Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Non-residents may be able to arrange for their interest on a British bank deposit or building society account to be paid gross . |
| 2 | James Hunt was able to capitalize on his absence and even when he came back to racing , Niki was hampered in his driving by the healing of his scars , particularly about his eyes . |
| 3 | Derbyshire , North Wales and South Wales had about three-quarters of the working wives able to cope on their own . |
| 4 | Often it is girls from already deprived backgrounds who end up in such circumstances , and who are less able to cope on their own . |
| 5 | That is why the industry was able to cope with its highest work load ever in real terms , and did not suffer the labour shortages experienced in the 1960s . |
| 6 | Soon after this , Margery ‘ became calmed in her wits and reason , as well as ever she was before ’ , and was able to cope with her usual occupations , ‘ wisely and soberly enough ’ . |
| 7 | Last night 's fiasco had n't helped , but even without it she wondered if she 'd have been able to cope with her deeply buried resentment towards Romano de Sciorto . |
| 8 | Was n't it possible that a man of Jamie 's age might be more able to cope with her feminism , her academic success ? |
| 9 | It is in fact possible that some patients , especially those with marked symptoms of anxiety or depression , benefit from drugs and are better able to cope with their problems as a result , but the size of this group is not known . |
| 10 | The reason suggested for this is that these girls feel that they should be able to cope with their pregnancy and problems on their own instead of sharing them within the unit , as most other girls do . |
| 11 | Parishes were able to cope with their pauper problem until England 's population began to soar dramatically during the second half of the eighteenth century . |
| 12 | However , a major difficulty in ensuring the effectiveness of any support scheme is to reach in time the small proportion of the population least able to cope with their crisis . |
| 13 | In some extraordinary manner the children seemed better able to cope with their parents ' injuries when they were well away from the hospital . |
| 14 | With reduced cow numbers ( courtesy of quotas ) and some investment in fencing and sheep handling , I hope we shall be able to cope with our reduced labour force especially as Chrissie is out teaching more and more . |
| 15 | Without some form of simplification of this kind we would never be able to cope with our lives , nor think , nor communicate with others . |
| 16 | Until you feel more able to cope with your new situation . ’ |
| 17 | She did n't tell him that was the only way she had been able to cope with his absence , by blocking him out completely and refusing even to acknowledge his existence . |
| 18 | A group of twenty young girls showed how each is able to cope in her own way using apparatus to musical accompaniment — on this occasion they handled balls , hoops , ribbons and twisters and very well too ! ! |
| 19 | We talked about each department erm being able to invest in their own technology and make their own er decisions on what sort of database or interface they would use to deploy their applications . |
| 20 | People want to be able to borrow for their homes or businesses in a currency where the interest rate is not exorbitant . |
| 21 | Fortunately , they were thus able to agree on her name . |
| 22 | He hoped that , if Cathy married Linton , who would inherit the Linton fortune , she would at least be able to remain in her family home . |
| 23 | I wonder if the , the director plans to talk about the cri criteria we will work towards with the independent erm living fund and I wonder if we could possibly accommodate something within the criteria because I think the number of people involved needing adaptation to their home over about five thousand is fairly small but for those people it will make the difference between them being able to remain in their own home or within the community care package , a vast sum of money being needed to be spent on them to accommodate them within residential accommodation . |
| 24 | I do not need any lead because the size 6 hook will hold a lobworm which is quite capable of being cast a short distance , and able to sink under its own weight . |
| 25 | Their father was one of the first beneficiaries , and the whole family was able to gather at his 100th birthday party . |
| 26 | In the case of many of Freud 's patients the disruption and debilitation caused by the symptoms was so extreme that they were scarcely able to carry on their lives adequately at all . |
| 27 | The importance of compliance with Conduct of Business Rules and other statutory provisions lies in the fact that a loss of authorisation will mean that an investment business ( such as KPMG ) will no longer be able to carry on its investment activities ; indeed liability to damages may be incurred for losses suffered by investors through breach of Conduct of Business Rules . |
| 28 | I 'd like 87 punters in our band , but if we had that many , we would n't be able to carry on our caviar and cocaine lifestyle . |
| 29 | I could see her working out how many jars she 'd be able to carry in her hand luggage . |
| 30 | Finally Mozart was able to report to his father that he had given a concert , and that his takings , before expenses , were 90 gulden . |