Example sentences of "able to pick [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But worse still , if the pilot is able to pick up the dropped wing after the initial swing , because of the acceleration the controls suddenly become effective , and this often results in the other wing touching just as the aircraft becomes airborne . |
| 2 | It was good fortune for BR to be able to pick up the 1938 survivors — only retained into the 1980s to bail out the Northern Line from a vast increase in traffic . |
| 3 | From these results , it would appear that the younger children were not able to pick up the linguistic cues to the deductive/empirical distinction contained in the experimenter 's questions . |
| 4 | Both his sisters kissed him — another first — and Kitty had to have her hand prised out of his before Charlie was able to pick up the brown paper parcel that contained all his worldly goods . |
| 5 | The survey was not able to pick out a definite link between the type of heating and the degree of damp in a home . |
| 6 | But if you are n't prepared to wade through acres of news and advertising print , your financial adviser should be able to pick out a few plans that suit your needs . |