Example sentences of "[pron] have be able [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | up to a point I have been able to illustrate this theme by drawing attention to contrasts which are likely to be familiar to all my readers , e.g. the difference in modern Western societies between monetary and non-monetary exchanges . |
| 2 | I try to ride last so I can stop now and then to be alone , to look back and be glad that I have been able to come this way , but Tony has the feeling too and has bagged the back spot for the morning run . |
| 3 | It is hoped that this ‘ infrared slavery ’ will explain why quarks are always confined in colorless bound states , but so far no one has been able to demonstrate this really convincingly . |
| 4 | We have been able to demonstrate this at Westbury , for the bones from the rodent earth ( unit 15/8 : see Chapter 6 ) , where careful excavation with dental picks revealed complete bones with constituent parts in position but separated from each other by narrow cracks . |
| 5 | In my own university , for instance , the number of first year students of biology that we have been able to accept this year has been entirely constrained not by the quality of our applicants but the physical size of our teaching laboratories . |