Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv prt] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | People who hold these posts are deemed able to carry out research without supervision . |
2 | It is suggested that applying losses to the preceding three years on a ‘ first in , first out ’ , rather than the existing ‘ last in , first out ’ , basis would decrease the possibility that companies are not able to carry back losses to periods in which profits were made . |
3 | The Pinzgauer was able to drive up 600m of hillside and bring down 27-year-old John Richards . |
4 | From 1 April they will be able to set up contracts for community health services such as district nursing and chiropody , and possibly this might be extended to social aspects of community care . |
5 | Now , five years later my pond is well-stocked with plants and fish , and I am able to give out plants in turn . |
6 | Right well thank you very much for your brevity and we will be able to send out team of experts out to deal with floods after lunch . |
7 | A local volunteer centre or Age Concern group should be able to match up talents with projects that need them . |
8 | During her time in Africa , Kirsten was able to build up relationships with Namibians . |
9 | ‘ It 's great for me to be able to turn down offers worth £6.5m for two players in a fortnight , ’ he said . |
10 | The best of this breed were able to break down bastions of prejudice against headhunting , and show that the systematic and research-based recruiting of executives could be combined with sensitivity and an appreciation of the corporate culture ; the worst were incompetent and snobbish . |
11 | If children are to be able to seek out opportunities for collaboration themselves , they need to understand the purposes which collaboration can serve . |
12 | Thus , some teachers wanted subject books to be more accessible for their own teaching , as in the case of teachers who wished to be able to take out boxes of books for use in their own departments . |
13 | He referred to social classes 4 and 5 as being the least able to bring up children without resort to the state , and appeared to suggest that they should be encouraged through birth control to have fewer . |
14 | The need for trainers to be able to bring out skills in others is paramount . |