Example sentences of "being able [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main problem was that if the new devolved NHS services were to replace the asylums ' treatment , then a structure of long-term support would be needed for those who , albeit now being able to live in the community rather than vegetate as long-term inpatients , still mostly required structured day care or home visiting or occupation . |
| 2 | What chance was there of this little community , riddled with prejudice and of limited intelligence , being able to discriminate between the strength of one argument and the strength of another ? |
| 3 | ‘ The requirement of a creditor to wait 12 months before claiming relief instead of being able to claim at the end of the first quarter after an insolvency ( as was possible previously ) has an adverse effect on his own business 's cash flow . |
| 4 | As a result , the first edition of Annex 13 was drawn up and the basic principle of one State ( the State of registry ) being able to participate in the investigation conducted by another State ( the State of occurrence ) was established . |
| 5 | And that was my problem with it was that I was in much in terms of being able to go into the classroom an and talk to the kids and have a really good relationship with the teachers and things . |
| 6 | I regret not being able to deal with the subject of community care policy as extensively as its importance deserves , although there is a general discussion in Chapter 3 . |
| 7 | Like not being able to sneeze on the cheese . |
| 8 | He despised her coarseness in being able to sleep with the light on . |
| 9 | The relief of being able to talk about the problem at all will probably be of some comfort . |
| 10 | This great weakness of vulnerability to fragmentation , is to be found in all established religions and it is this which has prevented any of them ever being able to offer to the rest of the world anything even approaching a promise of the universal happiness that is so desired . |
| 11 | It is a fact of life , however , that membership by graduation is not mandatory before being able to work in the credit management profession , unlike accountants and others . |
| 12 | Closest to Kathleen 's heart is the dream of one day being able to walk down the road with her son , his bare hand in hers . |
| 13 | The loyalty and discipline of the Khmer Rouge troops springs from something much deeper — the pride of the warrior in being able to survive in the forest , fighting against foreign enemies . |
| 14 | Yet being able to step off the treadmill and stop judging yourself for a while is the only way to begin to take stock and to start to unwind from the stress spiral . |
| 15 | Most of all she did n't like being too far from town to join a Brownie Guide Pack — and even now , when she looked like being able to get into the town , she could n't join the Brownie Pack ! |
| 16 | The story goes that it was a very merry party — maybe they were celebrating being able to get in the hay after a bad spell — and they stepped on the bridge to enjoy some music , a very Tallentire thing to do . |
| 17 | Plowden 's claim that research and practice are parts of a whole with neither being able to flourish without the other , is still pertinent . |
| 18 | Wright has such talent that he can become a much more exciting player than Lineker because he has the added bonus of being able to play with the ball as well as without it . |
| 19 | I also like the idea of being able to look through the window and see people walking by , a bit of activity . |