Example sentences of "able [verb] [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The seventh son of a seventh son has traditionally been able to heal conditions such as eczema and asthma . |
| 2 | ‘ … where she will be able to see Harry all the time , " she corrected herself . |
| 3 | She and her husband are members of the National Trust and when visiting stately homes they often come across portraits of those she refers to as ‘ my people ’ ; she has been able to obtain copies some of them . |
| 4 | Being semi-aquatic , they are able to catch waterfowl such as mallards and moorhens on the surface . |
| 5 | Oxfam says it 's unlikely they 'll even be able to sell toys that originally had a CE mark . |
| 6 | On the other hand he will be able to answer questions such as ‘ is the door behind you to the left or to the right ? ’ because he has used that door and needs to use it again . |
| 7 | However , the methods that I and other people were using in 1974 were not able to answer questions such as whether singularities would occur in quantum gravity . |
| 8 | We want to be able to answer questions such as , ‘ What makes a good tool for exploratory learning ? ’ and ‘ How can a tool help children too manipulate it easily ? ’ |
| 9 | And will you be able to resist desserts such as Black Velvet Pie — a smooth chocolate mousse flavoured with rum and dotted with chocolate chips set on a chocolate biscuit base , topped with creamy mousse and flakes of chocolate ? |
| 10 | Mr Howard also wants cafes to be able to serve alcohol another move aimed at families . |
| 11 | Now expected late next month , the pen-driven handheld computer is said to be able to organise data such as an appointments diary and can communicate with other machines by dialling phone numbers and sending facsimile messages . |
| 12 | With clearer understanding they will be able to use concepts such as change and continuity , cause and consequence and similarity and difference . |
| 13 | The members may be without education , or able to use handbooks such as those of Abesamis in the Philippines ( 1988 ) or of Tamez in Costa Rica ( 1982 ) . |
| 14 | she says we 're just not gon na be able to use drawers that 's all she said I 'm not going for another bed |
| 15 | To be able to give parents all our attention while we are with them , and to shed other responsibilities during that period , may be more help than longer visits undertaken in a hurried and half-attentive way . |
| 16 | Without actually giving her the details — and still keeping back the crucial fact of Christine 's death , which would have changed the tone of their conversations completely — Lucy had been able to give Josie some idea of her home situation and of the problems that she 'd caused with actions that she 'd felt to be right . |
| 17 | Children are able to study subjects such as habitats and homes , reptiles , animal husbandry , animal behaviour , camouflage and many other animal orientated subjects . |
| 18 | It is based on the modular system and it is hoped our two experts , Messrs. V. Hull and C. Largefeuille will commence training and then , examining any of our Accredited Tutors who are interested in this subject , they will then in turn be able to teach embalmers these specialised skills . |
| 19 | In some circumstances , a commercial party may be able to invoke doctrines such as economic duress , that an oppressive term was introduced into a contract without adequate notification , or that another owes it a fiduciary duty . |
| 20 | On the other hand there was some investment in being able to assess performance such that it was possible to reward people for ‘ good ’ performance , and the group were not entirely able to sort this one out in that it was representing to them a dependent desire to be judged and be judged as good , and yet a refusal to accept the terms upon which judgement was being made in that they felt depersonalized by it ’ |
| 21 | You should be able to influence others this afternoon with your ideas . |
| 22 | South Korean electronics companies have revised upwards their export targets for this year , encouraged by a surge in their shipments during the first quarter of this year : Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it had raised its export target to $6,200m from its original target of $5,800m , and from $4,700m last year ; Goldstar Co Ltd said it would be able to export $3,400m this year , up from its previous target of $3,200m and the $2,570m last year ; Daewoo Electronics Co Ltd says it sees a smaller increase . |
| 23 | Not being able to face England any more . |
| 24 | The teacher will be able to place inputs such as pupil and instructional data into the school 's computer via a remote input-output console in each classroom . |
| 25 | Then we 'll be able to get people that way . |
| 26 | In Brazil , for example , the Anopheles darlingi is able to exploit conditions such as pools of water created by the construction of settlements and road construction , opencast mining and eroded land , to breed in far greater numbers than normal , resulting in a population explosion . |
| 27 | Little Billy wondered whether this was a secret meeting place of all the swans of the world , and he wished he had been able to ask Swan this question as well . |
| 28 | They will be able to access resources such as printers and databases over NetWare and NetWare for Sparc servers . |
| 29 | Liquid crystals — these are able to store ingredients such as vitamin E and release them slowly into the skin for prolonged benefits . |
| 30 | They had known each other for so many years , since they had trained at the Royal Victoria , Belfast , that there were no secrets or illusions between them and she was able to tell Mick all her problems . |