Example sentences of "able [to-vb] the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people are able to acquire the means of production and others are therefore obliged to work for them . |
| 2 | I will never be able to thank the people who took us to Lourdes enough . |
| 3 | Fortunately our filter is a demonstration model with a transparent casing , so we were able to see the fish and ( eventually ) rescue it . |
| 4 | Now with the new proposals , unless the government actually increase our grant and we can increase the number of customers we have , we would n't be able to see the people who really needed to see us very often . |
| 5 | He says that he hopes they 've been able to reasure the people living nearby , and that the travellers will now quietly leave . |
| 6 | The newly risen semi-literacy in England means that it is likely that those who read the book after seeing the film will not be able to find the works of Donne and other classic authors alluded to in the book in their local libraries . |
| 7 | The police have not yet been able to find the people responsible for the raids on Professor Kohr 's house . |
| 8 | He was sent in a cattle truck through the Brenner Pass to Austria where food was so short that he exchanged a piano accordion ( the Fawcetts , it seems , were always able to find the means to make music ) for two loaves of bread baked from chestnuts . |
| 9 | We were in the happy position of being able to pass the buck . |
| 10 | C. The system of hill sheep farming depends on the farmers being able to feed the sheep with some fodder crops , particularly in the winter and in the lambing season of spring . |
| 11 | Henry continued , ‘ The riots here followed those in neighbouring counties , of which our people had heard rumours , as if those rioters had been able to overpower the gentry and as if large masses of men were moving on from London , to aid them in forcing their masters to give higher wages . |
| 12 | There was no fire , and the pilot and passenger were able to evacuate the aircraft unaided and unhurt . |
| 13 | So , whichever way we bob and weave , I 'll be able to re-jig the data or reporting structures to come up with a new geographical analysis or responsibility centre , whatever way we want to report . ’ |
| 14 | Make the process as brief as possible , but not so brief as not to be able to fulfil the sales objective of obtaining an order , or of opening the way for further negotiations . |
| 15 | Even with the property market at its height — I do not need to remind the House that it is not at the height at the moment — British Rail would not be able to cover the £1.4 billion capital cost out of its profit from property development or out of revenue from running the trains . |
| 16 | Revolutionary slogans and models were no longer able to inspire the people , as illustrated by the short-lived attempt in March 1989 to revive the Lei Feng cult [ see below ] . |
| 17 | ‘ We will be able to use the £8m to develop new industrial sites and new factories , to help finance environmental improvements , and for business and community support schemes . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We were able to give the staff a fixed date well in advance of the work starting on the link , ’ says Dave Lomas . |
| 19 | Eventually the Jesuits were able to persuade the townspeople to rebuild the Gothic tower in Baroque style , but the Jesuits were forbidden to decorate it with Jesuit saints and they were forbidden to enter the tower from the church . |
| 20 | In calm conditions Wood was able to trim the aircraft to fly feet-off for hours on end , with just a touch of rudder now and then to correct their course . |
| 21 | The Parish Council may be able to keep the pair on … at a reduced rate … |
| 22 | By constantly loose feeding loose maggots he was able to keep the fish active in his swim , enabling him to pick them off steadily until he had about 10 lb. 6 oz . |
| 23 | The specialist managerial expertise involved in running complex public utilities ensures that public enterprises are able to control the data upon which assessments are made . |
| 24 | And so you through this symposium today , particularly those of you who come from South Cambridgeshire , have an opportunity to learn , and we trust that through your learning you 'll be able to educate the media that we really do exist in South Cambridgeshire . |
| 25 | Our Development Steering Group met in April and because we were by then well into our financial year it was decided that with an all out effort on everyone 's part we should be able to raise the £8000 for 1988 . |
| 26 | An essential part of the research process is to be able to locate the data required as quickly and easily as possible . |
| 27 | They 're all under twelve weeks old , so they will only be able to have the measles and Parvo injection . |
| 28 | ‘ We have not yet been able to review the data ’ , he says . |
| 29 | However , the Baltimore was a good aircraft and it needed a direct hit to knock one down and so , despite our damage , I was able to get the aircraft back to base . ’ |
| 30 | Are we gon na be able to get the people into the right place ? |