Example sentences of "been able [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And is Janet , has Janet been able to go back to work yet ? |
| 2 | Had Ross Brown been able to touch down on completion of his powerful break ( or Nick Penny been able to cleanly gather his pass ) off a Derrick Lee snipe after Scotland had levelled at 8-8 in the second half , then a steal might have materialised . |
| 3 | A lot of these deaths might have been prevented if people had been able to get out in time . |
| 4 | The main problem has been we have n't been able to come up to EC standards . |
| 5 | When I retired four years ago , I decided I would like to help and encourage other people to paint , and hopefully get as much pleasure form the hobby as I do , and since that time I have been able to meet up with groups of friends and pass on to them the knowledge I have gained through the pages of your magazine . |
| 6 | Without this slow agricultural revolution , which still had a long way to go in many European countries in 1880 , food production would not have been able to keep up with population growth . |
| 7 | The Office of Fair Trading chose not to examine this market and the Hatton Garden traders have not always been able to stand up to Ratner 's negotiating muscle . |