Example sentences of "also able [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They include the effect of rising divorce rates on the number of one-person households and single-parent families , which disproportionately seek accommodation in the rented sectors because of relatively low average incomes , but are also able to take advantage of the low-cost home ownership schemes introduced by the 1980 Housing Act and largely confined to the urban stress areas . |
| 2 | On occasion we were also able to make use of the services of local newspaper columnists , namely Eric Nicholl , Jack Scott and Jack Stepler . |
| 3 | A large organisation is also able to make use of the advantages of efficient ‘ large-scale ’ equipment ( eg. manufacturing equipment or advanced computer systems ) . |
| 4 | They were also able to establish control over the Social Accounting Service , which is the official body through which all enterprises have to make their bank payments , and which has the specific responsibility of checking on the validity of bills of exchange . |
| 5 | In the latter — the steppe and woodlands inhabited by Tatars , Altaians , Kirgiz , Buryats and Mongols — the Russians had to wage war against formidable enemies who were not only capable of putting up resistance to incursions into their territories , but also able to obtain support from the larger communities of Turkic-Mongol peoples to whom they were related . |