Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [art] number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below : Even if your gardening space is confined to a grow-bag , you should still be able to cultivate a number of plants . |
| 2 | Within your overall conditioned hours you may be able to work a number of different working patterns . |
| 3 | Most maintenance companies are able to provide a number of options on a wide range of originally installed equipment . |
| 4 | He developed good relations , often deep friendships , with prominent figures of the time , including Ibn Saud , who frequently sought his advice and from whom Van Der Meulen was able to obtain a number of concessions for the Dutch . |
| 5 | Mandel { 29 } has been able to obtain a number of useful analytic results for such a system , usually assuming = I " and a Lorenzian , rather than Gaussian , velocity distribution function . |
| 6 | Once again , heads turned in McNab 's direction and the Magistrate 's sharp eyes were able to detect a number of veiled smiles and smothered chuckles . |
| 7 | The Society 's naturalists immediately began work on the identification of the unusual collection , and only six days later , at the next regular scientific meeting , they were able to announce a number of exciting discoveries . |
| 8 | Chronic disease was a different matter , but gradually I was able to help a number of problem cases which had failed to benefit from conventional treatment . |
| 9 | And so you 've been able to help a number of firms . |
| 10 | When I met Dr Kallman in May last year , this study had not been completed , but he was able to suggest a number of locations along a new road to the east of Sarabia , where he had found several new populations . |
| 11 | By replicating the sociolinguistic survey in various different places , sociolinguists have been able to identify a number of patterns that recur very frequently . |
| 12 | Despite an uncertain future scenario , Mr Woodley was able to identify a number of pressing current needs . |
| 13 | The Wilhemine state was able to use a number of institutions of art to attempt to prevent the Secession 's promotion of an autonomous and modernist painting . |
| 14 | However , by propagating constraints as just outlined , SPAR is able to reduce the number of surviving candidates per anaphor to one before reasoning becomes necessary . |
| 15 | The damage to your dog 's pancreas is permanent , so it is likely that you will have to continue with the capsules for life , but with the right sort of diet , you may well be able to reduce the number he needs . |
| 16 | For final output the system must be able to calculate the number of lines and pages that a section of text will make , generate running heads and feet , and provide for the complete hyphenation , justification , and page make-up of the text . |
| 17 | We may be able to determine the number of atoms in a group , and so to distinguish MX 2 from MX 3 groups . |
| 18 | France , with its competitive admission to training , is able to match the number of entrants to available posts and therefore , apparently has no teacher unemployment . |
| 19 | As well as looking for associations between the degree of volatility of operations and the use of temporary workers , we were able to consider a number of performance indicators for establishments . |
| 20 | A.A. Milne refers to the clump at Gills Lap as being enchanted because no one had been able to count the number of trees , even by tying string round each trunk as it was counted . |
| 21 | The system must be able to count the number of characters and words in a sequence of text . |
| 22 | Later reports from the fans themselves revealed that they were very aware of such groupings and were able to attribute a number of salient behavioural and social characteristics to them . |
| 23 | If you look at the Figure and study it carefully you will be able to recognize a number of " commonsense " points . |
| 24 | Third , and as a consequence of the last two factors , they have been able to develop a number of networks , more or less formal , through which they can contact one another . |
| 25 | I heard the motor but I was n't even able to get the number . " |
| 26 | They have therefore been able to present a number of little known works : paintings , collages , drawings and a previously unexhibited series of photographs . |
| 27 | Though bureau managers are not permitted to favour any particular firm of solicitors , they are often able to recommend a number from which the client can make a choice , or if there is a firm offering a specialism which nobody else does there is no reason why they should not point this out . |
| 28 | Instead , students will experience a high degree of satisfaction from being able to speak a number of simple phrases " like a native " , while realising that they are far from the ultimate goal ( Rivers 1964 pp 83–4 ) . |