Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was able to accommodate him at each time , you follow what I mean . |
| 2 | It is worth noting , however , that one of the ideas behind the risk theory , namely that losses should be borne by the party best able to absorb them with least dislocation and disruption , is a very popular one in the ( private ) law of tort where the theory of fault liability is , in some areas at least , under attack . |
| 3 | In any event , they should be able to provide you with good advice . |
| 4 | To illustrate this point , I have given an example of a pattern for a knitted rectangle here in all three types of pattern notation , so that you will be able to relate them to each other . |
| 5 | It may be argued on the one hand that where the owner of goods was under no tortious liability for their appearance on the occupier 's land , he ought to be able to retake them in any event , provided he does no injury to the premises or gives adequate security for making good any unavoidable injury . |
| 6 | Three days later , on 23rd. , the Stukas returned to the skies over Malta , and on this occasion the defences were able to engage them without undue fighter interference , although Plt.Off . |
| 7 | The one indisputable fact these studies revealed is that the majority of those interviewed were not familiar with the extent of , or damage caused by , corporate crime and amongst the ‘ knowledgeable ’ minority , few were able to define it with any precision . |
| 8 | It was too large for me at that time , but over the next twelve months I must have grown considerably because , with wooden blocks fixed on the pedals , I was able to reach it in comparative comfort . |
| 9 | I hope that my hon. Friend the Minister will be able to help us on that point tonight . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm not able to help you in that area . |
| 11 | People who study psychology never seem able to apply it to real life . |
| 12 | A Country Diary : OXFORDSHIRE : On the first morning of this month , whilst watching the usual passage of gulls to the local refuse-dump , I spotted a flock of waders , estimated at between 300 and 400 , much higher up and heading due south , and , a matter of seconds later , a similar party followed them on the same course , and I was able to identify them as Golden Plover . |
| 13 | Only with incredible luck , against all the odds , could he reasonably hope to make a safe exit from Russian soil and reach safe ground from which the Americans might be able to extricate him in one piece . |
| 14 | The training , however high-level , is converted into higher education only when the student is able to form an independent evaluation of what he or she has learned or mastered , is able to put it into some kind of perspective , and is able to see not only its strengths but also its limitations . |
| 15 | Now in order to make a prediction of what say what 's going to happen this year I would have to know the state of the system of the ocean and the atmosphere on January first and in order to do that in an ideal world I would have a tremendous amount of data about the ocean and about the atmosphere and be able to put it into this model but this data , by and large , does n't exist . |
| 16 | If you 'd like to find out more about the Council Tax then call the Action Team , they 'll be able to put you in direct contact with someone who can sort out any problems you may have , call them now on 031-557–3194 during office hours . |
| 17 | Gary became aware of YWAM as an organisation and that God might be able to use him in that organisation . |
| 18 | No one was able to give us at that time the valuable advice which I only picked up years later , namely that the great danger in cholera was dehydration , necessitating that the sufferer be given frequent drinks of cold water previously boiled . |
| 19 | I was , however , able to reassure her on this point , as I could see no prospects of my ever getting close enough to any American for him to even ask my name , never mind ask me to marry him — and in the 1940 's you did have to wait to be asked . |
| 20 | But they could possibly , they surely must be able to do it through natural wastage to some extent . |
| 21 | We may or may not be able to convert them to electrical use . |
| 22 | If you have babies or young children you will be able to lift them with little effort . |
| 23 | ‘ They acted out the robbery in full so that when it came to describing it to everyone , to police , and to insurance investigators , they would be able to describe it in perfect detail . ’ |
| 24 | Sue insisted that we take her telephone number and told us that we should feel able to ring her at any time , day or night , with any problem , however trivial it seemed . |
| 25 | She reminded herself that it was not Paul 's fault ; and yet , somehow , he should have been able to shield her from this kind of outrage . |
| 26 | The F-15 is capable of dealing with all foreseeable large threats for some time ; and if a new Russian regime started to develop a better fighter , America would still be able to beat it into large-scale production of an improved version of the YF-22 . |
| 27 | Agency staff may be able to advise you about certain tax allowances , such as travelling expenses , uniform , indemnity insurance , subscriptions to the journals , and to a professional organisation . |
| 28 | Traditionally the merchant banks have been the main financial advisers in a merger or acquisition deal — they traded very much on their reputation for knowing all the right people and being able to approach them at any time . |
| 29 | The last heart attack had been a big one , and he was n't able to shrug it off this time . |
| 30 | I felt a little shy : all those things we had written — would I be able to translate them into physical action , into real , spoken words ? |