Example sentences of "been able [verb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had even been able to effect an imperfect superimposition of her reality upon his own . |
| 2 | It is something of a puzzle , therefore , that others using the flavour-aversion procedure ( Best , Gemberling , and Johnson 1979 ; Kaye , Swietalski , and Mackintosh 1988 b ) should have been able to demonstrate an attenuation of latent inhibition . |
| 3 | ‘ So far as I know , ’ Miss Honey went on , ‘ nobody else in the history of the world has been able to compel an object to move without touching it or blowing on it or using any outside help at all . ’ |
| 4 | In this picture , Joni has not just imitated or interpreted a style , but has been able to create an object with all the patina , or aura , of an ancient work of art . |
| 5 | In Eastern Europe the opposition movements which began to grow rapidly in the 1980s were finally successful in bringing about the collapse of the communist regimes , but they have not yet been able to create an acceptable and stable new order ; nationalist movements have proliferated , and a new labour movement has emerged which contests the policy of restoring free-market capitalism that has so far produced only economic disaster . |
| 6 | Plagued by years of opencast development in their areas some local communities have been able to mount an effective campaign against individual applications . |
| 7 | With the consequence of the Falklands still exerting its potency , the economy showing distinct signs of recuperation , and inflation falling fast , Mrs Thatcher had been able to call an early election . |
| 8 | Thank you for all your contributions over the last year , and please accept my apologies if I have n't been able to use an article that you 've sent , hopefully the next issue will contain those for which due to lack of space I was unable to include this time . |
| 9 | Older women are less likely to remarry than younger women ( Ermisch , 1989 , pp. 50–1 ) and are consequently at risk of poverty in old age unless , unusually , they have been able to generate an adequate income through their own resources . |
| 10 | Presumably , if any of those Kurds who desperately clung to snowy slopes at border mountains , trapped between the armies of three states that did not recognise them , had been able to reach an aeroplane and fly to Britain , they would have qualified for asylum under the 1951 convention . |
| 11 | Suddenly a man will see himself as a sexual failure rather than as someone who simply had not been able to achieve an erection on one single occasion . |
| 12 | Erm whilst I 've not been able to produce an audited er set of accounts I do have er a set of figures for you erm and as you said at the the beginning of your opening er speech Mr Chairman that erm we had one or two losses during the year , those er in actual fact did n't erm affect us in thi this particular financial year as they were aimed at the September December period , but therefore they will be reflected in next year 's figures not or in the current year 's figures or the next annual general meeting 's figures . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose I have learned that I have been able to survive an experience such as this , which certainly I would not have bet on myself to do . |
| 14 | If asked , Captain Rudakov would not have been able to recall an occasion when he had given ground , important or trivial , to Major Kypov . |
| 15 | Whereas Bob Dwyer , the Australian coach , was the man being criticised and under pressure before the Strasbourg match for lack of success and for Randwick club favouritism , he has been able to announce an unchanged team . |
| 16 | The wife and the bachelor in the above cases should have been entitled to insist that the confusion be cleared up by a published clarification , but they should not have been able to obtain an award of damages against a newspaper which was not at fault . |
| 17 | We have not forgotten this offer , although for various reasons we have not been able to develop an idea until now . |
| 18 | With their recently acquired wealth from the girls ' success , the Polgars have been able to buy an adjoining apartment to make one multi-roomed home . |
| 19 | After the concert , Branson explained how difficult it was to sell Oldfield 's music in America ; indeed , the only way Virgin had been able to find an American distributor for his records at all was on the back of a deal made for a new group on the label , XTC — precisely the kind of music Oldfield abhorred . |
| 20 | " Tricky Dick " Nixon was an astute party politician , but he had never been able to project an appealing public " image " . |
| 21 | Sculley said he did not believe anyone had been able to build an HDTV set at a reasonable price . |
| 22 | A Benevolent Fund has been established and been able to help an increasing number of members facing hardship . |
| 23 | The third practice had overspent because it had taken over a smaller practice after the preparatory work on budget setting had been completed , and it had not been able to make an accurate estimate of prescribing costs for the 1300 patients involved . |
| 24 | The reins were in one piece ; no one had noticed the previous time , he 'd been able to make an extra hole and buckle them . |