Example sentences of "able [to-vb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The system should be able to cope at all times with the workload resulting from continuous operation of seven dedicated user terminals , and occasional use of two user terminals for simple enquiries and for examining portions of text . |
| 2 | At each stage of Tranmere 's rise up the Football League these past years you have asked the question : ‘ Will Steve Mungall be able to cope at this level ? ’ |
| 3 | The first company to build a computer able to perform at 100 million Flops per second ( 100 megaFlops ) , was Cray Research in 1975 . |
| 4 | The need for arousal thought well should I be absolutely calm when I 'm giving a presentation but I never am so is it right and now understanding that you need a certain level of arousal to be able to perform at all is is satisfying for me because at least I understand the situation now and able to work with it rather than against it . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've got a lady at the moment who was able to paint at one time , quite successfully . |
| 6 | Mr Fallon said many disabled people wrote to him concerned that they would not be able to shop at convenient times . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd settle for a few years with four legs like a cheetah and be able to go at forty miles an hour , ’ Otley declared . |
| 8 | I see , so so a way of seeing stars that you otherwise would not be able to see at all . |
| 9 | They were able to see at first hand the handling procedures and planning involved in stowing their goods safely for transport to Europe , as well as being able to sample some of the other delights that Germany is renowned for ; schnapps and Pils . |
| 10 | And as they walked around the 230 acre farm , all of it in the extended Less Favoured Areas , they were able to see at first hand why Hume Stewart-Moore and his son Michael were so successful . |
| 11 | In November he was able to lecture at Central Hall , Westminster , on " The Three Voices of Poetry " — in the recording of that address , his clipped and precise speech , almost professorial in character , can be heard — but it was to be his last major engagement for many months . |
| 12 | To say this is to adopt a quasi-evolutionary view , close to Minsky 's , not in terms of debugging and repair , but in terms of attention and processing load : to be able to concentrate on everything is not to be able to concentrate at all . |
| 13 | and I would n't be able to concentrate at all . |
| 14 | Harry had Mossop drop him off at Brockenhurst station , where he commenced the journey back to Swindon , happy to find himself alone among anonymous travellers , able to concentrate at last on all the implications of what he had learned . |
| 15 | Choose three or four and pick the ones that most need correcting , that is , the words the pupil ought to be able to spell at this stage ( see What goes wrong ? , page 6 ) . |
| 16 | He was assessed as only able to work at 50 per cent of the rate for the job and only half his wages were paid under the scheme . |
| 17 | No there will be Wednesdays now that I wo n't be able to come at all . |
| 18 | Instead , holdings and dealings would be recorded electronically in an account , corresponding to a bank account , with one of a number of ‘ account operators , ’ linked to TAURUS , from whom shareholders would be able to obtain at any time documentary evidence of the state of their accounts . |
| 19 | Whilst in the design studio they were able to observe at first hand the adaption , of a Chinese Motif which was being prepared by Roger McDowell , Contract Designer , for another Swedish customer . |
| 20 | By allowing Tepilit to engage in the formalities of gift exchange , she may have been able to observe at close quarters how it worked , but she was also entering into the drama . |
| 21 | Rohmer snatched his hand quickly away from Gilbert 's mouth , staggering back to his feet and watching in awe as Gilbert was able to scream at last : a naked shriek of terror . |
| 22 | The lectures which he delivered in America on this visit are not of crucial critical significance and , like other addresses of the same period , they are chiefly remarkable for the fact that he felt able to talk at some length about himself and his work — as if he realized that audiences came to see him , rather than hear anything he might care to say . |
| 23 | Most sets of values would give rise to universes that , although they might be very beautiful , would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty . |
| 24 | Although neither very efficient nor popular with the other staff , Cabon made herself useful and soon had the run of the office and was able to look at all the files , amongst which she found one relating to the proposed voyage of the Rainbow Warrior into the nuclear test area . |
| 25 | The centres will be able to look at all aspects of energy use in a society , and perhaps help convince people with very different interests . |
| 26 | You are able to look at all the Ford 1992 series of cars currently available in America . |
| 27 | Once that happens council officers would then be able to look at specific ways of reducing the risk of accidents in Darlington and help make the borough a safer place . |
| 28 | A distant part of her mind wondered if she 'd ever be able to look at this man and not want him , but in truth she already knew the answer . |
| 29 | They would , in fact , be local people , able to look at local problems with local knowledge , and deciding on that basis , individual treatment in the best interests of the child . |
| 30 | It receives representations each year from some 500 prisoners claiming miscarriages of justice but is able to look at 50 cases in depth . |