Example sentences of "[be] able [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the next ten years manufacturers will be able to exceed them , and they will want the rules changed . |
| 2 | I was glad to be able to say something . |
| 3 | It had Maggie looking away quickly and she was glad to be able to say something . |
| 4 | Right now , although the determinals in industrial specialization within countries , alright , now although you ca n't really define that , you might be able to say something about industrial specialization . |
| 5 | Millions poured on to the streets of London on 29 July 1981 to be able to say they were there on the day , to tell their children and grandchildren what it was like . |
| 6 | John o' Groats is commonly but wrongly regarded as the most northerly tip of the country and because of this popular misconception attracts many visitors , most of whom come for no better reason than to be able to say they have been there and , having satisfied this ambition , turn round and return south . |
| 7 | IT IS probable that , unless your particular county was involved , you will not be able to say which county won the Refuge Assurance League of 1988 or 1990 , to take two years at random . |
| 8 | Their contention was that the constable must have a specific fear in mind ; ‘ he must be able to say which pit , which miners and when , ’ and that it must have been clear from the words and deeds of the appellants themselves ( and the others associated with them on the spot ) that a breach of the peace would ensue . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd like him to bear his rightful name , I 'd like him to be able to say which family he comes from , I 'd like him to hold his head up high in any company — but I wo n't be bounced into a sham of a marriage , not even for five minutes . |
| 10 | ‘ At least we shall be able to say we 've seen the Temple of Quetzalcoatl , the Street of the Dead , and the great Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Mind you , if they are really good mates you should be able to say what you like and not be judged on it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But we wo n't be able to say what happened until we have looked at the area in daylight . ’ |
| 13 | Then she thought of the Brownie Promise and the Brownie Law and the Brownie Motto , all of which she knew by heart and had often said aloud when riding along the country lanes , so that she would be able to say them if the wonderful day should come for her to join a Brownie Pack . |
| 14 | Rosa thought of the Madonna , and thanked her , thanked her with a welling passion of gratitude such as even she had never felt towards her before that Tommaso had not taken advantage of her total willingness and that she was still intact — no one would be able to say anything against her.They could examine her if they wanted , those witches could paddle inside her to make sure . |
| 15 | Here in the mountains you wo n't be able to stay still long , and you 'll never be able to say you feel bored ! |
| 16 | ‘ Well , you wo n't be able to say you do n't know the play , ’ returned Iain McWhirter , with another nasal chortle . |
| 17 | I just want to be able to say I 've done it , that 's all . ’ |
| 18 | They would n't be able to say I was having sex with you then , not if you were n't here . |
| 19 | Interviewed by Central TV 's documentary ‘ The Acid Test ’ , Chester declared that ‘ You can not possibly , by observing diatoms , be able to say it is definitely due to power stations or to any other cause . |
| 20 | They shall not be able to say it . |
| 21 | They will be able to say it is ‘ our ’ money . |
| 22 | ‘ But then he wo n't be able to say his lines , ’ said Carrie . |
| 23 | Without democracy we would n't be able to say who should rule , with democracy we can we can say these people because we voted for them and that 's it , we ca n't say these people interests we ca n't say that these people act in common good although if they do very badly we 'll try and recall them , all we can say is they 're there we need , what we need is authority structures , we need the structures more than the people occupying the roles , someone 's got to occupy the roles and this is the only way we 've got of appointing them . |
| 24 | What a long time ago that seemed now , and how sure she had been that he would not be able to disrupt her feelings . |
| 25 | Such a problem was analysed in M & S Drapers v Reynolds [ 1956 ] 3 All ER 814 when Denning LJ said : I do not … see why the employers should be able to forbid him to call on the people whom he already knew before he worked for them … |
| 26 | If you have already pressed and arranged the flowers on a mount , the recipient will be able to assemble their own picture rather than take the risk of a glass frame smashing during its journey through the post and damaging the picture . |
| 27 | If you are using one or more ‘ editing decks ’ , that is VCRs which have features which are specially provided for facilitating the editing of video , you will be able to assemble your tapes quickly and reasonably accurately with one of the more basic edit controllers — or even none at all . |
| 28 | If overt collusion is not permitted , then firms may be able to replicate its effect via tacit collusion ( Tirole , 1989 , ch. 6 ) , which may take the form of ‘ conscious parallelism ’ with firms making identical price changes more or less at the same time . |
| 29 | For severe exercise , the best part of the day is late afternoon , because the body is most efficient then and you will be able to push yourself harder . |
| 30 | As a result , users will be able to upgrade their machines as necessary . |