Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [conj] at " in BNC.
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1 | You might not be able to come but at least you can you may at least have had the opportunity , so erm that 's how they 're being decided . |
2 | But we could say that in any marriage it is important for both partners to be able to contain and at times to say ‘ enough is enough ’ . |
3 | It is good therefore to be able to record that at least one such effort scored a stunning success . |
4 | Except for the two years after Martin drowned I 've always been able to believe that at the heart of the universe there is love . ’ |
5 | Accordingly I ought to be able to say that at this stage his comments seem to me beside the point , or more exactly in excess of it . |
6 | Out of 10 who said their style was 9,9 at the beginning of the week , only one is likely to be able to say that at the end , affirms Penfold with relish . |
7 | They were able to show that at least one of the reasons for their failure was the immigration of insects from surrounding , untreated areas . |
8 | From our study we have been able to show that at least 5% ( 6/122 ) of patients will not have polyps at 30 years of age on sigmoidoscopy and , as only 36/ 123 in our series were shown to definitely have polyps under 30 years , the real figure may be somewhat higher . |