Example sentences of "able [to-vb] they [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roger Martyn , churchwarden of Long Melford in Suffolk , for example , kept the reredos , organ , clocks , and bells of Holy Trinity Church in his own home , in the hope that his heirs would be able to restore them to the church sometime in the future . |
| 2 | Where he did have strong personal views , he proved less willing or less able to implement them over the opposition of others . |
| 3 | Blind , deaf , but able to smell ; able to find them by the food smell , even in this raging , wind-swept , rain-driven night … |
| 4 | His knowledge of classical music was very comprehensive — you only had to sing him a snatch of any symphony or concerto and he would be able to identify it immediately , but this is n't sufficient to get you up there in front of a hundred or more qualified musicians and be able to lead them into the opening bars of Beethoven 's 5th , or even the Warsaw Concerto . |
| 5 | Barton has heavy borrowings too , and to put it crudely , if they 're paying interest and Huerter is n't , Huerter ought to be able to undercut them in the market . ’ |
| 6 | The average Russian ca n't afford a Montego at the moment , but if the economy improves then some skilled workers and farmers may be able to afford them in a couple of years . |
| 7 | A few days later , immediately alongside the busy M40 , a pause at traffic-lights enabled me to glance at a dense assembly of birds , as closely-packed as starlings , extending for almost a quarter of a mile along the edge of the arable field , and I was able to identify them as a mixture of Lapwing and ‘ goldies , ’ all immobile , and many of the latter with their heads tucked in as if fast asleep . |
| 8 | thought that he could create an advantage by shipping some Russian rocket missiles to his friend , Fidel Castro , in the island of Cuba , so that he would be able to use them as a threat against the continent of North America , a comparatively short distance away . |
| 9 | We 'll be able to mark them on a chart , |
| 10 | The idea is that OS/2 developers who write to the Tali-OS/2 combination will be able to convert them with the minimum of fuss . |
| 11 | The idea is that OS/2 developers who write to the Tali-OS/2 combination will be able to convert them with the minimum of fuss . |
| 12 | I had seen them with the eyes of a young buy , but Edward who knew them well was able to interpret them with the mind of a man . |
| 13 | Both of these people may be too senior for a discussion on props , but they have the most influence and you might be able to interest them in an idea for future use . |
| 14 | Apart from the outstanding quality and rarity of many of the items , much of their fascination for scholars has lain in being able to document them in the family 's ancient inventories . |
| 15 | France will just about be able to hold them in the line-out if Roumat plays , but the so-called hard men in the pack do n't look that tough to me . |
| 16 | She was able to repeat them at the trial of the young man — and he was sentenced to seven years in prison . |
| 17 | Will you be able to get them in the morning ? ’ |
| 18 | If that council harboured its resources sensibly and deployed them effectively , it would be able to spend them in the way that the hon. Gentleman suggests . |
| 19 | In this situation the buyer , as owner of the goods , will be able to recover them from a person having a legal authority to sell them , for example , a sheriff acting in execution of a writ of fi fa to which the SGA 1979 will apply . |