Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If non-farming activities reach the VAT registration threshold , farmers will be required to register for all their activities , farming and non-farming , and will not be able to carry on as flat rate farmers . |
| 2 | That , in his view , is long enough to be able to come up with new ideas and see them implemented . |
| 3 | Even if the student is not able to come up with alternative offerings of his or her own , at least he or she can say with some honesty : ‘ I believe that to be the case , and this is why . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It must be hell having a woman like Gwen and not to be able to strut around in public possession . |
| 5 | The indentured labourers hoped to be able to set up as independent farmers once they had worked off the costs of their passages , but the islands soon became so crowded that they were unlikely to be able to do this . |
| 6 | Employees will no longer be able to opt out of cashless pay systems . |
| 7 | There are , however , many other situations in atomic and nuclear physics where there is some kind of barrier that particles should not be able to penetrate on classical principles but that they are able to tunnel through on quantum-mechanical principles . |
| 8 | In the past , fisheries have been able to start up without adequate information about either the target stock or its role in ocean ecology . |
| 9 | Indeed far from being fearful of continued public objection , local authorities should be more concerned about their ability to be able to keep up with public demand for calming various residential areas once the ideas take off . |
| 10 | Very anxious to promote the Wales in Europe scheme because it 's been very important to us , including the links that er we have been able to build up with other regions of Europe in Catalonia , , Lombardy and Battenberkaburg above all er which our our sort of strong erm er neighbours which can teach us a lot about industry and these are the areas that we will want to link up with by having this extra seat in the European parliament , er and obviously I mean there are sorts of areas where we have some sympathy with the occasional point that is made by the anti-Europe speakers on the other side . |
| 11 | In comparison to the way in which fraud , obfuscation and inanity have been able to hold out in other fields — from politics and religion to scholarship and law — it is an impressive record . |
| 12 | He would never be able to settle down to married life like a suburban husband . |
| 13 | Charles would never be able to settle down to married life like a suburban husband . |
| 14 | With these five factors examined and the results of preliminary thinking kept in mind , the teacher or the planning team will be able to settle down to detailed planning of the specific learning sequence in question , whether it is a short piece of structured work with a work-sheet , tape-slide sequence or programmed unit , or whether it occupies several weeks of varied work . |
| 15 | The Isle of Wight SSD sees care management as a progression of practice rather than management , with care managers able to transfer back into social work posts . |
| 16 | One of the easiest ways to regain your freedom is to use a sling — you 'll be able to get about on public transport and visit shops and restaurants without the cumbersome trappings of a buggy or pram . |
| 17 | The Newcastle-based steel fabricator and erector contracted to carry out the steelwork went into receivership early in the operation but fortunately Bone , Connel & Baxters of Motherwell was able to take over at short notice and , says Alan Muir , ‘ did a great job ’ . |
| 18 | An important feature was the establishment of specific aircraft performance requirements , that is to say the ability of an aircraft to be able to take off in given circumstances within a specified distance and also to come to a stop after landing in not more than a specified length of runway . |
| 19 | Business travellers could use the morning and early evening flights to the City Airport in London 's Docklands , while holidaymakers would be able to link up with international flights , particularly to North America , from Gatwick on a midday flight from Liverpool . |
| 20 | Novices who learn quickly will find this a most satisfying resort ; by the second week they 'll be able to move on to intermediate classes . |
| 21 | Very nice to be able to step out of used underwear and know it would be laundered and returned to its drawer pressed and scented , even better never to have to worry about clearing a table or washing up , but nevertheless there was something vaguely disconcerting about maids who went silently , sneakily about their duties under her very nose . |
| 22 | If its cost effectiveness was equal to that of the average police authority , it would be able to recruit up to full establishment . |
| 23 | By the middle of the Triassic , thecodonts were diversifying : many by now were able to rear up on hind legs , perhaps to catch insects . |