Example sentences of "well able [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of the tour , our cattle specialists are well able to talk to both internal staff and customers about dairying in France — ensuring that our customers stay ahead of their European competitors and that our cattle specialists stay well ahead of theirs ! |
| 2 | They were sturdy beggars , Hugh told them , a sort of people rarely found in the forest , vermin whom the verderers would have been well able to control without an expedition had it not been for the outlaws . |
| 3 | Oddly , she felt less happy , less content , less well able to go about her daily business than she had in the three painful months of her sexual abstinence . |
| 4 | Your relationship is certainly not dominated by the man in your life ; you feel very positive about your sexuality , have no problems with leading the way in the bedroom and are well able to cope with any indiscretions in your marriage . |
| 5 | The edible crab , Cancer pagurus , is undoubtedly stronger and well able to cope with larger Nucella , but the adults live offshore so that intertidal dog-whelks have only to contend with juveniles . |
| 6 | Teachers have found their pupils well able to cope with the frustrations and floundering inherent in mathematical challenge provided it is in a supportive atmosphere or environment , where the process of struggle is viewed as successful in itself . |
| 7 | None of this caused any problem at all as it was something Sylvia was well able to do in reality . |
| 8 | Although well able to acclimatise to most aquarium conditions most Rasboras will reward any efforts made to accommodate their particular requirements . |
| 9 | It was what they both wanted and with her share of her father 's money Beryl would be well able to provide for both of them in style . |
| 10 | In responding to children 's writing , teachers are well able to distinguish between an embryonic attempt at a story and a more developed example ; indeed , there is substantial research available on the stages of story-writing through which young writers progress . |
| 11 | It was pleasant to live in the open , and easy to provision both men and ponies ; and the courtier and man of law who had lived a high life in the London Inns and colleges , and been in the king 's own service , was nonetheless a hardy Welshman , well able to campaign in the hills winter or summer , and never complain of a hard bed or a scanty meal . |
| 12 | All settings up to about 8 ( out of 10 ) on the master volume elicit a clear , punchy tone , right down to the lower notes on my 5-string , and live it proved well able to compete with two rawk'n'rawl guitar players and a loud drum kit on an R&B pub gig . |
| 13 | The House ought to be given the opportunity to see another document : the document that sets out Labour 's programme , and presents the alternative that Labour Members are well able to encapsulate in amendments to motions but always fight shy of actually producing . |
| 14 | And there was enough interest in the sale to prove that home grown Hereford cattle are well able to beat off competition from abroad . |
| 15 | In both of these jobs she proved to very hard-working and reliable , well able to function on her own but always working as a member of a team . |
| 16 | However , despite its diminutive size , it is well able to fend for itself in a mixed community tank , protecting its territory against all comers , even if they happen to be twice its size . |
| 17 | Those two screamed — but they were well able to walk to the refectory afterwards , and eat . |
| 18 | As it happened he was well able to look after himself in such matters . |
| 19 | She had been well able to look after herself since she had been about seven , and , when she came to think about it , she knew herself to be more effective than most men . |
| 20 | ‘ The Ladies Benedicta and Maude are well able to look after themselves , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ And a woman gone away who is well able to look after herself . ’ |