Example sentences of "are able [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is one other point , although erm you know , it 's good that they are in the er areas which the tenants er , live so it 's er not very difficult for tenants to come and see their councillors but er er , there is a difficulty at times when er the er air the housing manager has to ring around to get the er members , who are able to sit on that panel and sometimes that is difficult because we have just three members and sometimes they ca n't all fit in the , whereas when you have a larger group if one member ca n't attend , there 's invariably sufficient there to be able to come to a decision so I think that that 's on the other side of the balance sheet . |
| 2 | Because observable substances consist of arrangements of insensible corpuscles , they are able to act on each other and on our sense-organs in certain ways . |
| 3 | It would appear then that there is some evidence that even in these areas , if students are able to draw on relevant work experience and have been suitably prepared for their degree studies , that relatively high levels of success can be achieved . |
| 4 | For the population aged 65 + the vast majority are able to cope with outdoor mobility and getting around the house ( see Table 4.8 ) . |
| 5 | It is also crucial to ask whether the media are able to cope with this growth in information and whether they can do anything to counter the efforts of governments to manipulate it for their own ends . |
| 6 | It is reasonable to suppose that a sense of what is usual or unusual or noticeable in language is built up from a lifelong experience of linguistic use , so that we are able to affirm with reasonable confidence and without resort to a pocket calculator ( to take a simple case already mentioned ) that Hemingway favours short sentences . |
| 7 | Many people have had experiences of déjà vu , when they have come across a place which they are able to describe in precise detail even though they know they have never been there before . |
| 8 | Through the Trans Vox they are able to talk to each other . |
| 9 | Perfect or absolute Truth , which is known by faith , is beyond our empirical grasp which means that we must act in the knowledge that we are holding on to such truth as we are able to apprehend in this world . |
| 10 | From a knowledge of what edges and surfaces are present , and how they are oriented relative to the eye , we are able to deduce with some confidence what three-dimensional objects are present . |
| 11 | Perhaps you would let me know what action you are able to take on this matter . |
| 12 | It should also mean that when Mr , that 's it , says the nurses were marvellous , the nurses are able to say in all evidence , and with evidence to support their opinion , yes |
| 13 | Some children are able to discriminate in this way between people they know and people they do not ; while it has been noted that institutional children tend to show less anxiety at a strange face since there is no regular " caretaker " . |
| 14 | In Birmingham ‘ the evening papers are eagerly read each night , and scores of boys who never play themselves are able to name at any time the runs made by prominent cricketers … and in seasons like the present ‘ discuss readily and ably the claims of the individual members of the Australian team to be considered really worthy exponents of the game ’ . |
| 15 | Gannets also feed on shoaling sand-eel , but are able to switch to larger prey such as herring and mackerel if necessary and their population numbers appear reasonably stable . |
| 16 | I believe that our future and the future of the British empire , and therefore to a great extent the future of the human race , depends [ sic ] , under God , upon the extent to which the churches we represent are able to distinguish between denominational loyalty and bigotry … between denominational activity and schism . |
| 17 | After a few minutes of practise , subjects adapt and are able to compensate for this distortion . |
| 18 | The Vlieger Op range from Holland uses colour to identify sizes from 5.85mm in blue to 21.8mm in orange , many at constant wall thickness and at 2mm stages so that they are able to fit inside each other . |
| 19 | This means that the kind of discount which supermarkets , for example , are able to offer on other consumer goods can not be applied to books . |
| 20 | More is to be hoped , for there does need to be " a truly comprehensive and integrated system of admissions to ( full-time and sandwich ) higher education " ( Ball 1985:83 ) : Without some such system we shall always be guessing at the " real field " — the true level of demand from those who are able to benefit from higher education and who wish to do so . |
| 21 | And it 's that , it 's maybe the conditions that we impose before we achieve an alliance or are able to enter into joint activity , that bothers me greatly . |
| 22 | That we are able to speak to each other gives rise to the complexity of language-games that we are able to play , yet find it so difficult to describe . |
| 23 | Lastly , we have begun a series of more fundamental studies of the abilities of both chickens and pigs , asking , for example , what they are able to learn by watching others , and whether they are able to empathise with each other . |
| 24 | Please contact Mr Davies at 5 , Woodside , Harrogate , N. Yorks , HG1 5NG if you are able to help in any way . |
| 25 | Free surveys are available , and trained consultants are able to advise on any type of retail or office property . |
| 26 | As a result , we are able to interact with each other . |
| 27 | Those practices must be brought to an end , and I know that my hon. Friends will strongly support the Government when we say that enough is enough and that if we are to have a compulsory competitive tendering regime , it must be one under which the private and public sectors are able to compete with absolute equality . |
| 28 | And they are able to contribute in this way precisely because they are not determined by social factors , but possess the trait generally labelled autonomy . |