Example sentences of "able [verb] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where listed buildings stand empty and completely abandoned they are able to carry out emergency work themselves and send the bills to the owners . |
| 2 | The ultimate goal of online instruction , for both end-users and intermediaries , is to be able to carry out information searches online . |
| 3 | However , considerable experience and expertise is available from specialist lift companies who are able to carry out traffic studies and listen to detailed requirements so that they can propose a range of solutions . |
| 4 | People who hold these posts are deemed able to carry out research without supervision . |
| 5 | As well as the hundreds of demonstrations by artists and craftspeople covering all art forms , this year The Artist has helped organise a very much larger Materials and Techniques section where you will be able to try out art materials , ask questions and buy products from many of the UK 's leading art materials ' manufacturers . |
| 6 | It is this stage of trials that can be quite lengthy as teachers need to be able to try out material at a suitable place in the curriculum . |
| 7 | Focusing upon problem emotions means that the counsellor has to be able to pass back information to the counsellee . |
| 8 | At that time I was more interested in making fireworks than in ghosts , and again through my father 's good offices , I was able to obtain both gunpowder , and materials for making Roman candle balls — dried more or less successfully at the back of the kitchen range . |
| 9 | Do n't expect to be able to pick up desktop publishing skills in an instant . |
| 10 | I might be able to pick up Radio 5 when conditions are good cos I can usually get Radio 2 and even RTE ( Irish station ) late in the evening . |
| 11 | the restaurant must be able to serve both water and soft drinks as well as alcohol ; and |
| 12 | With the defence ensuring a frustrating afternoon for the league 's leading scorer , Michelle Clark , the rest of the team were able to set up camp in the Wimbledon half . |
| 13 | Using the additional capacity on ISDN lines , they were able to set up video phones , involving a small camera on the top of the VDU while receiving pictures superimposed on the screen , to converse face-to-face with supervisors and other staff . |
| 14 | A clever employee would be able to set up business outside the restricted area and be able to serve former customers from there if ( a ) did not exist . |
| 15 | Because they 'll never be able to afford even equity share accommodation and it 'll be difficult to afford anything more than that . |
| 16 | Since fusion , courts have been able to administer both law and equity but the distinction between , on the one hand , the costs to be allowed to a successful mortgagee/litigant and , on the other hand , the costs that should be allowed to a mortgagee on the taking of an account in a redemption or foreclosure action remains a real one . |
| 17 | Those Sardinians who had any money at all were able to buy up land for practically nothing and get rich pasture for their sheep . |
| 18 | In close communities like mines , the workers have been able to express both grief and anger openly . |
| 19 | The activated lymphocytes are able to use up glucose extremely quickly . |
| 20 | Mitsubishi still clings to the option of being able to use only rear-wheel-drive on the road , claiming it 's quieter and less expensive on fuel and tyres . |
| 21 | Now she had become a pensioner she had been able to give up work as a midwife , and she spent much of her time on her allotment : |
| 22 | Users of private WANs have been able to send both voice and data over the same lines for years . |
| 23 | And as a bonus , IRAS should be able to send back information for at least nine months , instead of the seven expected at launch . |
| 24 | Right well thank you very much for your brevity and we will be able to send out team of experts out to deal with floods after lunch . |
| 25 | To do this , you need to be able to understand how status games work , and what devices are used . |
| 26 | Nonetheless , all teachers will need to be able to understand how language operates , if we are to avoid the widespread condemnation of ‘ improper ’ speech , beliefs that Indians speak ‘ Indian ’ ( Linguistic Minorities Project , 1985 : 322 ) , and misunderstandings of the structure of English ( Bloor , 1986 ) , etc . |
| 27 | This success in constitution-making did not bring success for the Virginia Company ; Sandys was able to keep up emigration , but death and discouragement meant the population hardly rose above 1,000 . |
| 28 | The low spending figure is , in part , a tribute to the way the NHS has been able to keep down health costs which have increased much faster in other countries , most notably those with insurance-based systems of finance ( see below ) . |
| 29 | At first the explosions were thought to have been caused by a gas leak , but gradually the police were able to piece together evidence linking the disaster to the Weathermen , one of whom had attached a wire to the wrong terminal . |
| 30 | Successful applicants will be able to build up entitlement to normal benefits such as concessionary mortgages . |