Example sentences of "able [verb] [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Pat Nevin , our other scorer , has not been able to train properly for the last five weeks because of an ankle problem . ’
2 ‘ I 'm just really happy I was able to come back in the second and third sets , ’ said Sukova , who held three set points in the first set , including two in the tie-break , before Sanchez took the decider 9–7 .
3 I was surprised I 'd been let in at all , surprised that I 'd been able to wander freely about the second and first floors of the cold labyrinthian building of stairwells , escalators and concrete locker-lined corridors .
4 The hope among many is that Lamont , or as looks increasingly unlikely , his successor , will be able to pull back from the second rise when he comes to the December 1994 Budget .
5 I gather you 'll be able to leave here on the 15th .
6 It is able to move on to the next stage of the action if the various relevant conditions have been satisfied and to produce documentation for court or reminders for the debt recovery unit personnel to enable them to progress matters beyond the next stage .
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