Example sentences of "able [to-vb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is either of these two properties able to provide us with a slightly weaker but still attractive form of classical foundationalism ? |
| 2 | It appears that the next stage is to look for suitable sites and I am told that you will be able to provide us with a large scale map of the area for this purpose . |
| 3 | It is important that constituents should be able to consult us about confidential matters , but surely we should not go so far as to give comfort to murderers and bombers , as has been suggested . |
| 4 | We would welcome contact from practitioners , advocates , academics and others who may be able to help us with their advice , ideas , articles and experience ; in particular correspondence from local authorities ' children 's rights officers . |
| 5 | You 'll be able to help us with the gardening , ’ said Dickon kindly . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's one of several people who may be able to help us with our enquiries . ’ |
| 7 | I think perhaps , here though , it might be something , we have had a paper earlier about the J C C 's meetings , and it might be something that unions might be able to help us with . |
| 8 | I hope that my hon. Friend the Minister will be able to help us on that point tonight . |
| 9 | Think of it being said by a policeman who adds , ‘ We think you may be able to help us in our enquiries . ’ |
| 10 | But Jesus , who was himself reviled , and ‘ led as a lamb to the slaughter ’ , is able to strengthen us in our weakness of personality . |
| 11 | No one was able to give us at that time the valuable advice which I only picked up years later , namely that the great danger in cholera was dehydration , necessitating that the sufferer be given frequent drinks of cold water previously boiled . |
| 12 | You may be able to keep us to the straight and narrow . |
| 13 | He said I am sure I am sure that neither death nor life nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord . |
| 14 | ‘ Neither death nor life nor angels , nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come , nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If there is a god who is able to save us from the blazing furnace , it is our God whom we serve , and he will save us from your power , O king ; but if not , be it known to your majesty that we will neither serve your god nor worship the golden image that you have set up . ’ |
| 16 | Whenever a stranger approaches , we can not allow him to enter our private area until we are sure he is safe and friendly , because , if he is not , he will easily be able to surprise us with a sudden attack . |
| 17 | Swimming is probably the best form of exercise you can get , and I doubt Sutton will be able to beat us for fitness . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Your sister 's been able to supply us with most of the details we need . ’ |
| 19 | And surely any dramatist ought to be able to move us with that final night of Holly 's life , when his musicians ( including Waylon Jennings ) gave their places on the ‘ plane to the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens . |
| 20 | To everyone — may I wish you all a very happy and prosperous New Year , and hope as many of you as possible will be able to join us at our annual conference , 3rd–6th June 1993 at the Peebles Hotel Hydro , Peebles , Scotland . |
| 21 | The seventeen pensioners who were able to join us for the annual get-together enjoyed themselves immensely and are already looking forward to next year 's trip ! |
| 22 | We do hope that you will be able to join us on one of these evenings . |
| 23 | I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman was not able to join us in Committee because I have enjoyed his contributions in previous Committees of which he has been a member . |
| 24 | We were also delighted that so many employees and their families were able to join us in the evening after the opening ceremony to look around the plant for the first time . |
| 25 | I hope that the Minister will be able to tell us at whose discretion all the information is passed on — mainly with a view to protecting the officer concerned , if any risk is posed to him , but also with a view to protecting the individual from being treated in a different way by that officer . |
| 26 | They 'll be able to tell us for certain later . |
| 27 | We hope that you will be able to tell us about the personal side . ’ |
| 28 | Thus perception , as he conceives it , is tied too closely to the human paradigm ; those normal contexts in which we require that someone be able to tell us about what they see . |
| 29 | I hope that the right hon. Gentleman will be able to tell us about that soon and that he will make a statement on that matter next week . |
| 30 | Are you able to tell us in open session what sort of weapons are envisaged ? |