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How to use the word tells in a Sentence? Page #22

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The biggest risk is this illusion of liquidity, history tells us that there isn't as much liquidity as people like to think there is when there is a major change in the market paradigm.

Mohamed El-Erian

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

You get the impression this tells you that Dassault and the French government don't believe the Indian deal will get signed any time soon, dassault have been playing hard ball from day one. Now they have got another customer that will tide them over to the resumption of French domestic purchases with none of the risks of the Indian contract. It places the ball in India's court.

Francis Tusa

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

He is a very independent individual who's never been swayed by public opinion or what the party establishment tells him to do.

Jake Weigler

Found on CNN
10 years ago

The life of a tall, gangly, self-made Springfield lawyer tells us that a different future is possible, he tells us that there is power in words. He tells us that there is power in conviction, that beneath all the differences of race and region, faith and station, we are one people.

Barack Obama

Found on CNN
10 years ago

Iowans value a person who tells it like it is and doesn't change their message for the crowd they're addressing. So far Christie is passing that test.

Tim Albrecht

Found on CNN
10 years ago

Other than just the sheer awful news that Australia has lost so many of its species is the fact that it's done it across areas that are very, very sparsely populated, it tells us that by being careless, particularly with invasive species, that we can do an extraordinary amount of environmental harm even in places where there aren't a lot of people.

Stuart Pimm

Found on FOX News
10 years ago

There are parts of the world where invasive species have gone amok, and that tells us we need to be very careful not to bring in any more to do any more harm, we need to be better stewards so that we can share these wonderful animals with our children and grandchildren.

Stuart Pimm

Found on FOX News
10 years ago

History tells us: follow what the central banks want you to do. Don’t short them. Follow the imbalances. They will only get larger.

Ashwin Alankar

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

This tells us that blueberries may improve the health of blood vessels in addition to reducing blood pressure.

Sarah Johnson

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

History tells us: follow what the central banks want you to do. Don't short them. Follow the imbalances. They will only get larger.

Ashwin Alankar

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

Qijianglong shows that long-necked dinosaurs diversified in unique ways in Asia during Jurassic times -- something very special was going on in that continent, nowhere else we can find dinosaurs with longer necks than those in China. The new dinosaur tells us that these extreme species thrived in isolation from the rest of the world.

Tetsuto Miyashita

Found on CNN
10 years ago

I spoke to the president of the school and he tells me they hope to meet with the pastor next week to reach an agreement, the Maryland School for the Blind needs to do the right thing and reinstate the Bible Study club immediately.

Todd Starnes

Found on FOX News
10 years ago

If they get it done, there will be US$2.5bn in liquidity going straight into PDVSA, at the margin that is a good thing, particularly for short-term securities. But I think this also tells you that the equity sale is not on the table.

Marco Santamaria

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

At the margin that is a good thing, particularly for short-term securities. But I think this also tells you that the equity sale is not on the table, either they can't sell Citgo or they don't like the valuation they are getting - so they have chosen to go this road instead.

Marco Santamaria

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

Given the current volatility, there is no consensus about how low will prices fall and how long will they stay there, nevertheless, every knowledgeable person I have spoken to believes, and history tells us, that prices will eventually move well above current level.

Finance Minister Joe Oliver

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

But what this animal tells us [is] that actually the last common ancestor of the two groups had lots of bone, so rather than sharks being primitive, sharks are actually very highly evolved in their own way, and just as highly evolved as we are.

Sam Giles

Found on FOX News
10 years ago

Our hope is that down the line, we might be able to do a simple blood test that tells if you will be a naltrexone person, an acamprosate person, a ghrelin person.

George Koob

Found on FOX News
10 years ago

Justin and Jaden are Mets fans, which tells us a lot of about them. It means they are really tough and really committed and really, really, really loyal.

Andrew Cuomo

Found on CNN
10 years ago

It is surreal, nobody tells you anything and they come and put you inside a bubble and they take you away. And they didn't tell you anything. It is really odd. surprising as it is, this is how it happened.

Nina Pham

Found on CNN
10 years ago

Logic, common sense tells me he will decide not to run.

Mel Sembler

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

She never left the house without using her car, my gut tells me that someone was there before she got home.

Amber Fazio

Found on FOX News
10 years ago

It tells us much about how early animals functioned, how they might have interacted with other animals, and how they might have protected themselves from predators.

Tom Harvey

Found on FOX News
10 years ago

When you say 'Jersey Guy' some people think of a guy who likes to pick a fight, others say it’s someone who tells it like it is. Christie doesn’t take any crap.

Maurice Carroll

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

Most everyone tells the same story.

Brendan Roediger

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

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