Example sentences of "being able [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The requirement of a creditor to wait 12 months before claiming relief instead of being able to claim at the end of the first quarter after an insolvency ( as was possible previously ) has an adverse effect on his own business 's cash flow . |
| 2 | However , the organizational advantages of being able to sample at a regular interval are so considerable that such anxieties are often set aside . |
| 3 | For example , on a gentle 5° slope , the possible speed may range from about 27mph to not being able to move at all . |
| 4 | Sor if I sorted out being able to book at this restaurant which only is about I 'd be in |
| 5 | A Nabokov symposium in St Petersburg in 1990 ; fragments of the Berlin Wall on sale at Hamley 's , the famous London toy shop : what are these but symbols of the far-reaching changes we have witnessed without foreseeing them or being able to guess at their consequences ? |
| 6 | It helps to have a high IQ , though I suspect a talent for mimicry is more useful ; being able to adopt at will the tones and attitudes of the educated middle classes . |
| 7 | Because of its small units the Flydaway also has the theoretical advantage of being able to operate at relatively high frequencies ( one minute headways or less ) even when trade is slack — although this depends on fully automatic driverless trains . |
| 8 | This can be seen as a kind of intermediate position halfway between the child as a tabula rasa with no innate knowledge of the world and the child being able to speak at birth . |
| 9 | Pearce lists these as two important qualities for a top manager together with being able to look at a problem and see the two or three key factors . |
| 10 | a computer in front of them and being able to look at it and do what you 're saying ? |