Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] able [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One would predict that where a particular sibling is not willing or able to give support they are unlikely to receive it , except perhaps if they have given assistance in the past . |
| 2 | The electoral register was used as a sampling frame of addresses ( institutional inmates were excluded for practical reasons — so few of them are willing or able to answer survey questions ) . |
| 3 | We still have a small hard core of football supporters that are willing and able to create trouble if they 're given the chance . |
| 4 | The imminent loss of perhaps a third of the cream of Russian science , he says , demonstrates the importance of taking rapid action , by whatever means available , to help those still willing and able to do science . |
| 5 | Other lizards , like the Tokay Gecko from tropical Asia , are nocturnal , largely insectivorous and able to walk upside down , even on glass , by means of feet with special pads on the toe tips . |
| 6 | Many are fast-moving and able to avoid trawl nets , but less adept at avoiding penguins and seals ; most of the smaller species are better known from the stomach contents of predators than as independent catches . |
| 7 | Here , coping with greater uncertainty requires a form of organization that is both adaptive and able to control opportunism in small groups . |
| 8 | The wild goats , highly fertile and able to drink sea water if necessary , are probably the biggest single danger . |
| 9 | In his address to the party conference at Brighton , Mr Kinnock said Labour was now ready , eager and able to take power from the Conservatives at the next election , and his confidence won him one of the most prolonged and enthusiastic ovations received by a Labour leader for many years . |
| 10 | I am sure that everyone in this room satisfies the Rabbinic condition for discussing the chariot of Ezechiel ( ma'ase merkava ) — namely to be wise and able to deduce knowledge through wisdom of his own — but I do not propose to indulge in this subject . |