Example sentences of "[verb] able [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( There is some plausibility in this suggestion , because infants and certain animals appear able to perceive things like the presence or absence of voicing . ) |
| 2 | They seem to grasp its essentials and appear able to face death with remarkable courage and tenacity . |
| 3 | I had always been appalled by the ease with which men seemed able to separate sex and love and now here was I building a high wall around myself and saying , ‘ I will let you into my body but stay out of my mind . ’ |
| 4 | She seemed able to find interest in any topic , a gift which led to her becoming the first regular columnist for the Manchester Guardian 's women 's page . |
| 5 | Only the French seemed able to meet challenges of that kind , and how they did it was a mystery to most outside experts . |
| 6 | Mr Rose , had he had access to the whole elaboration of this pleasing metaphor , with its roots in folklore and childhood culture , hallucination and dream , might , or might not , have understood something about Marcus that he did not already understand , and might , or might not , have felt able to offer help or advice as a result of this understanding . |
| 7 | In fact , if anything goes wrong at Portslade Community College it 's my fault , and therefore I 'm not going to be in a position where I do n't feel able to take responsibility for any decision made . |
| 8 | At the same time , I welcomed the Indian Government 's decision to hold elections in the Punjab , and I hope that all parties there will feel able to take part . |
| 9 | A young and inexperienced pilot may not feel able to take command of the situation and so prevent a stupid accident or an unnecessary risk being taken . |
| 10 | If you have n't , or do n't feel able to take care of the mess at the end of your legs , head for the first aid tents . |
| 11 | If there is a good relationship within the ward team , the student will feel able to discuss difficulties as they arise . |
| 12 | If a good relationship exists , the student should feel able to discuss anxieties and problems which may interfere with learning . |
| 13 | People who have suffered cerebral injuries ( such as strokes ) , however , may lose the ability to recognise stimuli from any one of these classes whilst remaining able to recognise stimuli from the other two classes . |
| 14 | By doing this he will become able to maintain control for gradually increasing amounts of time . |
| 15 | In the same way , infants seem able to discriminate voices and , under optimal conditions , they will respond preferentially to their mother 's voice compared to the voice of a stranger . |
| 16 | Only the Austrians seem able to outdo Germans in the quantities of food one is expected to eat in restaurants . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , you certainly seem able to scent romance anywhere . |
| 18 | Some people seem able to indicate disapproval without causing offence whilst others cause resentment even with the mildest expression of dissatisfaction . |
| 19 | Even after deciding to put public service behind him and concentrate on the private sector , he has never quite seemed able to escape involvement with government . |
| 20 | Carbon is versatile in chemistry in the way that bricks are versatile in architecture : it seems able to give rise to an infinity of different molecules , just as bricks can be employed to create a garden path or a palace . |
| 21 | The availability of detailed , comprehensive and up-to-date guidance on good practice is critical for local authorities that rarely feel able to take risks in design that might have long-term financial consequences . |
| 22 | They spend time getting to know their workers and develop a situation of trust so that their employees feel able to bring problems to them . |
| 23 | These arise because most tax haven-based trusts incorporate extremely flexible provisions that confer very wide-ranging discretionary powers on the trustees ; it is therefore imperative that the settlors feel able to place confidence in their trustees totally . |
| 24 | Gandhi 's implicit suggestion here is that it had yet to support non-violence for , as he says , bishops still felt able to support slaughter in the name of Christianity . |
| 25 | In 1983 , long before the West felt able to give aid to Poland , the committee chose Lech Walesa for the Peace Prize in a gesture which embarrassed the Polish government and focused the attention of the world on the changes taking place in Warsaw . |
| 26 | He felt able to offer comfort : ‘ It is no unreasoning or ill-judged confidence which relies upon the force of the truth and wisdom of the old order to hold their own and indeed to extend and deepen their influence under conditions which , after all , will for the most part be only superficially new ’ . |
| 27 | It was a full year before she felt able to suggest redecoration . |
| 28 | By the time he felt able to add sound effects , Jenny was sitting down at a table with two girls and three youths . |
| 29 | However , American experience also suggests that this awareness may remain rather abstract : relatively few people become able to translate differences in APR into differences in the money cost of credit . |
| 30 | N. N. Murav'ev , Vorontsov 's successor as Caucasian Viceroy , took Kars in eastern Anatolia on 14/26 November 1855 and looked able to threaten Constantinople . |