Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Private borrowing is likely to rise by the same amount and may rise by even more if the privatised company is able to borrow freely from the market rather than relying on the government . |
| 2 | In the second group , there were those countries , like Kenya , who had never been able to borrow much from the banks . |
| 3 | It soon became apparent to Lily that the wife and the young man were in the midst of an affaire , which by secret signs and language they seemed able to carry on during the journey . |
| 4 | During this period of numbness , people are perfectly able to carry on with the practicalities of living . |
| 5 | The Minister warned : ‘ He may be able to carry on in the job but he can not do so effectively . |
| 6 | Otherwise you would n't be able to carry on behind the Führer 's back . |
| 7 | Rev Eric Shegog , Director of Communication for the Church of England , said that he hoped the working party would be able to report back in the autumn of 1992 . |
| 8 | If it rains , do you think that doll will be able to sit up under the hood of the pram ? |
| 9 | Then he would have been able to sit down at the table , loosen his shirt collar , his shoelaces , and read the evening paper until Patsy was ready . |
| 10 | The KH-11s may be able to transmit directly to the allies ' command centre in Saudi Arabia . |
| 11 | That 's what made us play up , people just sitting there , not able to go up to the STU [ occupational therapy ] because there was n't enough officers or staff to take us . |
| 12 | ‘ Some of the residents are still able to go over to the shops . |
| 13 | In the case of the treaty it gave the opportunity for the Red Army to be created , which at a later date was able to go on to the offensive . |
| 14 | ‘ The documents show that the companies will be able to go straight to the director general of water services for extra price increases , ’ he told the conference . |
| 15 | think there has to be a er family planning centres have to more on the street , I think family planning clinics have got the people there who are able to go out on the street . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Because Deane is more mobile and able to go out to the wing and hold the ball up , it gives Wallace more space etc etc . |
| 19 | Also , not to be able to take part in things and not to be able to go out in the evening I find difficult . |
| 20 | Dr Kenneth has warned me I wo n't be able to go out until the spring . |
| 21 | From there she 'd be able to go down to the lakeside if she chose , or else pick up one of the shore paths that would take her further into the valley . |
| 22 | In recent times I have been able to go down to the hostel , where my good friend Richard Megson gives me the opportunity to wash in lovely hot water . |
| 23 | So then I was able to go back to the library . ’ |
| 24 | Over and above that , obviously this is where the advantage to the policy holder comes in because obviously if they get a gearbox problem that 's going to cost , say , a hundred and eighty pounds in six months time , they 're not going to be able to go back to the dealer and say look I want you to put this right for me , because obviously it is outside the statutory guarantee . |
| 25 | ‘ You 'll be able to go back on the streets , ’ she said . |
| 26 | Will he find time to consider the plight of my constituent , Mrs. Christine Williamson , who , after 25 years at home nursing a severely disabled child is now able to go back into the labour market , but finds herself in a Catch-22 situation ? |
| 27 | and that , that 's why their er you know , Shaun , erm , Amelda brought erm Moyra down with the babies , you know she was up there and she could help her down , but Shaun is coming down now wi , this weekend in the car and of course they 'll be able to go back in the car , erm there 's , there 's gon na be a party for erm , of course should warn the girl Of course that 's the awful thing about it is n't it ? |
| 28 | circular DNA molecules able to replicate independently of the chromosome in microorganisms . |
| 29 | Crustaceans are able to amble freely among the anemone 's tentacles because their hard exoskeletons protect them from stings from the nematocysts . |
| 30 | It was as if someone had been trapped inside and had kicked and beaten the door — perhaps without success — until the power had gone and they had been able to drive back down the hill . |