Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Calatin will be able to weave the spell that will protect you from the fire of the Time Chariot . ’
2 One woman told me that it was the day she was able to swim the width of the local pool after years of being afraid .
3 At the LTB 's annual meeting last week , Lord Pitt said London was being undermined as a tourist attraction by a ‘ lack of some kind of co-ordinating body , able to promote the capital and fight for its best interests ’ .
4 ‘ I thought we might have got round to talking new terms before breaking up for the summer , but I was told the board were n't able to arrange a meeting .
5 Someone there will be able to arrange a room for you .
6 It is then available for us to read , and we may be able to arrange a debate .
7 Many of the large home-improvement companies can arrange a loan for you , or you may be able to arrange a loan or overdraft yourself .
8 The bank finally agreed to loan sixteen thousand pounds for the business plus overdraught facilities and a further nine thousand pounds secured on our client 's home repayable over five years , any further mortgage over a future was to be arranged elsewhere and my Lord er will hear that in fact the , having the sale of their home having been completed on the fifth of December the plaintiffs were then homeless for some three months living with their daughter until such times as they were able to arrange a mortgage on their present property with the Halifax .
9 I was able to arrange a series of CBC talks by Olive Kerr at the start of a long and valued friendship .
10 We have not been able to arrange a Neighbourhood Watch scheme .
11 The first was a continuation of the earlier sales because Iran had now promised that within about two months it would be able to arrange the release of the remaining five American hostages .
12 you may also be able to arrange the items to make a pleasing sequence of colour schemes ;
13 However , if you think you may need help to meet the charges , please contact your local Social Work Centre or Hospital Social Worker who will be able to arrange an assessment of your needs .
14 Best you stay with me till we get to Argyle Street-you 'll no be able to miss the station then . ’
15 They 're only little buses so you wo n't be able to miss the stop .
16 He had never been able to hit the animal but he knew how to throw a punch , and the Punk was n't such a good mover as Cobber .
17 By having this , you are able to hit the ball anywhere on the opposing court .
18 No he 's just practising at the moment lovey he 's practising his swing but I agree if he stood that distance he would n't be able to hit the ball would he would you .
19 If a substantial loss has been suffered you may be able to sue the vendor , and if you lack financial resources you may qualify for legal aid .
20 Secondly , where an exemption clause is not invalidated by section 2 , the buyer may be able to sue the seller for breach of contract and to defeat the exemption clause by virtue of sections 6 or 3 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act .
21 If you rely to your detriment on a misleading reference which was given negligently , you should be able to sue the referee .
22 The consignee is then able to sue the carrier directly , but is also subject to the latter 's direct suit .
23 Greenpeace and others also point out that the HMIP has only a small team of monitors and will not be able to perform the tasks of the NRA in this sphere .
24 The assessment by the police is to eliminate erm any officer that er has psychopathic tendencies or er on the other side of the coin , to eliminate those officers that erm might be so timid that they would n't be able to perform the duties should it be necessary for them to fire a weapon .
25 Sixty years ago C. J. Herrick , the American comparative anatomist , dubbed it the ‘ organ of civilisation ’ , and I have set myself the task of seeing how far our scientific knowledge of nerve cells might earn the neocortex this grandiose title : Would these nerve cells , as actors , be able to perform the play , ‘ Civilisation ’ ?
26 And it is also the mechanisms by which the cells or parts of them are able to perform the instructions .
27 The existing knowledge about the employee from inside the organization makes it easier to decide whether he or she is able to perform the work well .
28 One detail needed confirmation , and Huy knew that he would not be able to perform the task himself .
29 We might be able to borrow a bit from a bank , although I 'm not even sure about that .
30 Anyone who has heard the dialect of the Bronx , New Orleans or Albuquerque will be able to affirm the failure of those techniques .
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