Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [prep] [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Due to circumstances beyond our control , we were not able to proceed with any work on Glenburrell Bridge . |
| 2 | Sergeant Major , you 've been in the Army for about nigh on twenty years now , do you think that a soldier has to be able to cope with that sort of taunting and name calling when he 's on the streets of Belfast for example . |
| 3 | The hind was supposed to be able to cope with all tasks on the farm ; but an ambitious worker might endeavour to become an indispensable expert . |
| 4 | Many of us who take 7 hours or more may be able to cope with less sleep without feeling sleepy , given training , but only those of us who were sleeping more than we really " needed " to . |
| 5 | Your relationship is certainly not dominated by the man in your life ; you feel very positive about your sexuality , have no problems with leading the way in the bedroom and are well able to cope with any indiscretions in your marriage . |
| 6 | Would you like to feel totally happy with yourself and able to cope with any situation without feeling inadequate ? |
| 7 | I am confident that you will be able to cope with these issues in an effective way . |
| 8 | It is also crucial to ask whether the media are able to cope with this growth in information and whether they can do anything to counter the efforts of governments to manipulate it for their own ends . |
| 9 | The system should be able to cope at all times with the workload resulting from continuous operation of seven dedicated user terminals , and occasional use of two user terminals for simple enquiries and for examining portions of text . |
| 10 | He did n't seem able to agree with this version of his people 's history . |
| 11 | Often the timbers were no more than columns of sort of dampish dust because they had n't been able to breathe in this kind of brick envelope . |
| 12 | ‘ From now on , the infant will be reared as I explained , and not for at least twenty years will we be able to report in much detail on the results of our investigations , although preliminary papers will be published in the professional press from time to time . |
| 13 | The only concession forced through before the critical days in September was on the tax allowance to foster parents who were now able to claim for any child in their care under the age of sixteen or in full-time education . |
| 14 | Yet Leapor is able to write of these things with good humour and to maintain a quiet hope . |
| 15 | If one accepts this , even if only for the present and not as an inevitable fact for the future , then a responsibility lies with hearing society to meet not only the communication requirements of deaf people but also to understand and be able to work with this group in their language . |
| 16 | ‘ If we was into that shit , you would n't be able to stand on this corner with us like this , you 'd get killed , ’ points out one former member , who declines to identify himself . |
| 17 | It transpired that he wanted to be able to comment on each question in more depth and indeed some staff did so on separate sheets . |
| 18 | the point about membership is that you ought to be able to comment on those suggestions of change and get involved with them on a broad basis . |
| 19 | ’ … but even were we able to come to some agreement with the authorities at Cullbridge Comprehensive , they would demand , would they not , a quid pro quo ? |
| 20 | Individuals , denied a common conception of their own and their fellows ' human goals within a shared moral tradition , are unlikely to be able to come to any agreement with others or to articulate their desire for fulfilment on the basis of procedural rules alone . |
| 21 | Oh you wo n't be able to come in any day with me next week will you ? |
| 22 | They seem able to communicate with each other without words and are extremely sensitive to atmosphere . |
| 23 | Being the owner , if he sells the goods he will be able to pass on that ownership to his purchaser . |
| 24 | Many people will have experienced the relief of being able to talk to another person about their feelings and difficulties . |
| 25 | I was talking to a civil servant in the Ministry of erm Energy the other day , and he said that he reckoned out of several hundred people working there there were about fifteen people who had a scientific or engineering background , and therefore were able to talk with some degree of expertise perhaps and certainly knowledge about the matters that they were discussing . |
| 26 | The lectures which he delivered in America on this visit are not of crucial critical significance and , like other addresses of the same period , they are chiefly remarkable for the fact that he felt able to talk at some length about himself and his work — as if he realized that audiences came to see him , rather than hear anything he might care to say . |
| 27 | Alix , who had no idea of what the gossip was to be about , but who could sense its ominous crackling in the distance , wanted to go home , but tiresomely Brian , the party-hater , had managed to find his old friend Otto Werner and was deep in conversation about English social class , European intellectuals , the German education system , public schools , and the appointing of JPs and magistrates , a rich vein which they might have been able to explore for another hour at least , had Alix not been at their elbow , murmuring of departure . |
| 28 | Some children are able to discriminate in this way between people they know and people they do not ; while it has been noted that institutional children tend to show less anxiety at a strange face since there is no regular " caretaker " . |
| 29 | The centres will be able to look at all aspects of energy use in a society , and perhaps help convince people with very different interests . |
| 30 | Jones has the bonus of being able to play on both sides of the front row , although Peter Wright , Scotland 's new cap at tight-head , showed the same facility against the Queensland Country Origin XV . |