Example sentences of "enabled [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wealth and power of the Victorian cities and the civic pride expressed in their impressive town halls , first enabled them to pioneer public services ; later it permitted them to build up teams of technical staff and take on a range of tasks of increasing complexity and sensitivity . |
| 2 | A number of studies have brought out the bargaining strength of trade unions during the period of near full employment [ Brown , 1981 ] , which enabled them to reinforce long-established work practices which were an incubus on British industry in the form of overmanning . |
| 3 | They even took pride in developing new skills which enabled them to use difficult machines which inexperienced people could not use . |
| 4 | By bourgeoisification , Taylor is referring to the increasing emphasis within the game on comfort and entertainment manifested in such developments as the reconstruction of grounds as commercial stadia ( with covered stands , seats and floodlights ) , the payment of large transfer fees and the freedom of contract for players which enabled them to command large salaries . |
| 5 | Most papers did not mind , however , for the government restrictions kept their paper and printing costs low and enabled them to make good profits from the big demand for advertising space . |
| 6 | This enabled them to handle global constraints on the sentence . |
| 7 | With a career as an actress already established it was the success of Lynda La Plante 's 12 part series for Euston Films , WIDOWS , ( 1982 ) , which enabled her to concentrate full time on writing . |
| 8 | At that time Poole , like John , had to rely on stage presence more than technique , but he had a powerful personality and a quick intelligent appreciation of character which enabled him to give memorable performances in many of John 's early ballets . |
| 9 | His first post , teaching English in Galashiels , enabled him to begin geological work in the Southern Uplands and to discover fossils in rocks thought barren . |
| 10 | This enabled him to tell old jokes as if they were new and made him one of the ‘ all time great ’ story tellers . |
| 11 | Andrew Buccleuth certainly had his fair share of brokers and analysts doing exactly that , but he had a more relaxed view of the duties of a salesman — and especially of one who enabled him to win substantial bets on the golf courses of southern England . |
| 12 | His wide experience , combined with great technical and organizing abilities , enabled him to achieve improved efficiency in the railway workshops , which became all the more necessary when during the war tank , gun , and aircraft production and repair were added to their activities . |
| 13 | His success in being accepted at the highest levels of the League enabled him to provide graphic accounts of their meetings and organization . |
| 14 | However , the absence of any immediate military threat enabled him to reduce naval expenditure in this and the succeeding Budget , thus leaving a small amount of revenue available for social expenditure . |
| 15 | His wide grasp of the practicalities of sports administration and the problems inherent in the voluntary nature of sport and its governing bodies enabled him to bring sound judgement in policy formation within the CCPR . |
| 16 | As director of the British Museum ( Natural History ) from 1919 to 1927 , Harmer 's equanimity enabled him to have good relationships with the trustees and he steered the Museum smoothly through a difficult time with tact and judgement . |
| 17 | In 1783 his father 's will enabled him to establish full control of the business . |
| 18 | His skilful use of coloured wash , ink and wax crayon enabled him to combine topographical accuracy with a marvellously apt rendering of mood . |
| 19 | His work as a sales representative for Cornhill Life Insurance enabled him to obtain personal details on members of the police . |
| 20 | This understanding enabled him to make sound judgements in selecting the work of young children for display to teachers , revealing its natural qualities for them to recognise . |
| 21 | That enabled it to boost pre-tax profits to March 31 to £101.4m from £65.7m in the previous 12 months . |
| 22 | Chris Bird , exploration team leader of the Atlantic Frontier Programme said : ‘ The success of the survey has accelerated the whole ‘ 204 ’ exploration and appraisal programme and at the same time enabled us to obtain additional data on the area . ’ |