Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way many fans were able to miss out the first graduation step and serve a short probation at the back of the terrace . |
| 2 | He received his certificate in July 1947 but the British coal industry had been nationalised in January of that year and his new bosses told him that in the changed circumstances they would not be able to carry out the undertaking he had been given . |
| 3 | Mrs Howard said : ‘ Unless we are given a lot more resources we will not be able to carry out the weekly monitoring required . |
| 4 | The long period of housing the stock meant that the farmer was able to carry out the necessary work in the mornings and evenings . |
| 5 | Volunteers should be able to carry out the minimal work involved , though some dioceses seem curiously reluctant to accept offers of help of this kind . |
| 6 | They do not have either the mental or physical equipment to be able to carry out the many complex activities involved in the AL of maintaining a safe environment . |
| 7 | She was able to carry out the simple reward programme which worked very well and then progressed to rewarding Luke for passing a motion in the lavatory . |
| 8 | You are probably aware that the Marauders hold the most physical area sales meetings in the UK , if not on Planet Earth : the reason for this is that they are then able to carry out the most professional and demanding surveys to get the sale . |
| 9 | Franco repeated the message of his 2 December letter when he said that he did not " see any advantage in change " and that if he were ever to delegate the leadership of the government , it would only be when he was no longer able to carry out the functions of that position as well as those of head of state . |
| 10 | Players with two yellow cards would be able to sit out the subsequent one-match suspension during an international friendly before the 24-nation tournament , Neuberger added . |
| 11 | Players with two yellow cards would be able to sit out the subsequent one-match sus pension during an international friendly before the 24-nation tournament , Neuberger added . |
| 12 | Ten years from now I 'm gon na be 52 , and I 'm not going to be able to go down the Hacienda without looking a complete prat . |
| 13 | He says for safety reasons visitors wo n't be able to go down the tunnels . |
| 14 | ‘ With the continually changing mortgage market , Daniel , having discussed each client 's requirements , is then able to search out the most advantageous mortgage , whether from Halifax Building Society or other major lenders . |
| 15 | They left Kabrit on 20 November and for the first stage of the journey were able to bowl down the coast road as far as Agedabia , by then firmly in British hands . |
| 16 | He slowed as he came to the first of the two rows , leaning across the dashboard in order to be able to see up the slope . |
| 17 | Even before the debate took place , The Times was able to sum up the situation accurately : |
| 18 | It was her left arm , however , so she was able to write out the application to my dictation , and I got someone else to type it . |
| 19 | Bach classified these bacteria into seven different groups , from each of which he prepared a vaccine , and he was able to work out the temperaments associated with each group . |
| 20 | Hence , one may be able to work out the broad effect of interdependencies once and for all when the strategy is set . |
| 21 | So I ought to be able to work out the difference between them . |
| 22 | A company like BP has paid money to the Welsh water authority in order to be able to discharge through the authority 's outfall , and it will not be until later this year that the public will be able to find out the results of any testing . |
| 23 | It is probably too delicate to ask the principal the final question : How much of your time will you give to instructing me ? — but you may be able to find out the probabilities from any other articled clerks in the firm . |
| 24 | What is more , we are told unequivocally that only those who are fortunate enough to live for another 30 years will be able to find out the purchase price of those companies . |
| 25 | The initial inducement may not be taken by customers to imply the normal credit terms , or if it is , the firm 's credit managers may eventually be able to rein back the actual credit period taken to the planned one month . |
| 26 | Thanks to what Breeze had earned , they were able to rake up the fares — and now here they were , on their way to a remote Devonshire village with just enough money to keep them going for a fortnight or so . |
| 27 | ‘ We want him to be returning to a club which is guaranteed European football next season and , who knows , should we win the semi-final he might be able to lead out the team for the final . ’ |
| 28 | The ‘ Pater Nostra ’ organisation , which will care for physically and mentally handicapped people in Atea , expect to find that by owning their own tractor they will not only go a long way to becoming self-sufficient but will be able to hire out the tractor locally to enhance their income . |
| 29 | Nor have official bodies been able to ward off the most sinister threat . |
| 30 | But worse still , if the pilot is able to pick up the dropped wing after the initial swing , because of the acceleration the controls suddenly become effective , and this often results in the other wing touching just as the aircraft becomes airborne . |