Example sentences of "[verb] [be] able [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , Rittner has been able to channel those modest resources into a taste of British sculpture , with four artists each contributing one important work of art . |
| 2 | It will become clear on June 5th whether the president has been able to exploit this split . |
| 3 | This problem does not seem to afflict the radical right in the same way ; since the early 1980s the Thatcher Government has been able to implement radical change without alienating its newspaper support . |
| 4 | The Technical and Vocational Educational Initiative , a nationally funded , vocationally oriented programme , has been able to incorporate some anti-sexist aspects as part of its normal aims and activities , even if the implementation of these aims is limited . |
| 5 | The longer the system has been able to do this and the longer people have been socialized into accepting the efficacy of the system , the stronger and more enduring the allegiance has been . |
| 6 | The historian , Minois , has delved systematically into the changing status of older people in history , and he has been able to link these changes to the dominant social ideas and circumstances of the time . |
| 7 | It seems that the dolphin has been able to eliminate frictional drag and turbulence when it swims , a feat never achieved by any human-made vessel . |
| 8 | In the course of two previous research trips to Tokyo , Dr Davies has been able to examine many official archives at the Shipping Bureau of the Ministry of Transport , at the Japan Maritime Development Association and at the Japan Maritime Research Institute . |
| 9 | No one has been able to answer that question . |
| 10 | By piecing together information from a range of sources , including fire reports , response to MPs ' questions and media reports , Greenpeace has been able to document 252 fires plus explosions and radioactive leaks . |
| 11 | It is hoped that this ‘ infrared slavery ’ will explain why quarks are always confined in colorless bound states , but so far no one has been able to demonstrate this really convincingly . |
| 12 | The company says it has been able to generate high levels of repeat income from long term contracts in the financial services area and is keen to collaborate with other suppliers to expand its service and product range . |
| 13 | ‘ It has meant that the Independent on Sunday has been able to devote more review space to children 's books , and as a consequence many other newspapers are paying greater attention to children 's books . ’ |
| 14 | Voting patterns are a complex business and my colleague , Keith Britto , who is an expert in these things , tells me that no research has been able to disentangle all the strands of voting motivation , a crucial point to remember in planning a campaign ! |
| 15 | Morrissey has been able to design all the record covers and , with the possible exception of ‘ This Charming Man New York ’ , the band have remained as decision makers in regard to single releases , a measure of control practically unheard of in larger companies . |
| 16 | A number of cases exist where companies have been forced to employ new materials and processes outside their normal ( up until then ) field of operation , resulting in a period of component or equipment failures until the company has been able to acquire that necessary working experience . |
| 17 | For this he needs a computer at his home with a large storage capacity , and the ESRC project has been able to provide this . |
| 18 | But she has been able to provide brief descriptions and detectives are now looking for three youths . |
| 19 | Unfortunately this has rebounded on local authorities since , operating under the principle of he who pays the piper calls the tune , Central Government has been able to impose severe restrictions on local authority spending , not only by curbing the total amount of the grant , but also by penalising local authorities who exceed targets imposed by the Central Government . |
| 20 | That he has been able to combine both ministries would be surprising were it not for the fact that he has worked as an active Socialist besides having a good track record in cultural affairs . |
| 21 | Already she has been able to list such exotic places as Mucky Lonnin , Swinsy and Never ‘ Eed Em Blacksmith . |
| 22 | Freed from the need to work quite so hard to survive , man has been able to change some of his long-term habits . |
| 23 | The Chancellor has been able to offer this help because he has found some extra money in the Exchequer 's coffers . |
| 24 | Satellite TV has been able to offer dedicated viewing which the existing channels can not : 24-hour news from Sky News , for example , two sports channels , and now comprehensive coverage of the House of Commons . |
| 25 | This is because government has never lost sight of the primacy of production , and has been able to avoid excessive borrowing to pay for it — in Cameroun because of the availability of oil , and in Kenya as a result of the low-key transfer of assets into African hands without any disruption in production . |
| 26 | British intelligence has been able to secure numerous local informers and agents through blackmail , bribery and straight payments . |
| 27 | By experimental manipulation of tail length in widdow birds of the African genus Euplectes , Andersson has been able to alter both the extent to which males are favoured by females and their mating success ( Andersson , 1982 ) . |
| 28 | Nobody has been able to substantiate that idea and Kitching ( 1977 ) cites instances in Spain and Scotland of enclaves with elongated shells feeding on mussels . |
| 29 | Wood has been able to bring several skills to his work — his Ordnance Survey abilities , learnt during his army service , and various mapping techniques — which must have proved invaluable . |
| 30 | Desmond Bonney has been able to show this for the Enford area of Wiltshire , where the territory of each small settlement can be tentatively defined , even though most of their boundaries never emerge as more than tithing arrangements , if that . |