Example sentences of "[adv] able [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The motor industry is thus able to invest some risk capital in experimental projects in order to increase its working data base . |
| 2 | The younger reader is thus able to get some kind of tentative vision of what his or her own life in science might be . |
| 3 | My Lords , I er apologise first of all that I was not able to hear some of the earlier speeches in this Debate erm but it does seem to me a most interesting Debate and I have to confess that I always become slightly uneasy er when the great and the good , and I suppose we should collectively cast ourselves in that role of being the great and good of the establishment are all of one view and I wonder whether it is necessarily right and so I begin to question er whether your Lordships enthusiasm for many of these amendments and their attack upon the Government 's proposals is necessarily as soundly based as we might think if we just listen to casually to it all . |
| 4 | It may have been that Harvey enjoyed such seniority in the Church that in his case such deviation was permitted , but given that two or three other committed Free Presbyterians have been active in the Official Unionist Party ( in 1985 there were two Free Presbyterians in local government as Official Unionist councillors ) , it is more likely that the Church leadership was genuinely able to maintain some distance from Paisley 's politics . |
| 5 | Mace was also able to cast some interesting light on the heritage of Unix System Labs Inc 's Destiny desktop — or Unix V.4.2 ( UX No 390 ) . |
| 6 | They were also able to charge some 30 men with various offences . |
| 7 | It is also able to discover some semantic groupings such as numbers , compass directions and animate objects . |
| 8 | Some of BT 's activities in the Eastern bloc countries centre on consultancy or training , but it 's also able to provide some telecommunication links on its own account . |
| 9 | And while no-one can predict with certainty who will actually stray and who wo n't , these scientists are now able to make some fairly educated guesses . |
| 10 | They were directed back to their positions by the first assistant and his megaphone , and a second take began ; Miranda was now able to make some sketches of the action as well , as she knew its shape . |
| 11 | It also explains why the sector is now able to offer some of the best management training in the country , not to mention a structured career path , good rewards , and the chance to develop your potential as a business leader of tomorrow . |
| 12 | After gaining her economics degree at Cambridge she had been well able to appreciate some of the problems he faced , and ask pertinent , relevant questions about the business . |
| 13 | Blackadder and Wolf crossed in the second-half , when Scotland were at least able to ensnare some ball for Nicol , Dods and Townsend to release Stanger for a try , his second distinguishing act of the tie , having earlier pulled off a try-saving tackle . |
| 14 | Tiriac became a father figure and Nastase was at least able to fulfil some of his potential . |
| 15 | This arrested the rite of roll and steepness of the dive and the wing started to return to the horizontal ( also aided by the power from the starboard engines and pressure of the elevators ) , I was then able to assume some lateral stability by careful manipulation of the outer engines . |