Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst we 're able to implement quite a considerable proportion of the er , objectives without any financial commitment , this particular er , issue does erm , provide us with a considerable test , and members need to know that in order to achieve the move from residential care to community care , we would have to have some ring-fence monies to be able , to enable that shift to , to take place , before the erm , the budget could be reduced on the residential side . |
| 2 | Many highly evolved species protect their fry from being eaten , as the parents are more able to drive away a would-be predator . |
| 3 | An account of society in terms of practices which may ‘ complement ’ or ‘ undermine ’ each other is therefore potentially able to provide both a social theory , and a theory of history , since it gives us a way of analysing the relations between practices at a particular time and the conditions in which they change . |
| 4 | In this leaflet we have been able to detail only a small part of our activities . |
| 5 | In any real experiment one will be able to detect only a limited number of stages . |
| 6 | About one hundred years ago the EMMS directors were given the responsibility of running the Hawthornbrae Trust which currently exists to provide holiday grants to Edinburgh residents who are recovering from illness and who would not otherwise be able to afford even a short holiday break . |
| 7 | More importantly , the company 's development people have to be able to handle simultaneously a wide range of projects , often at different stages ( feasibility , formulation development , process scale-up ) and generally on different major compounds ; it is experience which develops both scientific competence and real commercial awareness . |
| 8 | Indeed and I think the er the point about Eurofighter is that it 's a very flexible er aircraft , it 's a multi-role aircraft , it 's a cost effective aircraft and therefore it er , as you say , may well be able to cover quite a large spectrum . |
| 9 | As the polymerase chain reaction is able to amplify even a single molecule , contamination by any previously amplified DNA would be catastrophic . |
| 10 | Bassano 's book was published in Venice , however , and Venice-where ‘ music had her very own home ’ as Francesco Sansovino claimed in his Venetia , citta nobilissima et singolare ( Venice , 1581 ) — was politically at odds with the papacy during the latter part of the century and was shortly afterwards able to defy successfully a papal interdict . |
| 11 | At this rate , I shall one day be able to put together a complete Pictures and Requiem … |
| 12 | Bill was seldom able to put together a consistent run of appearances in our 2nd Division seasons 1921–25 but , when he did play , his graft and pluck were always appreciated by our fans and the press of the time because Palace continually struggled in Division Two and the hard-working , tenacious attitude which Bill always showed was a valuable asset against powerful and more skilled opponents . |
| 13 | In collaboration with Mr Filedt Kok and Mr Pieter Schatborn of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam he has photographed the complete collection of Rembrandt etchings in the printroom , making some 2000 exposures , and has been able to put together a detailed picture of Rembrandt 's use of paper . |
| 14 | Under our agreement with Waterloo University , where the accessing software , PAT , was developed , we are able to distribute only a limited number of copies of the tape for research purposes and we have nearly reached our ceiling . |
| 15 | After months of sifting through scores of reports from observers at sea and on dry land , the geologist in charge of the Dutch investigation , R.D. Verbeek , was able to piece together a comprehensive account of the events of the two fateful days , Sunday 26 and Monday 27 August . |
| 16 | Disappointingly , the committee has so far felt able to recommend only a tiny step towards establishing acceptable levels of medical staffing in the NHS . |
| 17 | In Pomerania , where in practice serfdom was to last almost a generation longer than in any other corner of Europe , the Prussians were able to prevent even a narrow coincidence of interests between the Polish nobles and peasants by inviting the nobles to leave and by inviting the peasants to become Prussians . |