Example sentences of "able [to-vb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope you will be able to arrange for some assistance , possibly by including the burial ground in your Grounds Maintenance contract . |
| 2 | That is why they 're able to go for these very precise figures of public spending , scientific precision about estimates for the years ahead and then say , ‘ All argument hereafter ceases . |
| 3 | If the general practitioner pronounces the patient fit enough , he may be able to start driving a car again , although he may need to retake a driving test if he has not been able to drive for several months . |
| 4 | I enjoy my work at the playgroup and hope I will be able to continue for many years to come ’ |
| 5 | The only concession forced through before the critical days in September was on the tax allowance to foster parents who were now able to claim for any child in their care under the age of sixteen or in full-time education . |
| 6 | Soon it became clear that Sarah was seriously ill with rheumatic fever and would not be able to work for some time , and another girl , Hetty , was engaged temporarily . |
| 7 | It was what they both wanted and with her share of her father 's money Beryl would be well able to provide for both of them in style . |
| 8 | Well , certainly this particular piece of work would have been held up , er the salary that we 're able to provide for this young researcher was absol , absolutely essential , and in Great Britain there is an enormous reliance on charitable funding for research , it 's absolutely essential . |
| 9 | I still can not say whose bomb did turn the Tirpitz over , But this is all good for morale ; like the piece of the Tirpit : that I was able to secure for these two happy squadrons , encased in a large frame of good British oak , and displayed at Binbrook as a trophy of what Willie Tait and his gang of two — 617 and 9 , or 9 and 617 , the choice is yours — achieved . |
| 10 | She only spends about 8 hours without food and fluid and is soon able to compensate for this . |
| 11 | After a few minutes of practise , subjects adapt and are able to compensate for this distortion . |
| 12 | Better educated mothers may be able to compensate for some unfavourable conditions , where women with no schooling may not , and so on . |
| 13 | Alix , who had no idea of what the gossip was to be about , but who could sense its ominous crackling in the distance , wanted to go home , but tiresomely Brian , the party-hater , had managed to find his old friend Otto Werner and was deep in conversation about English social class , European intellectuals , the German education system , public schools , and the appointing of JPs and magistrates , a rich vein which they might have been able to explore for another hour at least , had Alix not been at their elbow , murmuring of departure . |
| 14 | His flight had left New York three hours after the Paris flight and by then the worst of the turbulence over the Atlantic had dissipated so he had been able to sleep for most of the journey . |
| 15 | If not , he argues , players should be able to opt for another country if — like John Gallagher or the Samoans playing in the All Black trials — they want to play at the highest level regardless of country . |
| 16 | Give my respect and thanks to the author , whose novel is the first English one and the French are only romances now , that I have been able to read for many a day . |
| 17 | A theory of standardization must be able to account for such songs ; and Adorno 's approach surely begins to crack at this point . |
| 18 | We are not able to account for these industry level changes , but find the broad picture of " no change " of more importance . |
| 19 | As long ago as 1976 , the marine resources committee of the FAO believed that ‘ populations of all three dolphin and porpoise species were probably being exploited in the Turkish fishery at levels they would not be able to survive for more than a few years . ’ |
| 20 | As soon as more advanced types evolved in response to a stimulating environment , they spread out around the world , driving earlier , more primitive forms into marginal locations where they were able to survive for some time before extinction . |
| 21 | And because er we do have a quality assurance system in place although not certificated , er we were able to tender for that work . |
| 22 | I have no funds to be able to pay for such material , so people would have to realise that no payment could be made — their only reward would be possibly seeing their work in print . |
| 23 | I would say the thing that kept me sane during that period was the fact that I had a part time job , and erm we were able to pay for some home help . |
| 24 | In turn , if we are to be able to pay for these commodities , we must export . |
| 25 | Their speciality was tunes like In Sans Souci — to remind Twenties Berliners of that nice Sunday afternoon tram ride they could take out to Frederick the Great 's summer palace at Potsdam — a trip no West Berliner has been able to take for half a century . |
| 26 | In the shared community of sacrifice the party had undoubtedly widened its community of interest with the British people , and was able to speak for all of the people in 1917–18 as it had spoken for only an embattled half in 1913 . |
| 27 | ‘ Indeed , ’ my father said , and shovelled so much food into his mouth he would n't be able to speak for another minute or so . |
| 28 | Regular budgetary control reports should be able to show for each item : |