Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been able " in BNC.
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| 1 | A report published in April by the New York-based Carnegie Endowment for Peace claimed that Argentina , Brazil , India , Iraq and Pakistan had been able to circumvent international regulations and build or expand nuclear weapons capabilities . |
| 2 | In his last visit to North Korea , Ceauşescu had been able to see the thirty-storey concrete pyramid in the centre of Pyongyang which had been built under the inspiration of the Dear Leader , Kim Jong Il ( albeit from an original idea by George Orwell ) . |
| 3 | The cell , although uncomfortable and oppressive , made for a haven of quiet and stillness within which Bernice had been able to calm and draw out the traumatized girl . |
| 4 | More recently , in Mary Tudor 's reign , the family had come into favour at court because of its reputation for piety and loyalty to the Church , and Sir Gregory had been able to build a new house on the site of the old . |
| 5 | Without actually giving her the details — and still keeping back the crucial fact of Christine 's death , which would have changed the tone of their conversations completely — Lucy had been able to give Josie some idea of her home situation and of the problems that she 'd caused with actions that she 'd felt to be right . |
| 6 | No reassurances from Scott had been able to lull his twenty-five-year-old wife 's anxiety about her fading beauty . |
| 7 | Ann had been able to show more tolerance towards Susan . |
| 8 | But unlike Donald White , Hall had been able to turn fantasy into reality . |
| 9 | While under Polish rule , the Orthodox hierarchy in the Ukraine had been able to resist the spread of Catholic influence only by adopting many of the methods and some of the ideas characteristic of the Counter-Reformation . |
| 10 | When Maggie had hugged Rachel as a child , her small arms stretching wide to reach round her bum , Maggie had been able to feel the solidness of her , the deep-grounded certainty that Rachel exuded . |
| 11 | Punch published two harsh cartoons and , when at the end of February 1858 the government was defeated , The Times , with possibly a touch of exaggeration , declared that Clanricarde had been able by his ‘ mere presence ’ in the cabinet to destroy an exceptionally strong administration . |
| 12 | Almost 100 new companies had been formed , and Schach had been able to secure over a million pounds in bank guarantees to finance not only such expensive disasters as Dreaming Lips , Love from a Stranger and The Marriage of Gorbal , but even films that were never made . |
| 13 | His stepfather , Mr Roger Cager , said yesterday that after the operation Simon had been able to pass a medical to train to be a policeman . |
| 14 | By the early 1980s only a few thousand of the million or so who lived elsewhere in the USSR had been able to return , despite an active campaign on their behalf by dissidents as well as Tatar activists . |
| 15 | It had , however , been the only one that Rory had been able to lay hold of , and at first he had been proud of it . |
| 16 | Rory had been able to leave his car when he thought he was getting warm , and walk up people 's drives until he found the pea-green Polo Fox . |
| 17 | It was largely due to her that Fred had been able to secure the leasehold of the cafe and build up trade by extending the seating arrangement and brightening up the fare on offer . |
| 18 | Kohl had been able to maintain his leadership of the CDU in 1988–9 , helped by a Cabinet reshuffle and the death of his old rival Franz Josef Strauss . |
| 19 | Since the outbreak of the war Harriet had rather prided herself that she and Tom had been able , for the most part , to manage their property by themselves and certainly the employment of any domestic help at this juncture seemed a luxury to which she was almost ashamed to admit . |
| 20 | He had spent his time in a lodging house on the Strand , eking out the small amount of money Edward Morris had been able to lend him . |
| 21 | From what Wayne had been able to see of her left eye , it had looked as if it had a couple of drops of blood in it . |
| 22 | ‘ Thanks , Wayne , ’ she 'd said , only a little unsteadily , and Wayne had been able to see that questions or even concerned enquiries were definitely not being encouraged . |
| 23 | Safely there , she lit the gas , with one of the solid and reliable wooden matches Signor Fixit had been able to find for her , and put on the kettle . |
| 24 | ECOMOG officials , however , categorically denied Taylor 's claim that Ulimo had been able to advance so rapidly because it had received aid from countries contributing to the ECOMOG force . |
| 25 | Fundamental to the thinking of this comparatively small group of people was the ease and skill with which Israel had been able to exert its will , control dissent , and remove local leadership as soon as its challenge to the authorities necessitated this . |
| 26 | If Vance had been able to convince 17 Politburo members that a far-reaching restructuring of strategic forces was in the Soviet interest , this would have become Soviet policy . |
| 27 | If only Anna had been able to attend . |
| 28 | Schmidt had been able to hear the chauffeur crashing round in the woods . |
| 29 | It was a full day later before Schmidt had been able to form a coherent sentence , though his words still came in a low , wracked whisper . |
| 30 | Olga and Joe had been able to go to school , though they had plenty of farm chores as well . |