Example sentences of "was able [to-vb] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the size of the vehicle saved Mr Collier , who was able to cling to the steering wheel to prevent the water submerging him . |
| 2 | The Ferranti source said : ‘ Lord Weinstock ( GEC 's managing director ) would like to be in the position where he was able to say to the Ministry of Defence , ‘ Look , I am the only person who can rescue Ferranti from collapse . ’ |
| 3 | He had taken his first steps forward in English politics by denouncing the emphasis on German politics ; he was able to shift to a position the King found acceptable by adopting the policy he later described by saying ‘ America was conquered in Germany ’ , and this approach suited Britain 's position very well . |
| 4 | Fortunately , the underground telephone system was undamaged and Andrew Houston was able to report to the surface on their circumstances and the results of the search . |
| 5 | On 24 November the lawyers replied ‘ respectfully to state our opinion that Your Majesty may properly grant a Royal Charter ’ , but it was not until 14 February 1844 that Thomas Turner was able to report to the standing committee of veterinary surgeons that their determined efforts had been rewarded and that the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons had been incorporated . |
| 6 | The regional administrator was able to report to the RHA at the end of the consultation period in November 1982 that ‘ there had not been much opposition to the proposed closures ’ . |
| 7 | The policy of restraint upon development declared by county and district councils in their local plans was one of the best pieces of news he was able to report to the meeting . |
| 8 | Fortunately I was able to go to a rehabilitation and assessment centre for two weeks . |
| 9 | Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ? |
| 10 | Taking a firm stand against her own silliness definitely helped , and she was able to return to the veranda holding the kit in steady hands and wearing a cheerful smile . |
| 11 | After a few days of the Novotel , I was able to move to the Trianon , a magnificent Edwardian building , well placed right on the edge of the park . |
| 12 | A keen rider of ‘ simple habits ’ , he was able to withdraw to an idyll of country life on the thousand-acre estate he had bought in Sussex . |
| 13 | ‘ One of our pilots , Bill Topper , who I am glad to see is with us today , took part in this raid tells how he was able to listen to the crew of a Lancaster chatting away on their intercom as the RT transmit button was down , I understand their conversation not only included details of their local pub , but the name of the target ahead . |
| 14 | I am pleased that through the good settlement that I was able to give to the Arts Council of Great Britain for the year ahead and , through it , the Welsh Arts Council , the Welsh National Opera 's overall income from the two arts councils will rise by about 7 per cent . |
| 15 | I insisted that the large increase that I was able to give to the Arts Council of Great Britain be matched by a reduction in the administration costs between the council 's headquarters and the regional arts boards . |
| 16 | I was able to talk to the farmers about the difficulties that their industry faces at the moment , the need for reform of that industry and the importance that farming will undoubtedly have in the future of our country . |
| 17 | ‘ We achieved the objective through the perseverence of our trained negotiator who was able to talk to the man through a telephone communication which we had set up . ’ |
| 18 | Despite that success , the playwright had difficulty raising the money to bring the comedy into the West End , although the backer who came up with the all-important £1,000 needed to clinch the deal was able to retire to a South Sea island on his share of the profits . |
| 19 | Gen Noriega was able to broadcast to the people and organise resistance over the main national radio network , until a special US assault team blew up the transmitters late on Wednesday . |
| 20 | Our last recording was with the cellist António Meneses , which I admired very much because of the great beauty of line Meneses was able to bring to the epilogue . |
| 21 | Either he could wait until the pod splashed down at which point it would start to sink , and if the water was deep enough and he had difficulty in escaping from the safety envelope , or became entangled with the chute , he might drown before he was able to struggle to the surface — or else he could blow the hatch prior to landing , risking being either injured or knocked unconscious during an unprotected impact . |
| 22 | At both the Girl Guide meetings and in the Rangers I was able to add to the knowledge of First Aid and General Nursing I had began when in 8th Hastings Brownies . |
| 23 | From Lomax 's claim to have hit him , backed up by Foster , he was able to add to the suspect 's description the fact that he was reportedly injured by a gunshot wound , probably in the upper body . |
| 24 | The urinary catheter was not removed until the fourth day when Mr Reynolds was able to walk to the toilet with the help of the nurse . |
| 25 | Despite the wind , the cross that followed was so accurate and inviting that Chris Malkin was able to rise to the ball and head it out of the reach of the sprawling Paul Heald to register his 10th goal of the season . |