Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The KH-11s may be able to transmit directly to the allies ' command centre in Saudi Arabia . |
| 2 | ‘ The documents show that the companies will be able to go straight to the director general of water services for extra price increases , ’ he told the conference . |
| 3 | Once they 're approved landlords or homeowners will be able to go straight to a county court for a possession order . |
| 4 | Cos he might be able to go straight to the ba , the |
| 5 | Despite her choice of song — and although discharged from hospital — Laura will not be able to go home to Eccles , Lancs , for a while . |
| 6 | If a Thursday coincided with a Saints Day , we were rewarded by being able to go across to Mrs. Robbins ' after the service and order a pennyworth of sweets apiece — the Hospital trustees picking up the bill . |
| 7 | Second , it ignores the other social reality , that many pupils come from homes in which there is no stable and married family life and so will not be able to relate easily to this concept . |
| 8 | It is wholly inappropriate to begin to teach adults to learn how to read by using children 's story books when in reality they will be able to relate more to being able to read those by-laws of the state which prevent them from voting . |
| 9 | Thanks to the wonderful invention of fax machines , which enable my office to send me the proofs and layouts to read and check , I was able to slip away to Forest Mere Health Hydro for six days . |
| 10 | ‘ At this rate , I may not be able to behave badly to her . ’ |
| 11 | Nor will she be able to look forward to that sense of completeness when her grieving is over which is experienced by the widow whose marriage was happy , and she will have some difficult emotional adjustments to make in order to come to terms with her situation , in which both love and life seem to have betrayed her . |
| 12 | We are able to look forward to pastures new this year thanks to our Sites Officer Tony Message who has been adding new farmland to our club 's existing search areas . |
| 13 | I should have liked to be able to look forward to seeing him , but he said he did n't know how the evening would turn out . ’ |
| 14 | I now wanted desperately to belong to the Christian church in general ( which to me , from my Free Church background , was what baptism implied ) while not able to belong specifically to the Anglican Church ( which was what confirmation implied ) so long as that church discriminated against women . |
| 15 | I urge the assembly to accept this amendment to depart from this statement , to commend to our churches the use of the apostle 's creed and to wait for a day of broad theological agreement which in the providence of God and by the work of the holy spirit will surely come and then agree upon a statement of faith which we shall all agree and be able to commend enthusiastically to the church but until then to depart from this one . |
| 16 | According to him , I was able to read aloud to him passages from the Stornoway Gazette when I was three years old . |
| 17 | Many more people are able to contribute creatively to the solution of organisational problems than do so . |
| 18 | Staff are able to contribute instead to the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme or contribute to a personal pension scheme . |
| 19 | The search for a third museum able to contribute financially to the project ended when the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna agreed to participate in 1989 . |
| 20 | I am glad to be able to contribute briefly to the debate on the Bill , although I can see that there will not be a meeting of the minds . |
| 21 | The question about tackling more tasks on the farm than at present was to ascertain if women : ( a ) wanted to do more , or ( b ) thought it was their responsibility to be able to contribute more to the farm . |
| 22 | Individuals have a wider range of duties , and are often able to contribute more to the achievements of the organisation , compared with the achievements of individuals in large organisations . |
| 23 | Those boards which took the establishment of a training programme seriously have been able to contribute constructively to school decision-making . |
| 24 | But so too have been the threats , for not all were able to respond adequately to the new standards set by the leaders . |
| 25 | It is a good idea to know at the outset whether the members of the critical mass will be willing and able to respond appropriately to the change ; then , if it is determined that certain members are unwilling or unable , that situation can be planned for and dealt with . |
| 26 | Comprehension means being able to understand what you hear and therefore being able to respond appropriately to stimuli you receive . |
| 27 | Sir Mark summed up the mood of SERC when he commented that ‘ despite a difficult climate , SERC had been able to respond imaginatively to the financial situation . ’ |
| 28 | The parent , too , may seek a " better " child , who is able to respond better to parental effort . |
| 29 | When the Consultative Report was issued in November , ( reproduced in ACCOUNTANCY , December 1992 , p 147 ) a tight deadline of 31 January 1993 was imposed on members in order that the Institute would be able to respond promptly to members ' current needs . |
| 30 | ‘ Fortunately we have been investing heavily in new plant and equipment , so we have been able to respond quickly to this rapid demand growth . ’ |