Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [pron] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their activism is now able to sustain itself independently of the lives , dreams and aspirations of the majority of blacks from whose experience they derive their authority to speak . |
| 2 | Anyway , he left what should have been my share to Matthew on condition that I was able to lease it back at a nominal rental . |
| 3 | At a fair distance , and without being able to see them clearly in the encroaching dusk , they seemed a friendly lot and we yelled back . |
| 4 | The length of these umbilicals means that , in most cases , the tender can not tend the diver in the true sense , and may not be able to pull him back in an emergency . |
| 5 | It , it was , it was a disastrous weekend for the U's , what on earth are they going to do tonight , are they going to be able to pull it out of the hat and , and |
| 6 | In three respects at least D. H. Lawrence 's attitude to homosexuality was typical : first , he seems to have been able to accept it only in an idealized and spiritual form ; as Paul Delany puts it , he wanted not a lover but a spiritual brother . |
| 7 | ‘ Someone who may be able to lead me right to the heart of the operation , ’ he said softly . |
| 8 | He had assured her he would be able to lead her out of the forest , but so far they seemed only to have become tangled further in its mazy pathways . |
| 9 | Legge really stabilized the Philharmonia 's finances and was able to engage you permanently with the orchestra in 1949 as a result of money from the Maharaja of Mysore . |
| 10 | Well we 've fortunately been able to track them down to the waxes which er occur on land so what we 're seeing here is a , an input from the land carried on the dusts which are blown in the winds from the Sahara and other regions out into the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 11 | Lieberson in a powerful and detailed critique of experimental thinking in social research , after all one of the cornerstones of variable analysis , argues that although most data in social research are non-experimental in origin , they are " treated as if they were truly experimental data … sliced , chopped , beaten , molded , baked , and finally artificially coloured until the researcher is able to serve us proudly with a plateful of mock experiment " . |
| 12 | No , he will be able to sort them out into a short-list of three or four for further interview . |
| 13 | Pat Palmer would like to establish an emergency telephone chain in each Area and it is hoped that every Area Organiser will be able to set one up by the Autumn using the same overlap list as for collecting class statistics . |
| 14 | When any aircrew came raging in to inform us that our optimistic prediction of clear , moonlit skies and baby cumulus had in fact turned out to be 10/10ths stratus on the deck , we were able to wave them airily in the direction of Messrs Coutts , Stark and Coleman and say , ‘ You 'll have to talk to them ! ’ |
| 15 | Emily had been able to look them straight in the eye even then and say that Nan would cause no trouble . |
| 16 | I shall be able to hear everything perfectly through the tube . |
| 17 | A little extra pressure and I would be able to fish it out with the hypodermic needle I had poised ready . |
| 18 | We may be able to put it off for a while , but make that decision , we have got to , some day or another . |
| 19 | This is a more social one which works by analysing a concept , like ‘ feudal ’ , ‘ patrimonial ’ , ‘ bureaucratic ’ , or ‘ charismatic ’ , so as to be able to use it clearly as a theoretical term . |
| 20 | In many ways , he would have preferred to have been able to give himself over to the delusion and accept it as truth ; but there seemed to be a definite boundary here , and it was n't his choice whether or not he crossed it . |
| 21 | There will be another person with you constantly during the session — one in whom you have confidence and who will be able to guide you gently into the appropriate altered state of mind . |
| 22 | By all means practise side-slipping at height , but do n't assume that because you can do it at height you will be able to do it accurately on an approach . |
| 23 | To be able to fly one around in a circuit made you one of the top flyers in the world . |
| 24 | A year ago she 'd have been able to race him out to the ketch , maybe even climbed on deck and dived off … |
| 25 | There is only one reservation : should Miss Jade bear a daughter , can Mr Jagger guarantee that he will in future years be able to keep her away from the attentions of his bass ( sic ) colleague , Mr William Wyman ? |
| 26 | " " You can try , El-ahrairah , and if you succeed I will multiply your people everywhere and no one will be able to keep them out of a vegetable garden from now till the end of the world . |
| 27 | I felt that if I could get into a regular habit-forming routine then I would be able to keep it up beyond the 30 days . |
| 28 | It had cost him twenty-five shillings , but worth it because of not being able to keep it out of the library long . |
| 29 | their , their supply routes are n't as well defined as ours , but they 've got shear weight of numbers , see , I 'm af , I 'm afraid , I could be a fucking karate black belt or something right , so one on one against you I would n't have a problem , but if you went and got fucking thirty of your mates I would have a problem , I maybe able to hold you off for a fucking few minutes or something or if you could either contact , maybe a few months or years or something , but they will win |
| 30 | He puts a lot of pace on the ball , especially with his forehand , and he 's able to back it up with a volley . |