Example sentences of "able [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forms and posters for MIND Workout With The Stars are available from for anyone able to promote this event . |
| 2 | If you are moving for job reasons , the local authority or new town development corporation , even if they can not offer permanent rented accommodation , might be able to arrange short-term letting for up to a year under Schedule 3 of the Housing Act 1980 . |
| 3 | If we are able to arrange alternative travel to your resort , all costs incurred in assisting you to travel will be you responsibility . |
| 4 | The motor industry is thus able to invest some risk capital in experimental projects in order to increase its working data base . |
| 5 | I regret it , but if I look coldly at our lifestyle , we would n't be able to invest enough time in bringing a child up properly . |
| 6 | It was not beyond the wit of any surgeon worthy of his calling or apothecary worthy of his phial to have been able to perform superficial embalming , and it is highly unlikely that assistance was asked for at the London end . |
| 7 | Unless hens have at least 800 square centimetres they will not be able to perform simple preening and stretching movements . |
| 8 | It is therefore important to be able to perform discrete sensitivity analysis and to handle lower bounds . |
| 9 | The important thing is to make sure that those people that have got those particular skills are given those roles to be able to perform that role perform use those skills . |
| 10 | But the Americans have only been able to perform this leadership role because other people are paying , without demanding control of the operation . |
| 11 | Obviously a politician able to perform this service conferred a very material favour on the endangered man and his relatives , and such a favour could attach their loyalty to the interest able to save them . |
| 12 | Available OCR systems are able to perform this conversion very rapidly , thereby saving much effort and avoiding the necessity of re-typing the text . |
| 13 | Attitudes appear to be somewhat unfavourable to ‘ welfare state ’ provision ; Newby ( 1979 ) suggests that influential local interests ( farmers and landowners ) have been keen to minimize local council house building in order to keep down rates — and through key positions on councils have been able to realize this objective . |
| 14 | I was able to realize this desire agreeably by means of a small scholarly society which I formed with two friends . " |
| 15 | Some males are able to diagnose vaginal thrush in their wives or girl-friends within seconds of the start of sexual intercourse because of the immediate reaction that is set up . |
| 16 | Blackadder and Wolf crossed in the second-half , when Scotland were at least able to ensnare some ball for Nicol , Dods and Townsend to release Stanger for a try , his second distinguishing act of the tie , having earlier pulled off a try-saving tackle . |
| 17 | Remarkably , he was able to evade long term imprisonment , and made his way to the West . |
| 18 | This can cause complications since the dog will undoubtedly be able to sense this fear , and may respond aggressively . |
| 19 | Oxygen booths , in which people will be able to breathe pure oxygen at the cost of $2 a minute , are to be installed around Mexico City centre . |
| 20 | Not surprisingly , in these conditions , the Swamp Eel has adapted by being able to breathe atmospheric air during the times of drought when the swamps dry up , aestivating ( the summer version of hibernating ) until more favourable conditions return , by burrowing into the mud or travelling across land in search of alternative waterways . |
| 21 | The company is now hoping to be able to conduct further field trials in the US and Israel , both of which currently use pesticide sprays to control their pest problems . |
| 22 | In addition , customers will be able to conduct electronic information searches , complete financial transactions or choose interactive video services . |
| 23 | Steel was stronger so boats could be built with thinner plates , making them lighter and so able to carry more cargo . |
| 24 | Too small to be able to carry massive winter insulation , they nevertheless survive ; it is remarkable to see such tiny objects maintaining normal avian body temperatures ( 39–40°C ) in ambient temperatures some 60–70°C lower , seeking shelter under eaves and in or under snow , and maintaining their high metabolic rate by constant foraging . |
| 25 | As other galleries close , it is nice to be able to report that Milch has reopened in a new location in Bloomsbury . |
| 26 | Plateless bolt-on necks are the order of the day , and the Koreans have had to work out a strange method of extending the neck an extra step past the end of the fingerboard to try to keep the Rickenbacker look ( you might be able to spot this feature on the black one , between the neck and middle pickups ) . |
| 27 | The tutor is able to monitor each student 's progress by the termly receipt of a copy of the latter 's programme , and the tutor also receives copies of any letters sent to his/her students from the registry , for example after examinations committee meetings . |
| 28 | A root , and you must be able to monitor that root . |
| 29 | And , if you treat this toxin with something like formaldehyde or ethanol , you end up by inactivating it 's toxic properties and you end up with what , what we call a toxoid , something that retains immunological properties , it 's able to stimulate specific immunity to the toxin but it does n't have any of the toxic effects and we end up with this toxoid vaccine against diphtheria . |
| 30 | If you are , feel able to go one step further , and make specific guidance as to sectors in the way we 've described , by reference to physical features , that would be fine . |