Example sentences of "to be able [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted to be able to draw his own conclusions , without Naseby 's helpful commentary . |
| 2 | You 've got to be able to draw your own conclusions , that this was to an extent a personal vendetta . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't expect you to be able to give me all the time in the world : that would be unreasonable . ’ |
| 4 | Now the second problem is that we all value our freedoms and we the greatest thing that we all have in our lives , whether it 's in work , or whether it 's in our marriages or just in our social life , we all value our freedom and initiative , we want to be able to use our own initiative . |
| 5 | The Catalan nationalists want , in particular , to be able to collect their own taxes and then pass on to the central government a share based on the services it provides . |
| 6 | It was even too dark for her to be able to see her own car . |
| 7 | For Israel 's way to be hidden Yahweh could mean that God can not see Israel 's way , or will not see Israel 's way , or has caused Israel not to be able to see its own way . |
| 8 | And I see it as part of my job to help them to be able to judge their own work … |
| 9 | There seemed little if any concern for research into the description of linguistic interaction in the classroom — a particularly sad observation , as this is an area where teachers are well-equipped to find a base for research , and need to be able to monitor their own and others ' performance effectively . |
| 10 | A worrying thing at the moment is as I said we 're in close contact with is that the Malaysian Government is sending representatives over to visit the European Community Ministers in May , to try and say that there 's absolutely nothing wrong with what 's going on in their country with the logging , and they 're saying that people like Friends of the Earth are calling for a ban on timber , not because they care about sustained yield , but because we want to be able to sell our own wood , and this is to depress their trade . |
| 11 | Mr Vernon Malcolm , managing director of the company which supplies parts for Nissan , said most of his employees were paid at least £3.40 an hour , but he needed to be able to set his own rates of pay rather than having them imposed by government . |
| 12 | They say : It 's a very good idea to be able to pick your own . |
| 13 | Some , primarily because of their educational background , though there will be other causes , are in a position in a business enterprise to be able to define their own roles and will have a determining voice in deciding pay and other rewards and , in general , be able to define the procedures and roles by which others ' work will be done . |
| 14 | Whilst BBCBASIC(Z80) has a large number of predefined functions ( INT and LEN for example ) it is very useful to be able to define your own to do something special . |
| 15 | I like to be able to arrange my own times a bit but that is n't always possible and you 've got to accommodate yourself as well to the needs of the staff . ’ |
| 16 | THERE ARE SO many people who helped to make this time special that I am sorry not to be able to mention them all by name . |
| 17 | What a relief it would have been to be able to dismiss it all as a Homes and Gardens photo-call , carefully stage-managed to make visitors drop dead . |
| 18 | ‘ I wanted to be able to do my own thing — and to be able to play with other people . ’ |
| 19 | Exceedingly self-reliant , each man seemed to be able to do his own thinking and to be purely democratic and independent in his ideas and purposes . |
| 20 | It was rare for the painter to be able to do his own engraving , and conversely few engravers were artists in their own right . |
| 21 | Well , ladies and gentlemen , I 'm very pleased to be able to tell you that with me this morning is Dr Brian Smith who is Managing Director of Smith Acoustiphonics International . |
| 22 | Similarly , within organisations is it not the case that certain groups consistently seem to be able to get their own way ? |
| 23 | Yet , too keenly aware of his own different failings , to be able to outface them all . |
| 24 | Semi-skilled and unskilled workers are much less likely to be able to buy their own house ( 26 per cent of unskilled workers are owner-occupiers , compared with 87 per cent of professional workers ) . |
| 25 | With this kind of warfare going on between nests , the ants need to be able to distinguish their own nestmates from members of other nests . |
| 26 | It is in fact the privilege of dramatic poetry to be able to show us several planes of reality at once . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I like having him at home , but I also need a day to myself now and again , just to be able to think my own thoughts . ’ |
| 28 | Vernon Malcolm , managing director of Malcolm Engineering , said : ‘ Almost all my staff earn above £3.40 an hour but I need to be able to dictate my own rates of pay . |
| 29 | Well my first reason would be that it 's fun but if you want a justification then all I can say is that it is still useful to be able to produce your own programs that do exactly what you want . |
| 30 | I mean , they 've got to be able to quantify their own work besides yourself . |