Example sentences of "[adv] [be] able [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your list of questions will be a considerable help in these cases as there will be obvious gaps to come back to if you have not been able to fill in a percentage answer . |
| 2 | She had not been able to hold down a job because of her phobia — no one is really willing to employ someone who will only come into the office on fine days , particularly in England ! |
| 3 | As white lesbians , because of our racism , we had not been able to work out a joint analysis of heterosexism with Black lesbian workers , because we had no knowledge of the implications and ramifications of heterosexism in their lives . |
| 4 | With snuff-boxes and étuis and such stuff we shall soon be able to rig out a stall |
| 5 | You ca n't contact the ‘ Bears ’ direct on that rig but they might just be able to pick up an emergency signal . |
| 6 | unemployed people will not be able to turn down a job offer on the basis of the pay being too low ; |
| 7 | ‘ In South Africa I would not be able to set up a company like I will be doing for Cummins in Russia . |
| 8 | On April 6th , unbeknown to the Hohenzollern Crown Prince , he was asking Crown Prince Rupprecht whether his Sixth Army might not be able to carry out a swift blow at Arras , against the British Army , whose anticipated ( by Falkenhayn ) relief attack had not yet materialised . |
| 9 | If you are conscientious at organising your notes and materials so that they can be referred to easily , then you will quickly be able to build up a personal library and reference system . |
| 10 | Wood , 24 , has played in 27 first-class matches and scored 960 runs without ever being able to hold down a regular spot . |
| 11 | Any manufacturing jeweller would honestly be able to take over a consignment of several hundred , especially if he were offered a 10 or 15 per cent discount on market price . |
| 12 | Detetives still have n't been able to build up a description of the attacker but they believe he may have worked with horses in the past . |
| 13 | ‘ He and John have n't been able to strike up an amicable relationship since and David does n't seem to figure in the coach 's plans , ’ said chairman Robinson . |
| 14 | ’ This translation is found in a number of later editions , so that the assiduous collector may well be able to ferret out a ‘ Bug ’ Bible . |
| 15 | Graham Sharpe organiser says there is nowhere else in the world where two legs can race against four and pick up fourteen thousand pounds in prize money if they win … he explains that the horse has been beaten once by a mountain bike three years ago but they 've never been able to work out a winning formula |
| 16 | In the weeks that had passed since she had met Rupert Stonebird at the vicarage her interest in him had deepened , mainly because she had not seen him again and had therefore been able to build up a more satisfactory picture of him than if she had been able to check with reality . |