Example sentences of "able [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must be able to swim 500 yards and should not be in full time education at the time of the expedition . |
| 2 | Strong enough to whip a 1 50-kilogramme seal out of the water with one paw , able to swim many kilometres in freezing seas and quite capable of climbing up almost vertical ice-faces , they represent one of nature 's supreme examples of adaptation to an inhospitable environment . |
| 3 | TO SWIM — Swimming is claimed to be an excellent way to exercise , but unless you have regular access to a swimming pool , it 's unlikely that you will ever be able to swim enough to gain any real benefit from it . |
| 4 | Consequently the guideline in the BCU Coaching Scheme lay down that all canoeists should be able to swim 50 metres in light clothing and that capsize drill should be included as an early lesson ( p 357 , Canoeing Handbook ) . |
| 5 | Learning means lots of falling in , so you must be able to swim 25 yards . |
| 6 | Back-bench MPs may be able to promote new policies through ‘ private members ’ Bills ' : These can not have direct financial implications for the government , and they have little chance of becoming law without government support . |
| 7 | Forms and posters for MIND Workout With The Stars are available from for anyone able to promote this event . |
| 8 | If you are moving for job reasons , the local authority or new town development corporation , even if they can not offer permanent rented accommodation , might be able to arrange short-term letting for up to a year under Schedule 3 of the Housing Act 1980 . |
| 9 | Groups of teachers in a cluster group or consortium may be able to arrange joint in-service courses at museums or archive offices , or historical sites . |
| 10 | We are able to arrange all types of insurance , tailor-made to a client 's specific requirements . |
| 11 | If we are able to arrange alternative travel to your resort , all costs incurred in assisting you to travel will be you responsibility . |
| 12 | You may be able to arrange this through a hearing aid clinic . |
| 13 | He was glad , at any rate , that he had been able to arrange these weeks at ‘ La Felicità ’ , a summer which they would always remember . |
| 14 | Her season began unpromisingly with an attack of shingles which kept her out of action for a couple of weeks but she recovered quickly and so completely that in addition to compiling her formidable record on the golf course , she was able to cope more than adequately with her school exams . |
| 15 | I do n't want to push her out of the house but I just know I 've reached the stage of not being able to cope any more . ’ |
| 16 | Living near a public course he was able to hit 200 balls a time . |
| 17 | The motor industry is thus able to invest some risk capital in experimental projects in order to increase its working data base . |
| 18 | I regret it , but if I look coldly at our lifestyle , we would n't be able to invest enough time in bringing a child up properly . |
| 19 | The fall in population did not , however , mean a general decline in economic activity ; rising wages may have served to increase consumption and give some stimulus to production , and it is worth noting that even the magnate class , which was more likely to suffer from the changed balance of power between land and labour through declining rent rolls and higher payments of wages was still able to invest considerable sums in new building during Richard II 's reign . |
| 20 | 11–2–1903 The Moderator intimated that owing to the state of his health he was no longer able to perform all his duties and resolved to ask the General Assembly for a grant from the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund to aid in securing the services of an unordained assistant . |
| 21 | It was not beyond the wit of any surgeon worthy of his calling or apothecary worthy of his phial to have been able to perform superficial embalming , and it is highly unlikely that assistance was asked for at the London end . |
| 22 | Crawford was still in camp during the 1918 season , and was able to perform great feats for Wellington . |
| 23 | Unless hens have at least 800 square centimetres they will not be able to perform simple preening and stretching movements . |
| 24 | Is it too much to ask that in 2023 , the historian confronting a machine-readable run of the Financial Times ( FT ) , 1993–2003 should be able to perform serial calculations with the stock prices quoted therein without having to re-enter or extensively edit the data ? |
| 25 | When you have reached the stage of flying circuits this risk should have disappeared , due to your being able to perform gentle landings and exercise the necessary throttle control . |
| 26 | It is therefore important to be able to perform discrete sensitivity analysis and to handle lower bounds . |
| 27 | The important thing is to make sure that those people that have got those particular skills are given those roles to be able to perform that role perform use those skills . |
| 28 | If you are still using a standard radio system and only wish to execute the occasional loop or roll , then you can continue with your existing equipment , but you should realise that you are not going to be able to perform round loops or axial rolls . |
| 29 | ‘ We are able to perform scientific calculations that otherwise would not be feasible ’ , he says . |
| 30 | Strangely enough , people were able to perform this bizarre task without difficulty . |