Example sentences of "able to get [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has naturally led to a drop in the price receivers are able to get for a failed business , and thus a drop in the surpluses the receiver hands to the liquidator . |
| 2 | ‘ Far from abandoning skiing this winter — skiers will be able to get to the best resorts , ’ said a Thomson spokesman . |
| 3 | We all acknoweldge that they provide an important service , especially for the elderly and those less able to get to the larger stores during the week . ’ |
| 4 | Was there any sense that er you were in fact being put in the same position as your parents had been your your grandparents , had been in in in the sense not being able to get above a certain level by having your wages your bonus cut ? |
| 5 | There is also a risk of infected vaginal fluids entering a woman 's bloodstream through her vaginal walls if she shares a vibrator or other sex toys with a partner with HIV , or if infected blood or vaginal fluids are able to get into an open cut during sex . |
| 6 | I am sure that the Attorney-General will agree that it is important that women , blacks and other ethnic minorities , and working-class people should be able to get into the legal professions . |
| 7 | Saying that he ought to be able to get through a closed door as easily as an open one , Swift is supposed to have left him standing on the doorstep . |
| 8 | By telling his or her own story of drinking and its consequences , the recovering alcoholic is often able to get through the Protective denial system of the sufferer so that the sufferer himself or herself , through personal identification with many elements of that story and with the associated feelings , is gradually able to make his or her own diagnosis . |
| 9 | ‘ Just remember that and we might — just might — be able to get through the next few days without any major problems . ’ |
| 10 | You 've only been able to get through the last four years by not thinking about it . |