Example sentences of "able [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authors , respected journalists who covered the Tampa trial , have been able to weave a convincing and tight narrative out of hundreds of interviews , tape transcripts and other material . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sure , Lewis , that Mrs Downes will be able to arrange a private consultation with Mrs Lewis at some convenient point . |
| 3 | We should be able to arrange a temporary overdraft with a special low rate of interest on amounts up to £1,000 . |
| 4 | Local volunteer schemes may be able to arrange a regular visitor or you could contact an employment agency or advertise for a kindly ‘ sitter ’ . |
| 5 | If an accident does occur , you may be able to arrange a free initial interview under the ‘ ALAS ’ scheme [ Accident Legal Advice Service ] operated by many solicitors . |
| 6 | The House of Lords accepted evidence that the NSPCC relied on anonymous informants for much of its work in child protection and held that the public interest in informants coming forward with information outweighed the parents ' interest in being able to sue a malicious busybody . |
| 7 | You may be able to sue a negligent surveyor or go to arbitration , but you are likely to be the loser , though your interests are now ( since April 1989 ) better protected in law . |
| 8 | To be able to perform a full schedule of aerobatics in a range of winds from 8 to 40 km/h ( 5–25mph ) , some bridle adjustment is essential for ‘ tuning ’ . |
| 9 | Now and then , he was able to perform a special service for one of his clients and there was a little secrecy involved . |
| 10 | Moreover , to be able to perform a reliable statistical analysis the sample size must be considerably larger . |
| 11 | The most telling point against Janette Richardson 's methodical interpretation may well be that no commercial benefits to the merchant can be imputed to his generosity and hospitality towards the monk ; the monk is invited to his house simply " " to pleye … in alle wise " " , " to have fun in every way " ( 59 – 61 ) , and is able to borrow a hundred francs from the merchant even at a time when cash in hand would be particularly useful to him in his business ( 255 – 92 ) : this , significantly , is the immediate context of the merchant 's reflection : Derek Pearsall nicely describes the poignant ambivalence of a single action that is motivated simultaneously by instinctive self-interest and by the " " inner springs " " of human virtue in the Shipman 's merchant 's desire both to be and to be recognized as generous . |
| 12 | It is much easier to talk about something or explain if you have it in front of you and even though the listener can not actually see it you will be able to paint a mental picture for him . |
| 13 | Only by painstaking research are we able to paint an accurate picture of what is really happening . |
| 14 | I mentioned this to no one for two practical reasons : one was that I loathed swimming , and if I pretended that I was still menstruating , signing the little red book every four weeks , I should be able to evade an unpleasant experience for at least one week out of four ; the other was that I feared further reprisals might be taken against me . |
| 15 | By this stage the airlines had been able to restore a basic service by recruiting new pilots , persuading pilots out of retirement and persuading some to return to work on individual contracts . |
| 16 | Len thinks you might be able to sink an awful lot from the Sunderland Shipowners ' Cup , which is one of the Wearside League 's . |
| 17 | What a guide IF YOU are thinking of a driving holiday in France this year it is well worth being able to parle a little motoring Francaise and the AA , along the National Tyre and Autocare have come up with ways of helping to make yourself understood . |
| 18 | She pushed the Valium aside , observing that she did prefer not to take drugs , a reaction so typical of her age and class that McLeish decided he might after all be able to conduct a useful interview . |
| 19 | Being a ‘ great power ’ meant being able to conduct a big war . |
| 20 | He would n't even know who Charles and Di were , for Heaven 's sake , to say nothing of being able to conduct an intelligible conversation on the state of the Monarchy . |
| 21 | TO be able to conduct an uninterrupted interview with Glasgow 's largest TOM Controller , you have to be down in George Square bright and early . |
| 22 | Since the earliest days of stepping motor development a large number of designs have appeared , but it was soon realised that if the motor is to produce a significant torque from a reasonable volume then both the stationary and rotating components must have large numbers of iron teeth , which must be able to carry a substantial magnetic flux . |
| 23 | You should be able to carry an unreefed main up to 30 knots of true wind , but it will have to be trimmed quite flat . |
| 24 | Council was able to report a small ‘ trading profit ’ this year to Court in December . |
| 25 | The local authority may be aware of the problem on that estate and be able to report a dozen other families who are suffering similarly . |
| 26 | Looking around her , she would see that while her brothers might follow their father 's trade or profession , whatever that was , or perhaps look for an apprenticeship in a traditional craft , or take advantage of the new opportunities in , say , transport — in short choose , within limits , a career that appealed to them — she was not likely to be able to indulge a personal preference . |
| 27 | Here he was able to indulge a growing passion for literature , but not poetry , he recollects . |
| 28 | At Salisbury , in the 1220s , the Bishop of Sarum was able to plan a complete new city on his own meadows by the Avon ( Fig. 9 ) . |
| 29 | Though no political movement could safely rely on one source of financial support , Joyce was able to issue a steering-wheel badge to members with the motto ‘ Steer Straight ’ as the emblem of the Nazi creed in England . |
| 30 | No matter how well experience goes , it is only able to confirm a non-observation sentence in the light of the theory that surrounds it ; alter the theory , and the non-observation sentence might not be confirmed by experience at all . |