Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the second group , there were those countries , like Kenya , who had never been able to borrow much from the banks . |
| 2 | During this period of numbness , people are perfectly able to carry on with the practicalities of living . |
| 3 | The KH-11s may be able to transmit directly to the allies ' command centre in Saudi Arabia . |
| 4 | ‘ Some of the residents are still able to go over to the shops . |
| 5 | erm but , but certainly the , the er er the period has given the Communist Party er quite a large number of trained cadres which will be able to go out into the villages in a way that they had n't been able to in because it would , that was all too soon . |
| 6 | For the first few weeks I enjoyed being able to go out at the weekends , to buy trendy clothes and other things that I did not really need or appreciate . |
| 7 | ‘ You 'll be able to go back on the streets , ’ she said . |
| 8 | In the longer term the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees tried to help individual farmers to eke out an adequate living , encourage the organization of small farmers at the village level , and foster the growth of a farming structure better able to stand up to the rigours of occupation than the present one in which middlemen and large landowners dominated agriculture . |
| 9 | Since this high work of fracture — which makes trees able to stand up to the buffetings of life and which makes wood such a useful material — can not be accounted for by any of the recognized work of fracture mechanisms which operate in man-made composites , George set out to find out what was really happening . |
| 10 | Cellini may not be able to come up with the goods . |
| 11 | However , its subsidiary , Barclays Direct Mortgage Services , was able to come up with the sums in a matter of days . |
| 12 | ‘ But I 'll be able to come home in the evenings and you can teach me the things I need to know , ’ said Endill . |
| 13 | The tide was going out , she saw ; if she walked along the parade as far as the pier , she would be able to come back along the sands . |
| 14 | What have you been able to find out from the parents ? ’ |
| 15 | You will not be able to play much with the children ( or anyone else for that matter ! ) without becoming weary . |
| 16 | ‘ In order for them not to happen the law would have to be changed and , with the time it would take to change the law , we would n't be able to do so before the elections are due to happen . |
| 17 | Labour supporters must be in despair at not being able to race away from the Tories in the run up to the election . |
| 18 | That means no skimping on preparation of the car , sufficient spares , full back-up and everything else that goes into being able to run competitively against the likes of Bertie Fisher and Kenny McKinstry . |
| 19 | Nicholson became a member of an elite group of chemists — the B-Club — in whose company he was able to keep up with the activities of Hofmann and his associates . |
| 20 | Individuals have a wider range of duties , and are often able to contribute more to the achievements of the organisation , compared with the achievements of individuals in large organisations . |
| 21 | Fortunately , when Clytus went aground , the master and crew were able to scramble ashore through the breakers on Barassie 's sandy beach , and the vessel was recovered undamaged a few days later . |
| 22 | Victory in her first war with one of the European powers had the paradoxical effect not of reassuring Japan that she was now a major power able to compete effectively with the others as at least an equal but , instead , of convincing her of her continuing vulnerability and the need to strengthen further her military capability . |
| 23 | By holding on to that possession , the people of this country would be able to hold on to the banners of freedom . |
| 24 | Life therefore became a form of chemical interaction , with replicators able to change gradually through the mechanics of evolution . |
| 25 | Yellow looks like being this year 's colour — the banana does not seem to be able to stay out of the headlines . |
| 26 | Northern Ireland people will now be able to check up on the levels of ozone , nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide from data compiled in monitoring stations throughout the province . |
| 27 | Bear in mind that presentational matters are for the convenience of your reader , who will want to be able to check easily on the materials you have used . |
| 28 | By doing this the work of the council is expedited and the officers of the council are able to get on with the instructions of the committee without waiting for confirmation by the council of the decisions of the committee . |
| 29 | If there was trouble he 'd have to spend the rest of the day putting it down and would n't be able to get on with the arms search at all . |
| 30 | Launching the highly successful initiative under which schools are able to bid directly for the resources to become Technology Schools . |