Example sentences of "able [to-vb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the organizational advantages of being able to sample at a regular interval are so considerable that such anxieties are often set aside . |
| 2 | The labour force is becoming more like the military with the use of a limited age range and the screening out of anyone with any kind of disability who might not be able to work at a pace and with the flexibility and precision which will maintain the return on the very large capital investment . |
| 3 | this time we were able to stand at a distance from it all and weigh it up and write better songs . |
| 4 | Pearce lists these as two important qualities for a top manager together with being able to look at a problem and see the two or three key factors . |
| 5 | Although these findings were considered in the context of differential hemispheric activation , they might more parsimoniously be thought to reflect no more than the fact that people wish to be able to look at a blackboard in the middle of the room . |
| 6 | No-one will be able to look at a photograph , particularly a family album photo , in the same way again . |
| 7 | In exchange , homesteaders will pay a lower rent or be able to buy at a reduced price . |
| 8 | You need to have done 50 hard winter climbs , climbed some classic routes in the Alps — normally 3,000ft long , and be able to ski at a reasonable parallel level both on an off piste . |
| 9 | As a result of this the club has been able to run at a constant level of activity . |
| 10 | The implication is that the Frankish foot soldier was skilled in all round weaponry , able to fight at a distance and at close quarters . |
| 11 | If , for lack of a formula , British ministries ( and no doubt ministries elsewhere ) are unable to price the amenity value of landscapes threatened by development , how on earth would any government — or , more probably a conference of governments — be able to arrive at a system for pricing the air ? |
| 12 | It is clear from the above that higher headquarters placed great emphasis on L Detachment remaining essential fly as a parachute unit , and this was in keeping with Stirling 's doctrine that his men should be able to arrive at a target by whatever means were most suitable . |
| 13 | To recognise where a reform is urgently required and must be effected at any cost , or where it may be postponed , or where it may be counted on to effect itself without outside influence , and , perhaps most important of all , to be able to recognise the fact that certain reforms would be beneficial could they be effected but that it is not possible to effect them at all ; to be able to arrive at a right decision on such points as these is what is chiefly required of a Resident . |
| 14 | If the customer base is broadly the same as for existing products , then the credit manager should be able to arrive at a reasonable assessment of these factors . |
| 15 | Since daylight was flooding into the world , I was able to stay at a distance and keep him in sight . |
| 16 | You have got to enjoy yourself to be able to complete at a top level and I still love my running . |
| 17 | I would say that they ought to be able to spend at a level which is within the S S As that have been given both for the county and for the districts , and therefore we should be below the three hundred and seventy eight . |
| 18 | Erm I , I , there were provisions that where er more than ten percent of the population for any area was at the level you would be able to tax at a higher rate . |
| 19 | Apparently , in the year 2000 only five collieries would be able to produce at a cost of 130p per gigajoule . |
| 20 | MOTORISTS will soon be able to tell at a glance whether it is cheaper to buy their next car abroad . |
| 21 | Bishop 's Castle Railway employees were able to travel at a much reduced rate on all railways in the British Isles . |