Example sentences of "[verb] able [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right hemisphere seemed able to grasp the shape of a three-dimensional form as a unified whole whereas the left hemisphere concentrated in turn on each of the edges and corners of the forms . |
| 2 | The pianist was Roger Bluff , who seemed able to draw a singing tone from the Festival piano that I have not heard matched for some time . |
| 3 | Therefore we have not felt able to include a recommendation that financial support be given for a Kirknewton to Balerno service . |
| 4 | No doubt he exaggerated ( such was his wont where his conscience was concerned ) ; yet the only news she had received from Em herself had not been happy ; and now — to learn that she had suffered a miscarriage in that desert place at such a time of year , and that she had not felt able to share the grief of it with her own affectionate sister … |
| 5 | So Famlio and other criminals have never felt able to plunder the place directly . |
| 6 | After the minor unpleasantness with the redhead , he 'd felt able to shake the place down without much fear of interruption . |
| 7 | As a junior nurse you may not feel able to assist the patient to rest or sleep — especially if you are not feeling fully at ease yourself ! |
| 8 | I do not feel able to postpone an order for possession for more than a very short time indeed . |
| 9 | All I would wish to say to you now sir is I hope you will feel able to make a recommendation on the direct question , should the policy include specific guidance . |
| 10 | I think you will be surprised at how much more quickly you can read while still remaining able to understand the text . |
| 11 | Yet it appears increasingly anachronistic in an age of multi-crew turbine commuters , none of which seem able to serve an island like Alderney without requiring a total rebuild of the taxiways and runway there . |
| 12 | Whether because British engineers lack business vision , or because prejudices in the City of London , only financial entrepreneurs seem able to raise the backing to run companies like Norton . |
| 13 | Most seem able to enter a harem by harassment and then acquire the group 's daughters . |
| 14 | On Saturday September 5 and Sunday September 6 , Green Arrow will be steaming in the Museum yard and visitors will able to view the locomotive at close quarters and have footplate access to the locomotive . |
| 15 | She became able to share the strain with social services . |
| 16 | It has retained the strong legs and good feet of a draught animal , so that it can travel long distances over rough terrain on the range , and it has proved able to withstand the stress of drought better than other Bos taurus breeds . |
| 17 | If you have a forceful team member who seems able to keep the group on track , then encourage this person to develop this role . |
| 18 | Would my right hon. Friend feel able to lead a crusade with other European countries to put pressure on the Governments of central and south America so that every child there has a home , food , clothing and education and is not allowed to fall prey to the worst excesses of human nature ? |
| 19 | An opposition between active and contemplative life is fostered by the fact that not all people feel able to pursue the discipline of contemplative life — some are notably more suited to the necessary functions of active life . |
| 20 | Feeling battered in mind and body by the time Laura announced that she felt able to take a break — and how about an early lunch ? — Anita could do no more than give her a dumb nod of agreement . |
| 21 | The good prospect ’ he added , ‘ could arise if , as individuals , we felt able to resist the temptation to produce when that production does no more than fill up warehouses and to resist the temptation to chase prices down with what I can only assume is the objective of preserving a small bit of market share ’ . |
| 22 | Her conviction that the Virgin was calling her was so strong that she felt able to defy the priest . |
| 23 | Now that her sons were off her hands , and Olivia , at twelve , the only one of the children whose education was not completed , Dinah felt able to dismiss the tutor and his wife , with a warmly written reference for long and faithful service . |
| 24 | The driver claimed Balfour 's felt able to complete the contract because they were satisfied no one else had seen or copied the blueprint . |
| 25 | Neither Spooner nor Nation felt able to handle the writing task singly , so they chose to split the work half and half , with Spooner acting as unofficial Script Editor for the production . |
| 26 | It was not until the war brought about radical changes in the strength and the economic position of the trade unions that the majority of the Labour movement felt able to accept a scheme of family allowances without fearing a serious loss of bargaining power . |
| 27 | He drove home and this time he felt able to phone the travel agent friend of Adam 's without fear of a rebuff . |
| 28 | This is the main reason why I have not until recently felt able to face the task of transcribing them and editing them in the way they . |
| 29 | Conversely , the more the government feels able to tolerate the income distribution thrown up in a free market economy , the more the government can resist distortionary taxation and allow competitive free markets to allocate resources as efficiently as possible . |
| 30 | It appears that no council feels able to give an undertaking in damages in cases of this kind , because of the possible serious impact upon their limited financial resources . |