Example sentences of "tell us the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they are rich , they can spend more on it , and will ; but there is no calculus which can tell us the optimum amount that we ought to spend on education , any more than on the relief of suffering and the cure of the sick , or on the arts . |
| 2 | They can also tell us the correct name of a city . |
| 3 | Each was required in turn to break off and tell us the advertisements were coming and it did prove hard , such was the intensity of the exchange , to sustain the intellectual commitment over commercial claims for Whiskas and options . |
| 4 | ‘ If they would n't tell us the first time , why should they do so now ? ’ |
| 5 | TV will tell us the truth . ’ |
| 6 | Are there any dead leaves on the ground which will tell us the kind of leaf which will soon clothe the tree ? |
| 7 | What archaeology can not do is tell us the names of the people and what great deeds they did , how they influenced each other , and what they thought and believed in — these are things that only historical evidence can tell us . |
| 8 | This gives us , if we know the date of the award ( which is easy to discover ) , the exact date of all the external fences or hedges , but it does not tell us the date of the internal fences on the bigger allotments . |
| 9 | All you have to do is write and tell us the name and address of your favourite bar — anywhere in the country — and a case of Kulta could be sent there for you to collect or even enjoy on the premises . |
| 10 | ‘ Can you tell us the names of some of these Lucy Ghosts ? ’ cut in the DDI . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , but Winnie does tell us the truth , does n't he , even if we do n't like it ? |
| 12 | The Government say that they can not tell us the value of the companies because the information is commercially sensitive . |
| 13 | Will the Minister tell us the names of the professional advisers ? |
| 14 | Every day at rehearsals , James would tell us the distinguished content of the previous night 's audience . |
| 15 | As I was saying , yes , er erm , I put it down , erm are you gon na tell us the history of the book , or ? |
| 16 | If he can tell us the one , surely he can tell us the other . |
| 17 | If he can tell us the one , surely he can tell us the other . |
| 18 | Can the Secretary of State tell us the real social cost to our country of the devastation of our manufacturing industry and our economy ? |
| 19 | Can he tell us the position on the police authority 's request for 400 more officers ? |
| 20 | Perhaps this afternoon he will tell us the Labour party 's attitude to this imaginative development . |
| 21 | might tell us the secrets |
| 22 | We cut out a Fife man and made him tell us the plan for the men they dropped on the Forth . |
| 23 | We 're six lads going on holiday in the summer to Tenerife- Can you tell us the best places to go beachwise and clubwise ? |
| 24 | ‘ Why did n't you tell us the floor 's covered in puke ? ’ he said angrily , hopping on one foot . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps you will tell us the name of your alternative ? ’ |
| 26 | The final question Chairman , there 's a lot of er , facts here with no remarks against them under the premises and involvement like here on page three , number fifty nine , Mental Health Act , the National Assistance Act , Health and Safety at Work Act , it does n't tell us the type of premises or what in so I say , well what involvement do we have with the Mental Heath Act for example ? |
| 27 | I i if you can remember , can you tell us the words you used throughout the or the gist of the words ? |
| 28 | Councillor perhaps you could erm tell us the cost both spent and anticipated of writing this rather erm new electoral role leaflet that might be coming out if we feel like it ? |
| 29 | We could write all the names , addresses , etc , one after the other and our index would tell us the character position for the start of each name and address . |
| 30 | She wo n't tell us the truth , but I know it , she wets herself , she does n't want it to show on the chairs in school |