Example sentences of "able [to-vb] work " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if he is able to continue work as a clerk , no capital sum under item 4 is payable . |
| 2 | Even without paper qualifications , a well-motivated young girl should be able to find work as a shop assistant , a waitress , an office junior . |
| 3 | ‘ To argue that workers displaced by machines should necessarily be able to find work building those machines makes no more sense than to expect the horses displaced by mechanical vehicles to have been employed , directly or indirectly , in various branches of the expanding automotive industry , ’ says Leontief ( 1978 ) . |
| 4 | Branson held her to contract for five more months , preventing her from working anywhere else , until he decided it was unreasonable to hold her any longer , and she was at last able to find work elsewhere in the record industry . |
| 5 | Every day such people come to Britain and are still able to find work because they are determined to find it . |
| 6 | EAST Anglian commuters will be able to reach work without fear of further strikes , it emerged last night . |
| 7 | A few guests who are invited to a midweek ceremony may not be able to leave work early , are delayed by rush hour traffic , or have to return home to change their clothes , and therefore they reach the reception after it has started . |
| 8 | Are you able to delegate work ? |
| 9 | The counsellor has to be at peace with himself or herself before being able to do work of any value with people in the active phase of primary addictive disease or family disease or , later , at any stage of their recovery . |
| 10 | four hundred and thirty quid , he said bloody hell , so what I said to him is , I know you 're gon na need a car , what I 'll do is er , I 'll get to work , I 'll put it , I 'll bring the car , you bring the car in beginning of the month , next month , right , said I wo n't be able to guarantee that I 'll get it done in a week cos I 've got other work booked in , but I 'll have it in here which means I 'll be able to do work to your car , right , and it 's better me being able to do that , then it , it 's sitting out outside your house and nobody touching it for a couple of weeks , now , I might have it for a couple of weeks , see and I 'll be able to do it in my own leisurely time then |
| 11 | The Society are now having talks with various parties , regarding a suitable site , and are hopeful of being able to start work on the project before the end of the year . |
| 12 | However , by May 1991 the Council of ( Foreign ) Ministers had still not agreed on the location of the Agency 's headquarters and it had not been able to start work . |
| 13 | Members would be able to refer work to other firms best placed to serve the client with their specialist skills . |
| 14 | An appeal for funds is being established now so that there will be enough money in the kitty to be able to commence work on the locomotive as soon as it is taken out of service next year . |
| 15 | Everyone needs to be able to integrate work with personal life . |
| 16 | Some may be able to offer work experience during vacations . |
| 17 | Do you remember Uncle Charles Lane building a bomb-proof wall outside the kitchen ? — and how you were so excited when the raids came because it meant Pop and I were able to stop work and play idiotic games with the three of you ? ! |
| 18 | ( Some schools have been able to co-ordinate work with the National Film School , where a script has been written for the personalities in a group and then filmed on location , and this worked effectively . ) |
| 19 | In the same year he suffered a stroke , from which he slowly recovered ; he was able to resume work until he retired in 1867 . |