Example sentences of "able [to-vb] with [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wordsworth contributed to the growth of ‘ Humanity ’ , the climate of opinion in which Shaftesbury was able to proceed with factory legislation ; and surely his attitude of reverence towards landscape formed public opinion , so that one now needs planning permission to site a factory and the line of a motorway has to be negotiated ; certain areas have become National Parks , and one can not help noticing how many of these were districts where Wordsworth lived or with which he was in some way associated ( see Gazetteer ) . |
| 2 | To counter the first fear of specialisation , ‘ disabling ’ clients is certainly not the objective of casework , and advisers must resist the personal satisfaction that they may get from acting on behalf of a client when that client may well have been able to cope with assistance alone . |
| 3 | John Coon , DG 's UK marketing manager , says Technology will be better able to cope with support , and also has a large stock of peripherals on hand . |
| 4 | The authors therefore examined the data for explanations as to why some women were more vulnerable than others , or , expressed another way , why some women seemed resilient to , or protected from , or were able to cope with adversity such that they did not develop clinical depression . |
| 5 | Many people emerge from therapy far better adjusted and able to cope with life than others who have not been compelled by illness to work through loss and learn to know themselves . |
| 6 | Anyway , with the enthusiasm of youth I had no doubt that we should be able to cope with life in remote parts for a few years . |
| 7 | O K then that 's right , you go and sit down , get yourself together again , and get back to being able to cope with life . |
| 8 | It is already working with Ingres and Oracle on prototype databases for its server , which will be able to cope with SQL queries from a variety of sources including OpenVME systems and DRS6000 Unix boxes . |
| 9 | All adults need to be able to cope with diversity and to expect variety as we live in a highly varied world . |
| 10 | Teenage mothers are least able to cope with motherhood , being often themselves emotionally immature and sometimes physically immature ( Russell 1981 ) . |
| 11 | Jenna felt more able to cope with dignity in her own language and the girl 's face creased into a knowing smile . |
| 12 | Nowadays a chief executive has to have a strong understanding of finance , he needs to be good at public relations , he must understand technology , he must be able to cope with labour problems and he must ( as always ) be a good selector of people . |
| 13 | They must be able to cope with aridity , high daily and seasonal temperature ranges , seasonal swings in photoperiod from long days to long nights , and a growing season ranging in length from three to four months on the polar fringes to a few days or even hours in higher latitudes . |
| 14 | He was able to plan with precision and enthusiasm the date of his own retirement , to look forward to it because it was in no way forced upon him , and to believe that he would be remembered with affection and regret . |
| 15 | Outstanding institutions like Napier will soon be able to confer its own degrees and from September Napier 's students will be able to claim with pride , on completing their courses , that they are graduates from Napier University . ’ |
| 16 | Able to work with initiative and minimum supervision you should be a graduate with a high level of communication skills , several years ' experience in water resources and previous experience in dealing with engineering/environmental consultants on water related projects . |
| 17 | They are afraid that in tampering with language , feminists may be able to tamper with reality . |
| 18 | It will be a vision of success from which everyone profits , a vision which the Profitboss has developed over many years , a vision in which he passionately believes and is able to communicate with enthusiasm to his team and every other employee in the organization . |
| 19 | I was in love before I left England and the hope of marriage was such a spur that with help from the two Williams , I was able to pass with distinction not only two , but three exams . |
| 20 | If that point , which coach Douglas Morgan had amplified repeatedly in last week 's aftermath , still needs re-inforcing , the coach was at least able to reflect with satisfaction on the birth-pangs of Scotland 's try . |
| 21 | If that point , which coach Douglas Morgan had amplified repeatedly in last week 's aftermath , still needs re-inforcing , the coach was at least able to reflect with satisfaction on the birth-pangs of Scotland 's try . |
| 22 | But small British booksellers will be able to sell with VAT at the British rate ( i.e. zero ) . |
| 23 | Agony aunt : able to listen with sincerity to all the moans and groans , confidences and worries of your counterparts . |
| 24 | His strong , demanding fingers interrogated the lymph glands in my neck and armpits while Kenneth , now able to converse with authority on the subject , told him about John Habeshaw 's visit and our newly-arrived-at decision to visit Stanford University . |
| 25 | A photographic company might wish to support our conservation programme for glass negatives ; a charitable trust may be willing to support the microfilming of the archive collection , or the establishment of an image database ; European Community funding may be available for information technology and database work ; potential employers may be able to help with computer training for DHE students ; specialist societies and scientific groups may help to fund image databases or conservation-related biogeographical studies , and educational publishers are likely to be interested in interactive video for schools and colleges . |
| 26 | A mistress in a plum-coloured dress began to teach them sewing so that later on they would be able to help with needlework that was taken in . |
| 27 | Your regional Arts Board office should be able to help with information . |
| 28 | So in this way the Persians were able to advance with ease and the Egyptians were helpless to retaliate . |
| 29 | Secondly , I would point out that it is unusual for the Committee to be able to assert with confidence that legislation which is changed so that it conforms to their views , was changed solely because of these views . |
| 30 | For many of them , the classroom will be the first place where they are able to play with water and even spill it on the floor without incurring an adult 's displeasure . |