Example sentences of "able [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a small percentage of black children were able to remain at school beyond primary level . |
| 2 | Indeed they were given a meal , more substantial than any they had been able to enjoy at Berwick for a while , before they set off again . |
| 3 | Before the water reached his knees he knew without a shadow of doubt that he would never be able to stand at waist depth . |
| 4 | Neither Stuart McCall nor Richard Gough , who withdrew from Scotland 's squad for the game with Malta , have been able to train at Ibrox and must be considered unlikely to play at Tannadice . |
| 5 | But on these rare occasions the frontier posts protecting Blanche 's personality had been unmanned , and Dexter had been able to wander at will through her past and her present . |
| 6 | Mr Pope drew from memory a remarkably accurate sketch of the hexagonal table with headsets , an example of which I was able to inspect at Telecom Technology Showcase , as British Telecom calls its new museum . |
| 7 | It is here that we shall find the explanation for the lively inconsistency of his thinking , masked though it was by the illusion of sweet reason he seemed able to create at will . |
| 8 | What he did not repeat was a signal from Gen Keightley in Austria , sent on 10 May [ KP 59 ] , in which Keightley had specifically requested permission " to be able to shoot at Yugoslavs who categorically disobey orders from British commanders . " |
| 9 | While carefully weighing a variety of possible portfolio strategies , investors should be able to aim at investment performance that exceeds the TOPIX . |
| 10 | And that caught the interest of everyone straight away er , budgeting , how to be able to look at banking etcetera , and I said well and I want you to do that first so I do n't mind mainly because I was gon na work wi with Anne about the , with the environments , and then it 's science , could n't cover with the with the environment that she would like me in tutorial to do and er she has n't , well it 's not her now , unfortunately , I think it 's Sue that is supposed to be working with me cos I want to do something on recycling of rubbish etcetera within the school and do a big sort of er project on it . |
| 11 | He would have been able to look at Bracton and the medieval law as well as at Lord Castlehaven 's case . |
| 12 | Sharpe agreed : ‘ I was able to look at games , then relate situations to mistakes I was making . |
| 13 | It was a relief to be able to look at objects in depth again after the hypnotic closeness of the walls and the limited view from my room . |
| 14 | As earn outs are based on future performance and are only payable in the future , they enable the purchaser to agree to a price it may not be able to afford at completion and which it will not be obliged to pay unless profits are generated . |
| 15 | If you are working , then you may only be able to help at weekends . |
| 16 | She was apparently able to win at will , despite a strong challenge from Raul Gardini 's Passage of Venice . |
| 17 | It was significant that the man Cooke feared Back would not be able to handle at Twickenham next month , French flanker Laurent Cabannes , was another of his victims in front of a capacity 16,000 crowd . |
| 18 | R.A.F. golfers were able to play at Henley on generous terms and at some unknown date an annual match between the Club and Medmenham was started , with the Club and the R.A.F. arranging hospitality alternately . |
| 19 | Remember the one thing about a game show , I do make a lot of them , is you have to be able to play at home . |
| 20 | Remember the one thing about a game show , I do make a lot of them , is you have to be able to play at home . |
| 21 | Even at the time of his admission and immediately prior to surgery when he has been given a great deal of information , his overriding concern is how he will cope with a stoma and whether he will be able to manage at home . |
| 22 | She was not able to sleep at night , finding herself pushed about in bed . |
| 23 | She 's not been taking them , she 's been able to sleep at night but she 's sleeping all day and all . |
| 24 | Southbound traffic on the A5 will be able to leave at Staples Corner in the normal way , but northbound traffic will be diverted , before Staples Corner , along Dollis Hill Lane . |
| 25 | Well I du n no whether I 'll be able to use at work you see , I 'll have to ask the the governor . |
| 26 | Thus , without prior agreement , they may not disclose confidential information to their backers as this could damage the business of the company and affect the price which the vendors may be able to obtain for their shares ; they may not be able to vote at board meetings on major issues affecting the company if those issues might adversely affect a possible management buy-out ; and they can not involve any of their colleagues in the buy-out or persuade staff to become involved . |
| 27 | What basically emerges from the planning point of view is the number of objectives that need to be considered in terms of pupil performance — not only what he will be able to do at completion ( on which educational technologists have understandably concentrated ) but also what he will have to be able to do in the process . |
| 28 | It helps to have a high IQ , though I suspect a talent for mimicry is more useful ; being able to adopt at will the tones and attitudes of the educated middle classes . |
| 29 | This beautiful Old English Sheepdog had n't been able to compete at Crufts this year because his co-owner had been judging . |
| 30 | Some conscripts were able to live at home for at least part of their service , reporting for duty at 5.30 a.m. and returning in the late afternoon — but usually only those who lived near a training depot had permission to commute to it . |