Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Some of the residents are still able to go over to the shops . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | So then I was able to go back to the library . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A Japanese-led bloc of Asian nations would be militarily and economically secure , and able to stand up to the threat posed by the nations of Europe and by the United States . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Kinnock improved his image most on being energetic and decisive but actually lost ground on being able to stand up to the USSR , reflecting perhaps the consequences of his ‘ dad 's army ’ interview with David Frost . |
| 13 | On being able to stand up to the USSR , Thatcher scored 80 per cent in the precampaign week , easing to 79 per cent in the last fortnight of the campaign . |
| 14 | ‘ I think I 'll be able to 'op back to the bedroom by meself , ’ said Dolly . |
| 15 | When he bolted the door , pulled down the shutter , put the chairs on the tables , emptied the till and swept the floor he was able to walk through to the back , climb the stairs , sprawl into a big armchair and look at his collection of pictures , news cuttings , fan club items , record sleeves and signed photographs of Shirley Temple . |
| 16 | ‘ In fact , if I do or say anything that you really object to , you 'll be able to walk back to the house . ’ |
| 17 | Alan Bleakley tells of some very fruitful rituals including working with archetypal images which have taken place at various stone circles in Cornwall where individuals were considerably helped by being able to tune in to the spirit of the place . |
| 18 | By holding on to that possession , the people of this country would be able to hold on to the banners of freedom . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've knitted you a tracksuit , dear — now you 'll be able to jog down to the shop when I need more yarn . ’ |
| 20 | Tomorrow we should be able to get over to the mainland . |
| 21 | As he sipped his wine in the bright , busy square , he thought that although the language was certainly a problem and one that he would have to continue to struggle with , it only provided him with an excuse , really , an excuse for why he had not been able to get down to the job of looking for Elsie . |
| 22 | With any luck she might be able to get back to the apartment before he found out what had happened . |
| 23 | Mr Gray said : ‘ On that basis , it is very alarming that £75 million is being top-sliced from the level of consents and only if these sums are achieved will local government be able to spend up to the figure of £628 million . ’ |
| 24 | I worked my way — somewhat fearfully , I admit — into a gloomy stand of pines , and there found several fallen branches which I was able to drag back to the cave . |