Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 The general health of older people might be improved if they were able to rid themselves of the many ageist attitudes that surround the issue , and were able to feel more positive about their health prospects .
2 He was less prominent in the action than William Craig and he felt sufficiently distanced from it to be able to absent himself for a few days in the first week of the strike when he went to Canada to attend a funeral .
3 Also their directors wont really be able to sack him for a few years .
4 Now anyone with a spreadsheet should be able to do them in a few hours .
5 However , it seemed a shame to be able to design the forms using the computer and not be able to complete them on the same machine at a later point .
6 However , it seemed a shame to be able to design the forms using the computer and not be able to complete them on the same machine at a later point .
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