Example sentences of "able [to-vb] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas , before nationalisation , the planning of bulk supply points from the National Grid had been constrained by complex legal and financial negotiations between the CEB and the undertakings , engineers were now able to plan the cheapest effective layout , resulting in more supply points and increased usage of the high-voltage 132kV system for energy transfer and thus reduced transmission losses . |
| 2 | In a programme which boasts over one hundred separate performances in some fifteen different Belfast venues , visitors to the festival will be able to enjoy the best of international music , theatre , ballet , jazz , folk , film , exhibitions and assorted other entertainments . |
| 3 | Bill Fraser , accompanied by Sergeants Tait and DuVivier and Privates Byrne and Phillips , arrived back at Jalo four days after the others , able to claim the greatest success . |
| 4 | One particular family in Cotherstone must be able to claim the longest aggregate of service to the Fields , amounting to some hundreds of years . |
| 5 | ‘ With the highlights package , now at last they will be able to see the best cricket at the time they will want to watch it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ With the highlights package , now at last they will be able to see the best cricket at the time they will want to watch it . ’ |
| 7 | All right , now we 've got pretty well way out — have we been able to reach the furthest objects in space by these methods , or are we stil stuck for a method ? |
| 8 | We want listeners in this country to be able to hear the best of the World Service . |
| 9 | Pain had her in its grip again , but with the help of the black bottles of medicine she was able to conceal the worst of her suffering from her family . |
| 10 | The barn was big and roomy , and they had always been able to play the noisiest games in it without fear of disturbing or upsetting anyone , for there was nobody living within half a mile of it . |
| 11 | By deciding on the size and position of the flower beds first , you will be able to determine the best route for the path , and its shape . |
| 12 | ‘ To see the universal and all-pervading Spirit of Truth face to face one must be able to love the meanest of creation as oneself . ’ |
| 13 | The more a ruling class is able to assimilate the foremost minds of a ruled class , the more stable and dangerous becomes its rule ’ ( Marx , 1972 , p. 600–601 ) |
| 14 | Homes and hostels should be able to offer the highest standards of hygiene to clients , while maintaining a homely atmosphere . |
| 15 | Units need to be able to offer the highest standards of hygiene while maintaining a homely atmosphere . |
| 16 | The steam rally at Upton runs over the weekend , and forty thousand visitors are expected to come and see the vintage traction engines , old time fairground and other attractions.And they 'll also be able to admire the fastest steamroller in the west . |
| 17 | I think perhaps that I actually needed to be able to think the worst of you , however personally unpalatable that worst was to me , as some sort of a defence , so that I could despise you even if it meant despising myself as well . |
| 18 | At the end of the day success will go to the system and the exchanges which are able to deliver the lowest costs to traders . |
| 19 | They were thus able to get the best of both worlds . |
| 20 | A manager who 's able to get the best use out of the young talent still at the Oval . |
| 21 | It is regarded as being more important that the new appointee be familiar with the aims and methods which Highlander endorses rather than necessarily be able to present the best paper qualifications for the advertised job . |
| 22 | It 's perhaps being talked of rather jocularly that erm the supermarket will be able to present the latest price list on the screen , but that really is quite possible , it could almost happen almost happen overnight . |
| 23 | That is not to say that someone who is using word processing or a similar application will not be able to make the best of a desktop publishing package but rather to point out that new skills will need to be learned , new concepts understood . |
| 24 | She was still in her night things , and somehow did n't seem able to make the simplest connections in her mind ; right hand hugging her left elbow , she 'd been rocking herself gently ever since she 'd been wakened by the sounds of garage doors opening and cars being started in the mews outside her window . |
| 25 | You will have received a copy of my handwritten ‘ Functional Specification ’ in which I have tried to take account of all the comments made during our session in Paris but have been somewhat hampered by the fact that I , too along with David and Geoff , have not been able to make the latest set of disks run . |