Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [noun sg] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His brother , who succeeded him as the Emperor Leopold II , was able to restore peace in the disturbed areas only by a skilful mixture of force and concessions . |
| 2 | He said the products shortages that hurt the company in the first half are virtually behind it now , and Apple will be better able to meet demand in the second half . |
| 3 | She made an effort to feel some true sympathy , but it was difficult — she supposed that she would n't be able to experience compassion in a deep and real sense until she 'd had some children , since only matters like the putting down of young greyhounds brought tears to her eyes . |
| 4 | Users will be able to play video in a 320 by 240 window at 30 frames per second . |
| 5 | Bonardi , Honey , and Hall ( 1991 ) found the effect using flavour-aversion learning ; and Hall and Honey ( 1990 ) were able to demonstrate context-specificity in a conditioned suppression study that differed from the experiment reported by Hall and Honey ( 1989 a ) only in that conditioning consisted of a single reinforced trial with each CS ( Fig. 4.6 ) . |
| 6 | Using up ties as if they were Kleenex is the downside of not being able to eat spaghetti in the proper manner . |
| 7 | Unsuccessful tenderers would be able to seek compensation in the Danish courts . |
| 8 | Only able to take part in a limited range of activities at home and particularly seriously , she is only able to hold a conversation by the laborious method of tapping out her comments on ticker tape through using her cannon communicator . |
| 9 | The popular misconception which holds that unless one is able to sing one is not able to take part in a musical item needs to be dispelled once and for all . |
| 10 | As his furniture workshops expanded Gimson was less able to take part in the actual processes of making : his chief role became that of director and designer . |
| 11 | ‘ It is unfortunate that only two teams will now be able to take part in the Inter Counties match because everyone seemed to enjoy taking part . ’ |
| 12 | Most of the brains of the organisation , or those academics who were able to pull Establishment strings and make the best of college connections , were billeted fairly comfortably near B.P. or had private transport , and were therefore able to take part in the social life that was organised for the community . |
| 13 | The German Communists believed that , after a temporary victory for Hitler , they would be able to gain power in the ensuing confusion . |