Example sentences of "able [to-vb] up [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't expect to be able to pick up desktop publishing skills in an instant . |
| 2 | I might be able to pick up Radio 5 when conditions are good cos I can usually get Radio 2 and even RTE ( Irish station ) late in the evening . |
| 3 | With the defence ensuring a frustrating afternoon for the league 's leading scorer , Michelle Clark , the rest of the team were able to set up camp in the Wimbledon half . |
| 4 | Using the additional capacity on ISDN lines , they were able to set up video phones , involving a small camera on the top of the VDU while receiving pictures superimposed on the screen , to converse face-to-face with supervisors and other staff . |
| 5 | A clever employee would be able to set up business outside the restricted area and be able to serve former customers from there if ( a ) did not exist . |
| 6 | Those Sardinians who had any money at all were able to buy up land for practically nothing and get rich pasture for their sheep . |
| 7 | The activated lymphocytes are able to use up glucose extremely quickly . |
| 8 | Now she had become a pensioner she had been able to give up work as a midwife , and she spent much of her time on her allotment : |
| 9 | This success in constitution-making did not bring success for the Virginia Company ; Sandys was able to keep up emigration , but death and discouragement meant the population hardly rose above 1,000 . |
| 10 | Successful applicants will be able to build up entitlement to normal benefits such as concessionary mortgages . |
| 11 | Only the youngest ring is able to suck up water . |
| 12 | The study shows that normal enterocytes are able to take up PT-gliadin . |
| 13 | The larva is then able to take up water from the environment and enlarges to rupture the remaining layers and escape . |
| 14 | It sounds like the stuff of science fiction , but soon you 'll be able to order up concert tickets while watching television using your set just like a computer . |