Example sentences of "[conj] able [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In almost every year since 1945 the government has spent more than it has been willing or able to raise via taxation . |
| 2 | Many people emerge from therapy far better adjusted and able to cope with life than others who have not been compelled by illness to work through loss and learn to know themselves . |
| 3 | They understand that reform is needed , but they wish to ensure that overproduction is halted and that EC farmers are ready and able to compete in world markets when the Uruguay GATT round is finally resolved . |
| 4 | Controlled processes are generally assumed to be voluntary , flexible and capacity limited while automatic ones are highly efficient , unavoidable , resistant to modification , not subject to capacity limitations and able to occur without awareness ( LaBerge , 1981 ) . |
| 5 | Resources which are willing and able to work in order to raise the rate of output and to boost living standards are failing to be employed . |