Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] be able [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Motability is a registered charity and if a person can not meet the full cost of putting a car on the road , including any adaptations , Motability may be able to provide some financial help from special funds . |
| 2 | Previous research with North Indian master drummers has suggested that computers may be able to throw some light on these processes . |
| 3 | It is expected that a lexicographer should be able to process some 75 entries a day doing trivial editing tasks and between 10 and 12 entries a day resolving complex editorial tasks . |
| 4 | This may lie in some very personal adjunct , in which case a psychologist might be able to throw some light on the matter . |
| 5 | As part of Osborne and Richard Demarco 's Sarajevo-Edinburgh project to bring contemporary artworks out of Sarajevo , Scots will be able to gain some insight into life in the city when these works are exhibited in Edinburgh in the spring . |
| 6 | It is suggested that there must usually be a special element in the employee/connection contact which creates a reasonable risk that the employee will be able to appropriate some part of the business when he leaves because of the chance that customers would seek him out on account of his knowledge of their requirements . |
| 7 | In fact , it is hoped to have some of the children 's embroidery work at the next ‘ Craft , Embroidery & Fashion Show ’ to be staged by Madeira Threads , once again at Harrogate , on the 12th and 13th November , where visitors will be able to buy some of the girls ' finished articles on display . |
| 8 | If not voluntary organisations may be able to obtain some of those from the private sector if they know where to look . |
| 9 | A court must be able to exercise some measure of control over the cases which are brought before it , to prevent injustice to either party and to ensure that the various issues can be fully and effectively dealt with . |
| 10 | Thus , those which would find the it relatively cheap and straightforward to cut pollution might be able to sell some of their units to producers which would find it difficult or expensive to do so . |
| 11 | This is extremely unrealistic — it is more likely that firms will be able to meet some of the increased demand by working existing machines harder and using whatever excess capacity does exist . |
| 12 | Brave words , but Horgan will be able to put some distance between himself and the pitch . |
| 13 | In almost all cases an obstructive landlord will be able to find some subsisting breach of covenant on the tenant 's part and thereby defeat the option . |
| 14 | Jack may be able to donate some scones we would have bingo a knock-out competition and the whisky roll plus a raffle . |
| 15 | She fervently hoped that Father McCormack would be able to talk some sense into her son . |
| 16 | Then the probability p(x) that x records will be added to a given embedded overflow area is given by the expression : An overflow area will be able to hold some number of records n . |
| 17 | ‘ We understand that Iran may be able to influence some of the groups in Lebanon , some of the groups who follow Islam , and the teachings of Ayatollah Khomeini . ’ |
| 18 | Many garden centres also now sell unglazed terracotta versions of rope-twist tiles , and your local centre should be able to order some for you . |
| 19 | Like the books mentioned above , its specific content will be superseded in a few years ; but in meantime the book may be able to rescue some future Nobel laureates from becoming otherwise lost in cyberspace . |
| 20 | Sniffers may be able to exercise some control over their hallucinations and use them as part of group activities . |
| 21 | Sometimes , alternative schemes may be able to satisfy some of these demands more effectively . |
| 22 | The system must be able to form some picture ( " model " is the currently fashionable word ) of the user 's needs , competence and experience . |
| 23 | If you have trouble in finding exactly the same varieties , you local nursery should be able to suggest some good alternatives . |
| 24 | I hope that my hon. Friend the Minister will be able to give some commitment to that this evening . |
| 25 | The previous sections suggested some of the ways in which sociology may be able to provide some distinct insights into understanding child abuse and illustrated some of the problems of undertaking such a study . |
| 26 | FOR those baffled by a smoky or cracking chimney , a new free booklet may be able to offer some help . |
| 27 | ‘ Maybe the party will be able to get some money out of it and we will be able to prostitute ourselves a little bit more . |