Example sentences of "be able [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that there is no God — every theist should be able to say that . |
| 2 | It would be pleasant to be able to say that , as a result , the existence of all automated personal data handling systems is known , even if not much has been vouchsafed of what they do . |
| 3 | It 's nice to be able to say that is n't it really ? |
| 4 | I think we should all be able to say that word and feel proud about it . |
| 5 | Yes , when you get a bit bigger we 'll have to take you to a pantomime and then you 'll be able to say that . |
| 6 | In which case then we should be able to say that Saturday working costs X X pounds per item , and in the week it costs Y pounds per item . |
| 7 | So once we 're through that we need to be able to say okay , if there is a significant shift in the mix of work , then we need to be able to quantify exactly what that is . |
| 8 | If it is then we should be able to say okay , as we come clear of the systems , we should actually be , that should be just a one off , special cause for that period . |
| 9 | Notice that for him to be able to say this he does not have to have observed his own behaviour . |
| 10 | Surely if a change is impl imposed on employees , then regardless of the su supposed economic arg argument , regardless of the employer 's dictatorial attitude , we should be able to say these proposed changes will not take effect until full negotiation and agreement have been reached . |
| 11 | Now I should be able to say ten take away , I 'm going to write six in here , instead of six I 'm going to put it as nine take away three . |
| 12 | Back-bench MPs may be able to promote new policies through ‘ private members ’ Bills ' : These can not have direct financial implications for the government , and they have little chance of becoming law without government support . |
| 13 | Whilst it was intended that children with minor handicaps would be able to attend mainstream schools , the act required that the blind , deaf , epileptic , physically handicapped and aphasic children must be educated in special schools . |
| 14 | However , small libraries , ( or those who did n't send staff on many external courses ) , often looked first to the opportunity to be able to attend external courses rather than develop internal programmes . |
| 15 | The CEO , or representative , has a duty to offer advice and will be able to attend relevant meetings of the selection panel . |
| 16 | This assumes an element of sunkness about location ( which Mathewson and Winter did not ) , so that potential entrants believe they are unlikely to be able to push established firms out of current locations . |
| 17 | The principal behind the design of VAX was to be able to upgrade PDP-11 architecture , by preserving the existing instruction formats and instruction set and fitting the virtual address extension around them . |
| 18 | Those losing jobs from companies relocating to the inner cities would probably be able to acquire new jobs much more easily than those trapped within the cities . |
| 19 | Measures announced on Aug. 13 with effect from Aug. 31 authorized Portuguese firms to borrow freely on foreign capital markets , while non-residents would from Oct. 31 be able to acquire Portuguese government bonds . |
| 20 | The adventurers just might be able to talk their way out of a fight with this Skeleton Major Hero , and might even be able to talk one or two details out of him , but a combat is likely at some stage ; see Friedrich 's profile for details . |
| 21 | And that 's why I think it 's very important that erm the City Council , for example , has a Women 's Committee and Ann , obviously , will be able to talk much more about that than I can . |
| 22 | She fervently hoped that Father McCormack would be able to talk some sense into her son . |
| 23 | This same date has also been chosen by most departments across the University as a Departmental Visiting Day , so that you will be able to visit several departments , in more than one faculty , on the same day if you wish . |
| 24 | Individuals must be able to control personal information about themselves . |
| 25 | ‘ Why , because you might not be able to control that white-hot passion of yours while your mistress is away ? |
| 26 | The energy involved in creating an El Niño is vast , and human beings will never be able to control such an event . |
| 27 | The Government will be able to control international shipments of waste . |
| 28 | This means that actors are expected to be able to control any regional or foreign accent which is natural to them , and deliver a text in what may best be called ‘ the classical style ’ . |
| 29 | We also talked about the need to be able to control this vastly more complex new environment as if we were controlling a mainframe . |
| 30 | Before I pay a lot of money to try and get this problem sorted out , maybe you can tell me how I might be able to control this problem . |