Example sentences of "[noun sg] has been able " in BNC.
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| 1 | The programme has been particularly helpful where the mentor has been able to support the work of the school with pupils at risk and/or with special educational needs . |
| 2 | It is only recently that Champagne has been able to boast as many as seventeen grands crus . |
| 3 | During the last few years the Printing Division has been able to offer photosetting via its P.E . |
| 4 | However , the second language literature has been able to go beyond this simple finding and attributes the age effect to the various underlying variables of motivation , as well as degree of contact . |
| 5 | Article 20 of the Brussels Convention provides that where a defendant domiciled in one Contracting State is sued in a court of another Contracting State the court shall stay the proceedings so long as it is not shown that the defendant has been able to receive the document instituting the proceedings or an equivalent document in sufficient time to enable him to arrange for his defence , or that all necessary steps have been taken to this end . |
| 6 | This is an interesting plan and I am delighted that my Department has been able to offer a grant to help it . |
| 7 | It is the first time the industry has been able to purchase cover for long-term environmental damage although it does buy insurance against sudden pollution incidents or claims from disasters such as explosions . |
| 8 | But the Ellesmere Port complex has been able to ride out the recession by exporting its highly-successful Astra/Opel range , particularly to the buoyant German economy . |
| 9 | It will become clear on June 5th whether the president has been able to exploit this split . |
| 10 | Voting patterns are a complex business and my colleague , Keith Britto , who is an expert in these things , tells me that no research has been able to disentangle all the strands of voting motivation , a crucial point to remember in planning a campaign ! |
| 11 | Mainstreaming is a very good example of where our policies push beyond what our research has been able to show . |
| 12 | As a result of this the club has been able to run at a constant level of activity . |
| 13 | What Making Belfast Work has been able to do is draw on the ability of what Mrs. Thatcher would call West Belfast 's ‘ active citizens ’ to develop many of the self-help projects that have characterised the enterprising nature of the community for many years . |
| 14 | British intelligence has been able to secure numerous local informers and agents through blackmail , bribery and straight payments . |
| 15 | Large-scale unionism has declined and management has been able to organize the labour process directly without concern for unions ' power . |
| 16 | TI says it 'll make a statement about the report later on tonight when management has been able to consult the entire workforce . |
| 17 | The Chancellor has been able to offer this help because he has found some extra money in the Exchequer 's coffers . |
| 18 | With financial support from the Ancient India and Iran Trust in Cambridge , the Fitzwilliam Museum has been able to mount a loan exhibition of antiquities of ancient Afghanistan and Pakistan . |
| 19 | In defence of some of my clients in the national museums and galleries , I should point out that , for example , the Victoria and Albert museum has been able to extend its opening hours . |
| 20 | Is it not sad that no Cleveland Conservative has been able to come and represent the children of Cleveland today , and that that task has had to be left to a Conservative from Ealing ? |
| 21 | I believe that this application for a residence order is yet another step in this game and that neither parent has been able or willing to see matters from the children 's point of view or in terms of their feelings , experiences and level of understanding . |
| 22 | Last autumn they reported an improved figure , after moving the apparatus to Goesgen , of 1.05 + 0.02 , in other words , a result consistent with there being no oscillations ( CERN Courier , vol 22 , p 371 ) — In its latest work the team has been able to dispense with having to make a comparison with the expected antineutrino spectrum , thereby removing one source of uncertainty . |
| 23 | To illustrate this I want to mention briefly a list of ways in which the Milltown Action Team has been able to either increase employment or increase local people 's chances of gaining employment . |
| 24 | So that although these are er fairly different relatives in terms of bacteria it 's striking that the ETEC organism has been able to acquire in some way almost exactly the same gene that 's present in choleri . |
| 25 | Clearly , if the seller has been able to sell the goods elsewhere for the same price as the buyer had agreed to pay ( or a greater price ) the seller must refund the buyer 's part payment . |
| 26 | If , however , the seller has been able to re-sell the goods elsewhere only at a loss ( i.e. for less than the buyer had agreed to pay ) the seller is entitled to deduct that loss from the refund . |
| 27 | This luxury has meant that the group has been able to evolve a fairly sophisticated selection and training procedure . |
| 28 | It was already making such good progress that it 's been able to grow and improve in spite of so much petty interference as the Labour Group has been able to put on it . |
| 29 | It should be noted that no modules will be deleted until the module version deletion process has been able to run through the whole LIFESPAN database . |
| 30 | Despite claims by some that they play ‘ The Devil 's music ’ , the band has been able to confirm its gig on Friday 21st May . |