Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would those 0.5 m. voters be able to cope sensibly with a list which if West German custom were followed would include twenty names ? — or for that matter with a list of 15 names or ten ? |
| 2 | After a while , he was able to sit up in a chair , although he was still too weak to walk . |
| 3 | ‘ And would n't it be fun having three legs and being able to go round in a circle like the Isle of Man flag ? ’ |
| 4 | Once they 're approved landlords or homeowners will be able to go straight to a county court for a possession order . |
| 5 | This Thursday evening at Exeter Hall in Kidlington , visitors will be able to go out on a demonstration with top traffic patrol drivers , and have their driving skills assessed by an advanced instructor . |
| 6 | You used to be able to go along to a pottery , say , and say , ‘ What was going on here at about eight o'clock this morning ? ’ … |
| 7 | The adamantium floor down there was inscribed with a maze of tiny coloured channels that bootsteps would never be able to wear away in a pattern suggestive of a cosmic map — and along all of those channels were spaced little indentations the depth of a Fist 's thumbprint , each recess named with a rune . |
| 8 | That 's what makes us significant , three very different kinds of people able to work together in a band . ’ |
| 9 | Mr Rodger Bell QC , for Mr Bewick , suggested that his client had a ‘ bee in his bonnet ’ about surgeons being able to work anywhere at a drop of a hat . |
| 10 | We are able to stand down for a while in the evening to get some sleep , write letters , play darts or watch TV . |
| 11 | It notes that if Intel Corp were able to come up with a way to drive 3.8m transistors without frying the chip to a frazzle , Pentium would look pretty good . |
| 12 | Now we will be able to come up with a plan in response to the many issues raised . |
| 13 | In 1982 the Institute of Hydrology carried out trials on the Trannon , and in 1986 was able to come up with a number of constructive lessons to be learned from this sorry story . |
| 14 | This channel might be solid state but the crunch sounds quite natural , and experimenting with the various options on both channels I ca n't imagine many players not being able to come up with a sound which meets their particular requirements . |
| 15 | Even in the ‘ settled ’ areas , where the US and the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control ( UNFDAC ) have been active , efforts to eradicate opium by crop substitution have run into trouble for one simple reason : in 30 years , no one has been able to come up with a product as lucrative and easy to market as opium . |
| 16 | Will you be able to come out for a drink on New Year 's Eve , next Tuesday evening ? ’ |
| 17 | We seem to be able to communicate better with a horse if no one else is around . |
| 18 | ‘ Thoroughbreds will always be able to catch up in a race over a long distance . |
| 19 | At some point in its development it has to create more organized political groups , or convert or capture existing political organizations , which are able to engage directly in a struggle for power and have the capacity to use power when they have gained it in order to reconstruct society . |
| 20 | with imitative activity filling the gap until the child is able to participate meaningfully as a partner in home-centred behaviours , the definition of this aspect of the female sex role [ the domestic one ] seems to proceed without interruption and with continuous reinforcement from the cradle on . |
| 21 | ‘ People need expertise in language to be able to participate effectively in a democracy . |
| 22 | Had they been able to put down for a minute our in-depth features on Geraldo , Victor Sylvester and some accordions , they might have seen something half-decent on the box . |
| 23 | Of course we have to pay the mortgage , but it is important to be able to do so in a way which contributes to international understanding and equips our students with worthwhile and important skills . |
| 24 | Even if subjects are deliberately attempting to recall the risky situations it would still be interesting that they are able to do so in a way that makes them distinct from all the other situations encountered . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps we 'll be able to start up in a shop again , like we did at Silmour Street . ’ |
| 26 | With that comparatively primitive system we were able to fly down to a height of 200 feet above the runway . |
| 27 | The intention is to design equipment so that when the maintenance engineer then calls he , or she , should be able to read off from a display on the machine which circuit board has failed and then simply slip in a replacement . |
| 28 | Such people should be able to fight well from a lagging position . |
| 29 | For Messrs Ames , Myers , Wilbraham , Hudd and Irens and the shell company specialists like Messrs Lever and D'Silva , this recession might be a period that , unlike most , they will be able to recall fondly as a time when they grew their businesses . |
| 30 | Interest waned in the afternoon , but with conditions still said to be ‘ squeezy , ’ the Treasury 11¾p.c. 2003–07 was able to hold on to a rise of £516 to £117⅝ on a yield of 9.13p.c . |