Example sentences of "able [verb] [pron] [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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1 | We have been able to consolidate our position as the major private label breakfast cereal supplier to the French market and enjoy further growth in other European markets . |
2 | At Ruislip , he would have been nominally in a grade one lower than in his Hendon post and would have not been able to exercise his abilities as a mechanic . |
3 | But you you would n't be able to nominate your wife as a dependant . |
4 | I think she thought Emily would be able to earn her living as a governess or lady 's companion , in the end , but she 's too idle and she has n't the wit . |
5 | Well there 's no question but which therapists and people of medical profession have come across cases of people who have indeed been scarred for their whole lives and and found it very difficult to maintain trust and relationships and and be able to achieve their potential as a result of the sorts of situations that they endured , and perhaps we 're more understanding about those sorts of areas of the human need to be able to express anxiety and to feel that to express fears is is not something that 's going to overwhelm people that are around us , so that adults who are in the care of children , be they teachers , or parents , or child care workers , can allow children to express their feelings so that they do n't need to hold on to them and thereby increase the fears that they have . |
6 | Now able to resume his job as a postman , he owes his life to the paramedics . |