Example sentences of "able to do a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rigidity of approach is something to be avoided at all costs — there is no point in being able to do a ‘ party piece ’ one way and be unable to take in new direction on the same material . |
| 2 | Not that I was n't able to do a bit of Godmother , Fairy , problems-for-the-solving-of act this year . |
| 3 | But it may be the one part of Daimler that is able to do a deal with some of the Mitsubishi companies , which are eager for a way into trading , finance and other service businesses in Europe . |
| 4 | He was able to do a good impression of a struggling young writer , as he looked more late thirties than early forties . |
| 5 | Their brains function ; they are conscious and are able to do a variety of things ; but they have been struck down , for example , by polio . |
| 6 | It is where you are able to do a competent presentation but only by investing an enormous amount of conscious effort into every aspect . |
| 7 | Your local garage should be able to do a quick spot-check and tell you . |
| 8 | Her husband kindly returned them to me , and I was able to do a great deal of destruction for myself . |
| 9 | Hence , the leaden delivery of some Euro-platitudes , by a woman who really ought to be able to do a better job of reading other people 's speeches after 40 years of doing little else , carries more political import than anything else that has been said about Europe since the election . |
| 10 | The manufacturers , flooded with a backlog of orders far in excess of their capacity , also felt that they would be able to do a better job if designs could be standardised , and had pressed the Government for action in 1947 . |
| 11 | I thought if I was a little bit fitter , fresher and stronger I would be able to do a better job — which is what turned out in the end . ’ |
| 12 | Stiff Little Fingers was my life when I was younger and I jumped at the idea of being able to do a few gigs without spending months away from home and having to worry about recording a new album as soon as we finished . |
| 13 | Number three I can present information in graph form who 's been able to do a bar graph ? |
| 14 | Who 's been able to do a bar graph ? |
| 15 | I needed the money and it sounded O.K. But sitting around for hours at a stretch without a word from anybody I was able to do a lot of thinking . ’ |
| 16 | So , I 'm afraid I was n't able to do a great to do a great deal more on that . |
| 17 | We were n't erm we were n't able to do a multi-variant analysis with the grade because we did n't have a sufficient number of , of the grade to do it . |
| 18 | they were able to do a bit of erm say shopping for erm a longer period . |
| 19 | If you get somebody putting six hundred pounds for holidays , I 'll be thinking mhm you know , they 're not going to be able to do a lot on six hundred pounds a year , but when I actually get to talk to them I find they 've got a caravan , and a friend who 's got a site in North er er in North Yorkshire . |
| 20 | It also draws attention to the setting-up in Scotland , after the vote on devolution , of the Tertiary Education Council with the responsibility for advising on the whole of the further education sector there , and notes that no comparable body is able to do a similar service for Wales . |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose there 's a chance that you might be able to do a deal with Riddle 's heirs , whoever they are ? ’ |
| 22 | We sha n't be able to do a thorough coverage , I know , but it 's a relatively small area , and we may as well keep it under what control we can manage between us . |
| 23 | Erm , that carried on for a while , I thought I was doing very very well , being able to do a job like that . |
| 24 | She knew a lot about birds — she 'd have been perfectly able to do a short stint , teaching them to fly and so forth . |
| 25 | They have had the benefit of that , but for my part I was able to do a job I really loved . ’ |
| 26 | They are able to do a lot of things that former generations could not do ; for instance a lot of them are able to study now in the legal field , become nurses and so on . |
| 27 | They were able to do a lot to relieve suffering , though the resources were rudimentary . |
| 28 | Well , Colin 's got ta be able to do a lot of office work , he 's gon na be out doing quotes , you know what I mean , so he 's going have to have somebody there . |
| 29 | Yes yes right I 'll see what I can do by September I should be able to do a fair bit by then Yeah well I say I 've done the doll , that 's for August that 's for the er Beckley fete but it 's for , Friends of Beckley Church and it 's guess the doll 's birth date which as you said as you said it should have two |
| 30 | I , I really jiggered myself this morning and I was only out about half an hour , you know , and I used to be able to do a full day ! |