Example sentences of "able [to-vb] the first [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The development , first reported in The Scotsman three years ago , opens up the possibility of being able to treat the first signs of breast cancer when the chances of success are highest . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , Wesker was struck by another ( albeit minor ) disaster : Teomi was not able to attend the first day of rehearsals because Wesker had forgotten , when writing his schedule , that it was also Yom Kippur . |
| 3 | We can say with certainty that we would be able to mount the first kind of display ; but at the moment we can not be so certain about the travelling display which , although the more attractive proposition , has much more significant resource implications . |
| 4 | I 've been lucky to be able to launch the first concept of dread disease insurance , in South Africa you might have heard about us . |
| 5 | We might thus be able to provide the first step in assisting a school to maximise any award which it receives . |
| 6 | So one has to actually learn erm an entirely new alphabet before even being able to read the first word on the first page that you see in the archives . |