Example sentences of "is able [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the relationship , the counsellor is able to explore with the counsellee all the feelings , especially the negative feelings of inadequacy , guilt and worthlessness , which they harbour about themselves . |
| 2 | Herodotus 's Histories and Aeschylus 's Agamemnon serve as touchstones for Brooke-Rose 's novel , for in going back to the classical period , it is able to return to the point at which these distinctions began to be associated with different ways of talking and writing attributed to fact and to fiction . |
| 3 | You can work out the number of fish a pond is able to support from the surface area and size of fish . |
| 4 | How well he is able to cope with the situation will depend partly on his age at the time and partly on how carefully the adults around him handle the situation . |
| 5 | Both authors argue for a stylistic analysis that recognises the inherently dialogic nature of all kinds of discourse , and that is able to discriminate between the multiplicity of voices and ideological accents that characterise not only the language of the novel , but also that of poetry and drama . |
| 6 | A pen ( or stylus ) is able to draw on the LCD-screen and be shown as electronic ink . |
| 7 | The above fee scale does not cover any other assistance KPMG is able to provide within the field of M&A support . |
| 8 | On each of these points he is able to expand as the result of more detailed observation into which he also introduces his own speculations , as in " it has been broke of [ sic ] through a natural cause because of the texture " . |
| 9 | Each stage of processing is able to contribute to the score of each reading . |
| 10 | In this way the patient 's confidence grows during the course of the single session and he is able to bring to the forefront of his mind the relevant period in his life . |
| 11 | The description of feelings and emotions are so well portrayed that the reader is able to feel with the character at every twist and turn of their lives . |
| 12 | His reference to faith may explain how it is that he is able to conceive of the notion of absolute Truth which he calls God . |
| 13 | Thus , the child 's language is not sampled directly but , as it were , by proxy in terms of what the teacher or therapist is able to recall of the child 's performance under everyday conditions . |
| 14 | Now , the last thing I want to say , because I know we , our guest is here , and so presumably has collected his thoughts and is able to leap into the breach , the last thing I want to say on this is , writing articles , writing pieces , is a game , another area where practice makes perfect . |
| 15 | The threat in schools is posed by the degree of control which the executive is able to exert over the education of children , or rather by the possibility that the power to dictate ( by inclusion or exclusion ) the content of education could be abused by a government with extreme views . |
| 16 | The area office plays a prominent part in what a field officer is able to learn of the job . |
| 17 | For example , when a child is playing so destructively with a toy that it is likely to break , if the natural consequence occurs and the toy breaks , the child is able to learn from the outcome of his/her actions . |
| 18 | It takes 12 Britons to do the work of nine Germans or of eight Japanese , which suggests that a good many more redundancies will have to be declared before British industry is able to compete on the world markets . |
| 19 | The liquidator or a creditor of the company is able to apply to the court to decide upon any question arising in the winding up and to exercise those which the court might exercise in a winding up by the court . |
| 20 | And viability , the point at which the fetus is able to survive outside the womb , is the limit accepted by most modern-day proponents of abortion . |
| 21 | ‘ He has n't exercised for five years and has no muscle tone left but now he is able to exercise in the gym . |