Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No they wo n't let you go , you 'll be able to go next year with your school . |
| 2 | Marching in fierce summer heat and unrelentingly harassed by Muslim mounted archers , the army was forced to halt at Hattin , in a waterless region , in the hope of being able to continue next day . |
| 3 | He came back full of the experience and made us all quite envious , but he was able to see first hand what went on at the business end of the oil industry and picked up some useful knowledge for future reference when dealing with the oil men . |
| 4 | If anything , TV should enhance the value of those unspoken moments so rendingly charted in this production , and it will preserve three near-definitive performances which too few people were able to see last year either at Stratford or the Young Vic : operate singer White 's sweet-faced Moor , shiningly simple acting about which many London critics were unduly patronising ; McKellen 's sweaty and furious Iago ; and Zoe Wanamaker 's unforgettable Emilia , a belated voice of conscience and wisdom in a household destroyed by passion . |
| 5 | Because some of the volunteers subsequently joined my slimming and exercise classes which I hold weekly at the Holiday Inn in Leicester , I was able to hear first hand the kind of encouraging comments which only served to confirm what I was seeing with my eyes as each week passed . |
| 6 | With a capital investment fund , and yet here you are trying to have to borrow to be able to manage next year . |
| 7 | Despite such raids , A.H.Q. Malta was still able to record next day that 261 Squadron had 34 Hurricanes on strength . |
| 8 | ‘ Munka was n't able to run last year because he was lame but there is no problem with him now . |
| 9 | Peter Roberts of Kuperard , who launched the charity scheme last year , says this is enough to purchase 350 mats ( against the 90 he was able to distribute last year ) , and he is planning to hand them out in the second week of January . |
| 10 | Britain was also able to unveil last night a breakthrough in cutting back on Euro red tape . |
| 11 | Morley Street was beaten 16 lengths and trainer Toby Balding said : ‘ The jockeys on the fancied horses were so busy watching each other that Adrian was able to get first run and nick it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ That way Britain will soon only be able to pay Third World wages , ’ he said . |