Example sentences of "able [to-vb] they [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roger Martyn , churchwarden of Long Melford in Suffolk , for example , kept the reredos , organ , clocks , and bells of Holy Trinity Church in his own home , in the hope that his heirs would be able to restore them to the church sometime in the future . |
| 2 | Where he did have strong personal views , he proved less willing or less able to implement them over the opposition of others . |
| 3 | Blind , deaf , but able to smell ; able to find them by the food smell , even in this raging , wind-swept , rain-driven night … |
| 4 | His knowledge of classical music was very comprehensive — you only had to sing him a snatch of any symphony or concerto and he would be able to identify it immediately , but this is n't sufficient to get you up there in front of a hundred or more qualified musicians and be able to lead them into the opening bars of Beethoven 's 5th , or even the Warsaw Concerto . |
| 5 | Barton has heavy borrowings too , and to put it crudely , if they 're paying interest and Huerter is n't , Huerter ought to be able to undercut them in the market . ’ |
| 6 | The idea is that OS/2 developers who write to the Tali-OS/2 combination will be able to convert them with the minimum of fuss . |
| 7 | The idea is that OS/2 developers who write to the Tali-OS/2 combination will be able to convert them with the minimum of fuss . |
| 8 | I had seen them with the eyes of a young buy , but Edward who knew them well was able to interpret them with the mind of a man . |
| 9 | Apart from the outstanding quality and rarity of many of the items , much of their fascination for scholars has lain in being able to document them in the family 's ancient inventories . |
| 10 | France will just about be able to hold them in the line-out if Roumat plays , but the so-called hard men in the pack do n't look that tough to me . |
| 11 | She was able to repeat them at the trial of the young man — and he was sentenced to seven years in prison . |
| 12 | Will you be able to get them in the morning ? ’ |
| 13 | If that council harboured its resources sensibly and deployed them effectively , it would be able to spend them in the way that the hon. Gentleman suggests . |