Example sentences of "has [adv] been able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the CDU in Schleswig-Holstein in 1961 , Labour in Scotland has long been able to win a majority of the seats — not so overwhelming as the CDU 's but still substantial — with an unimpressive average constituency vote : in 1987 , for example , the latter at only 42.4% sufficed to elect 50 , i.e. 69.4% , of Scotland 's 72 MPs . |
| 2 | Initially , Chilton has only been able to persuade the makers to turn out spools of line with a 70lb breaking strain , strong enough to tow a boat . |
| 3 | In response , Major has only been able to parrot the phrase that has sustained him since his first day in office : ‘ All the ingredients of recovery are in place … ’ |
| 4 | She has only been able to distribute a few as yet , but they know that they 're there and are overjoyed at the prospect of getting them . |
| 5 | In relaying decisions to the member governments , it has only been able to recommend . |
| 6 | The man has only been able to provide police with sketchy details of the youths but they spoke with Liverpool accents . |
| 7 | It would be churlish to suggest Lewis fights under a flag of convenience or that his status as world champion has only been able to be enjoyed by default . |
| 8 | MALCOLM ALLEN , who has not been able to get into the Norwich first team this season , showed that Wales ' absentee forwards , Ian Rush and Mark Hughes , had better beware of him . |
| 9 | Parliament is the arena in which British political leaders are recruited and it is difficult to think of a successful Prime Minister who has not been able to command the House of Commons . |
| 10 | Mr Hrawi has not been able to move into the presidential palace in the Beirut suburb of Baabda because it is occupied by Gen Aoun . |
| 11 | Mr Hrawi has not been able to move into the presidential palace in the Beirut suburb of Baabda because it is occupied by Gen Aoun . |
| 12 | This book does not have a polemical purpose , but the author has not been able to escape the conclusion that at least some of the customs and habits of mind of the earlier period tended to induce healthier attitudes , both among those on their death-beds and those left behind to mourn . |
| 13 | His achievements as Labour leader have earned him respect and admiration , but he has not been able to appeal beyond the party in which he has made his life . |
| 14 | Struggle as it might , psychology has not been able to remain behaviourist . |
| 15 | Even Switzerland , for many the model for a future federal Europe , has not been able to avoid this trend . |
| 16 | Capitalist industrialisation in the periphery , often because of transnationals which can import sophisticated technology , has not been able fully to absorb all the labour available . |
| 17 | In the shire districts , the spectacular advances which enabled Labour to claim more than 50% of the vote in many authorities lend a further twist to the puzzle of why the party has not been able to match consistently good local results in these areas with comparable general election support . |
| 18 | If the general practitioner pronounces the patient fit enough , he may be able to start driving a car again , although he may need to retake a driving test if he has not been able to drive for several months . |
| 19 | The palynological analysis has not been able to identify the exact level of the unconformity but a thin sequence of coals believed to be above the unconformity generally demonstrate Westphalian C ages . |
| 20 | The South African case remains interesting , and I asked my doctor friend for clarification , but so far he has not been able to get any further information . |
| 21 | Although he has not been able to cure it , he has found it possible to slow the disease down so that it stabilises , banishing the symptoms to allow the fish to grow and feed . |
| 22 | It is fair to say that the British extreme right has not been able to draw on specific traditions of activism that have assisted , say , the French FN or the Belgian VB in extending their influences so widely . |
| 23 | She has not been able to get any type of work since , despite applying for eight jobs a week . |
| 24 | Nina Miklin will be well known to many club members but anyone who has not been able to attend one of her talks will be pleased to hear they now have a chance to go to a choice of two workshops . |
| 25 | Thomas was signed from Spurs last year for £500,000 , but has not been able to establish himself at Upton Park . |
| 26 | As that percentage has dwindled , the Met has scrambled with great success after private money but even so has not been able to raise enough to take up the slack . |
| 27 | It would seem that the restoration profession has not been able to keep its nerve in the face of the rapidly growing attention it has received in recent years , and is reacting in an undisciplined way . |
| 28 | As far as the building itself is concerned , Hulten has not been able to exert much influence on a project conceived some seven years ago , but he professes to be satisfied with the structure , describing it as ‘ generous ’ . |
| 29 | If your Customer Care Unit has not been able to sort out your problem , or if you are not satisfied with their reply , you can take up the matter with your District Manager who will try to help . |
| 30 | If your Customer Care unit has not been able to sort out your problem , or if you are not satisfied with their reply , you can take up the matter with your District Head Postmaster who will try to help . |