Example sentences of "tell we [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Criminal statistics , which reflect only the informal justice which was held compatible with these all-too-human streets , and faded photographs of carefully posed moments of tranquillity , tell us one thing about this ‘ stable and carefree era ’ . |
| 2 | This is important and tells us two things . |
| 3 | This tells us two things : there is a conception of what amounts to trust wording ; but there is a willingness to depart from it in certain circumstances . |
| 4 | Even though we spent that money we are projected to come in with balances of three million pounds in excess of the budget figure set by the Conservatives , and that is a six million pounds difference that 's come straight out of the twenty-four and I think it tells us two things . |
| 5 | While recognising these problems practitioners of TFP analysis still claim that TFI and TFP , taken together , can tell us useful things about economic performance . |
| 6 | Our examination of each doubt will tell us two things : first , about the deficiency of faith which has caused the problem , and second , about the sufficiency of God which is needed as the answer . |
| 7 | In the light of what the right hon. Gentleman has just said , perhaps he will tell us two things : how much extra would he provide for health , and where does health come in Labour 's order of priorities ? |
| 8 | But it , you ca n't then put that information together with other information because they 're actually telling us different things , if you see what I mean ? |
| 9 | Erm I think , I think they 're all telling us different things and they 're gon na be int yeah |
| 10 | At each stage of the research we interviewed people all over Scotland asking them to tell us three things : |
| 11 | He also has the rather unenviable job of being the go-between between the leadership and us , which means he has to tell us any things which ‘ are not done ’ ( for example that I ill-advisedly introduced Confucius into one of my examples ) , and also has to clear any demands we make with the leadership . |