Example sentences of "to tell us [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Finally , while it could be argued that Greeley and Rossi tell us something of catholic versus state schooling in the US , they have nothing to tell us about catholic versus Christian , multi-denominational schools , which is what most of the argument in Ireland is about . |
2 | It can be argued that Reich 's work has much to tell us about contemporary politics . |
3 | I hope that the right hon. Gentleman will be able to tell us about that soon and that he will make a statement on that matter next week . |
4 | Carol is not , of course , a ‘ typical ’ child , nor is Dorothy a ‘ typical ’ mother , but the book has much to tell us about one child 's perception of books and their contents . |
5 | Because of this fundamental difference it is difficult to know whether we can rely on information about contemporaries to tell us about prehistoric peoples in the way that is often done still today and was done universally in Marx 's and Engels 's time . |
6 | B : Well , the milkman has come All that we can reasonably expect a semantic theory to tell us about this minimal exchange is that there is at least one reading that we might paraphrase as follows : ( 2 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time ? |
7 | Similar exercises have been undertaken by other er governments and there 's a tremendous contrast with the way those governments have actually sought to do this , with our own government , erm no publicity whatsoever has appeared yet and again I offer the minister the chance to tell us at some later point , what the government is prepared to do to exert itself on this matter and to tell us indeed whether it wants people to register erm it is n't particularly clear whether in fact this is part of er some idea that the government has that people should n't register and I think that the minister needs to be very clear about this so that people get the message outside , because nine and a half million people did n't vote , even in the last general election . |
8 | They 'll be able to tell us for certain later . |
9 | ‘ A curious time you have picked to tell us of this , Michael Riven , ’ Murtach said , smiling wryly . |
10 | For one thing it is for the Holy Spirit to tell us in that hour what we are to say , and for another thing the people we prove to be in that hour will be determined , not by our thinking about that hour , but by our thinking and living in this hour . |
11 | Are you able to tell us in open session what sort of weapons are envisaged ? |