Example sentences of "[pron] can certainly [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Roberts : I can certainly confirm that there has been a considerable increase in the number of applications for section 4 assistance from 1980–81 when there were 160 applications to the current year 's forecast of 224 applications . |
| 2 | Later on the same day , in reply to a question , the prime minister added : ‘ I can certainly confirm that the decision in Denmark is for the Danes and I see no external pressure being put on them ; but it is a matter for the Danes and for their Government to decide . ’ |
| 3 | I can certainly confirm that that investigation will be carried out and any decisions taken without fear or favour , affection or ill will . |
| 4 | I can certainly confirm that it is our intention to ensure that the legislation contains proposals such as my hon. Friend suggested , just as there are in the legislation that applies to the rest of the country . |
| 5 | I can certainly confirm that the contract was placed on merit ; it was won by a clear margin in a competitive tender . |
| 6 | Erm Chairman , I 'm , I can certainly confirm that it is our policy to er notify with a copy of the report the erm er member in whose area an application erm is . |
| 7 | We can certainly say that in an important sense a record is finished — finite , objectified — in a way that oral performance is not ; indeed , in this sense it is , ironically , recordings rather than scores which represent an extreme form of reified abstraction ( with the resulting potential alienation of producer and consumer ) . |
| 8 | Yes , yes , I think in , I think in general one can certainly say that the more , and this touches on what said about personality types if a personality has a strongly developed superego themselves , they 're likely to be very independent , sometimes to the point of arrogance . |
| 9 | It can certainly happen that a head might at the same time be expected to manage the school democratically by the staff , deferentially by the governors , assertively by the local authority and pliantly by parents . |