnitude of the forces , perhaps you can tell the Court what you meant when you used the words " from time to time " ? |
| 9 | But who can tell the damage we do to our writing voices when we roughly silence them for long stretches ? |
| 10 | These tests include whether the " employer " can tell the person what to do , when to do it and how to do it ; does the " employer " provide the person with time for holidays , sick pay or a pension ? |
| 11 | Figure 6.8 The ‘ step ’ experiment of Karl von Frisch suggested that bees can tell the distance from hive to the food source that was the subject of a waggle dance . |
| 12 | You can cancel retirement only once , and you can tell the DHSS at any time that you would like to retire immediately . |
| 13 | But if the team was you and me , for a start , and Jazz is okay — he wants to do it , I can tell the way he looked , and he 's bright … well , we 're halfway there . ’ |
| 14 | She , she was n't English you can tell the way she talks . |
| 15 | But his , his but basically his behaviour is that you , you can tell the way he reacts , you know he gets like really het up and really excited , you can tell that whatever Alfiera 's gon na say it 's not gon na really gon na make much difference . |
| 16 | I said to her , ‘ Look I 'm going out in a couple of weeks , you must tell me exactly what happened so I can tell the papers about it . ’ |
| 17 | Just in case Sir Denis 's memory is equally defective , I can tell the Thatchers that he was indeed at her side that May afternoon . |
| 18 | ‘ You can tell the Queen and all the Royals are there because the flag 's up the pole . ’ |
| 19 | So who 's going to be the next manager of Oxford United … the shortlist is being drawn up this weekend … the appointment will be made early next week … we ca n't tell you yet who it 's going to be but we can tell the Manor Ground directors who you want … |
| 20 | But more importantly we can tell the Vikings had sheep , okay ? |
| 21 | If you can tell the board the team is ailing |
| 22 | You can tell the buzzard is a soaring bird by its wing shape , which is very much the same as that of an eagle . |
| 23 | The Home Secretary asked the Lord Chief Justice for his opinion and , said the Home Secretary , ‘ I can tell the House that he would be strongly opposed ’ to the proposal , on the ground that it was for Parliament , not the judges , to decide which types of murder should be met with death . |
| 24 | I can tell the House why the hon. and learned Gentleman is wrong . |
| 25 | In view of the exhortation by the hon. Member for Southampton , Test ( Mr. Hill ) a few minutes ago that we should buy British when we buy food , I wonder whether the Minister can tell the House what representations he has received from the Ministry of Defence on his consultation document ? |
| 26 | I can tell the House exactly whom they will go to — they will still come to their Member of Parliament at Westminster . |
| 27 | I can tell the House something about the right hon. Gentleman : he opposed the deployment of the cruise missile , and of Trident — something that he now says he supports . |
| 28 | On the results of the competition , I can tell the House that the tenders produced a winner by a very clear margin . |
| 29 | Well , next time you 're babysitting you can tell the baby . |
| 30 | You can tell the Volunteer Co-ordinator or a specific charity exactly how much time you can give them . |