Example sentences of "able [verb] [pron] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must also be able to interview anyone involved in the operation of the aircraft , including the crew if they are available , and to impound all the relevant records , both documentary and electronic . |
| 2 | Eventually teachers were able to shake themselves free of the legal requirement to supervise at lunchtime , though the responsibility tor the good management of the school during the break still remains with the headteacher . |
| 3 | The charge was reasonable enough — a few pence per bird — and with a community in which many families kept hens or whose menfolk were able to buy them direct from the country farmer Rev. Levitt 's qualification as a slaughterer of fowls brought him a regular , if modest , bonus on his salary . |
| 4 | They alighted on Saddam Hussein of Iraq , who in the late 1970s was beginning to portray himself as a man of moderation who might be able to make himself useful to the West , not least by acting as a counter to now-revolutionary Iran . |
| 5 | Those whose ‘ condition is due to improvidence or thriftlessness and there is no hope of being able to make him independent in the future ’ were left to destitution or the Poor Law . |
| 6 | Dedicated enthusiasts will be able to make themselves familiar with the brighter galaxies , and use binoculars to make regular surveys of them in the hope of catching sight of a supernova . |