Example sentences of "be able [to-vb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pat Palmer would like to establish an emergency telephone chain in each Area and it is hoped that every Area Organiser will be able to set one up by the Autumn using the same overlap list as for collecting class statistics . |
| 2 | He had assured her he would be able to lead her out of the forest , but so far they seemed only to have become tangled further in its mazy pathways . |
| 3 | I sipped cocoa , and wondered how and when I would be able to turn him out into the night again . |
| 4 | I mean I do n't think that many people can do convincing Neville Brody pages , presumably he has three of them — the three- or ten , or however many he has , to be able to turn them out with him being around , but as soon as he walks away it 's not as good . |
| 5 | No , he will be able to sort them out into a short-list of three or four for further interview . |
| 6 | Foreign lawyers will still be able to practise as such on their own within the UK without registering but solicitors employed by them will not be able to hold themselves out as such to clients of the business . |
| 7 | Well I 'll be able to take them down in a minute . |
| 8 | She said I wo n't be able to take you out to lunch till after Christmas time cos I 'll be far too busy . |
| 9 | Speak to you vet who may be able to manipulate it back into place . |
| 10 | He or she has to believe it , and to be able to back it up with reasons which he or she also believes . |
| 11 | If the tile has simply slipped out of place but is undamaged ( that is , it still has its hanging ‘ nibs ’ on the back ) , you should be able to slide it back into place after easing up the surrounding tiles under wood wedges . |
| 12 | It is essential ‘ to appreciate other people 's points of view but to be able to swing them round to yours if necessary ’ , a social skill which must be practised in an extremely wide range of relationships . |
| 13 | It had occurred to him that maybe , just maybe , they 'd be able to link him in with what he 'd done . |
| 14 | You are also likelier to be able to carry it through with you at airport check-ins . |
| 15 | But if she did that John would n't be able to let himself in with his key . |
| 16 | Erm if you you will not be able to put it back after that date . |
| 17 | We may be able to put it off for a while , but make that decision , we have got to , some day or another . |
| 18 | The two Englishmen missed their family and their lives in England , and had thought that even with no money and no civilian clothes they would be able to make it back across France to one of the Channel ports . |
| 19 | There was also a group of wounded men , some of whom would not be able to make it back to Kufra . |
| 20 | I 'm afraid I wo n't be able to make it back to Greylaw this weekend because I have promised to go out with the cousin of a friend . |
| 21 | With the girl 's clothes we should be able to trace her back at least to the point at which she was dropped during the night — or I hope so , after all that rain . |
| 22 | But I consider myself perfectly competent to be able to go to court , make applications for remand , make pleas of mitigation where there 's a guilty plea and also conduct a case in such a way as to be able to pass it over to someone else in the practice . |
| 23 | They turn up on church doorsteps in inner London hoping that the Church will be able to help them out in some way . |
| 24 | But Liza Tremayne was well aware that there were not all that many who would be able to help her out of her present predicament . |
| 25 | None of the organisations we contacted had large ranges to choose from but they might be able to help you out with information charts and publicity posters for a small or no charge . |
| 26 | ‘ I hope to meet with the CAA in the next 10 days and we might be able to tie everything up within a few weeks , ’ he said . |
| 27 | • If you do n't know of anyone you could share a job with , try approaching employment agencies who might be able to match you up with someone . |
| 28 | I wo n't always be able to bail you out of them . ’ |
| 29 | That 's what I said to that Ann , be able to get something on that somebody says that they have n't said it and be able to play it back to them . |
| 30 | But if we could grasp some of these small particular uses we might be able to follow them back to the main river . |