Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you belong at the Foundling Hospital and we were only able to borrow you for a little while . |
| 2 | But , far from being able to greet him like a young girl when he came , she 'd have a job to hide how decrepit she was . |
| 3 | Trouble is , I 'm not going to be able to see you as a jolly , good-natured tomboy any longer , ’ he said huskily . |
| 4 | A copy of the module is no longer available in magnetic format but please consult your LIFESPAN Manager who will be able to provide you with a hard copy version of the module ( on paper , microfiche or microfilm ) . |
| 5 | A copy of the module is no longer available in magnetic format but please consult your LIFESPAN Manager who will be able to provide you with a hard copy version of the module ( on paper , microfiche or microfilm ) . |
| 6 | A copy of the module is no longer available in magnetic format but please consult your LIFESPAN Manager who will be able to provide you with a hard copy version of the module ( on paper , microfiche or microfilm ) . |
| 7 | It appears that the next stage is to look for suitable sites and I am told that you will be able to provide us with a large scale map of the area for this purpose . |
| 8 | If a particular publication is not available at your own library the librarian will almost certainly be able to obtain it on a short-term loan . |
| 9 | It is unclear just when this happens one is unlikely to be able to observe it in a casual experiment at the kitchen sink — but Fig. 24.7 shows observations made by varying the pressure behind a suitably shaped nozzle . |
| 10 | Local education and information campaigns , though well-meaning , have proved of dubious value in prevention terms , although it is sensible to educate local youth workers , school teachers , probation officers and the primary care team to recognize the problem and be able to tackle it in an informed way . |
| 11 | As rock characteristics can vary considerably over very short intervals , it is useful to be able to evaluate them on a continuous basis from log data . |
| 12 | Canine behavioural problems are well recognized , and a specialist in this field may also be able to help you with a specific concern . |
| 13 | He was less prominent in the action than William Craig and he felt sufficiently distanced from it to be able to absent himself for a few days in the first week of the strike when he went to Canada to attend a funeral . |
| 14 | Also their directors wont really be able to sack him for a few years . |
| 15 | Output and display requirements dictate architectures which support high-resolution colour graphics , can display both RGB ( ‘ Red-Green-Blue' , the colour screen standard in which the three basic colours remain individually controllable ) and composite video information , and provide an audio capability able to handle anything from a feeble bleep to high fidelity stereo . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the speaker is able to express himself in a limited fashion . |
| 17 | This was folded and stored in a paper envelope for nearly a hundred years , and the creases make it very unlikely we shall ever be able to play it on an original machine . |
| 18 | Well , he , it 's not that far away and it 's , if he 's in here and they can see to him , fair enough , or they might be able to point him in a different direction , a better direction |
| 19 | When we ger this fantasy football stuff going , would we be able to put it on a different server . |
| 20 | If you keep your leading fist slightly to the correct side of the centre-line , then you will be able to use it in a direct thrusting action . |
| 21 | Now anyone with a spreadsheet should be able to do them in a few hours . |
| 22 | Experiments of the most Draconian nature wold be necessary to untangle these possibilities , says Altman , ‘ and you would n't be able to do them in a natural setting like Amboseli ’ . |
| 23 | I 'm just a little bit concerned that if we do delay it while discussions are going on about the unitary authorities and such like , we 'll put restrictions on Mr running it as a commercial enterprise , and I think we have got to make sure that any long term deferral on this , we do n't inhibit him rationalising selling off the odd cottage and this sort of thing , and the farmhouse as we go along , and amalgamating ones because I think it 's , he 's got to be able to run it as a commercial proposition during the course of deliberations . |
| 24 | Being adequately provided for , he was able to book himself into a downtown hotel which cost him three dollars per night , though he often failed to make it back to the hotel , finding the cosmopolitan and nocturnal life of the town there entirely to his liking : consecration dismantled ! |
| 25 | Your son 's teacher should be able to refer him to an educational psychologist who 'll try to find out why he acts as he does , and how he can be helped . |
| 26 | Whenever a stranger approaches , we can not allow him to enter our private area until we are sure he is safe and friendly , because , if he is not , he will easily be able to surprise us with a sudden attack . |
| 27 | Any small hope held out to her by circumstances , or by her lover , is as a wisp which she can spin and twist into a thread , and if she gathers enough of these her feelings tell her that she will be able to bind them into a strong rope . |
| 28 | But I was able to transfer it onto a separate system and compile that and produce the lexicon there . |
| 29 | Unless you have established for yourself what your motives are beforehand , you are unlikely to be able to present them in an attractive light to others . |
| 30 | This is due largely to the fact that doctors were able to organize themselves into a professional group before the state intervened in medicine and became a major employer of medical practitioners . |