Example sentences of "[adv] be able [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The self-employed have long been able to make their own pension arrangements . |
| 2 | Following the elapse of a mandatory three-month period after notification of the cancellation , Czechoslovakia would henceforth be able to fix its own exchange rates . |
| 3 | The Poll Tax Register will be held on a computer and each person will only be able to see their own entry . |
| 4 | This chapter has not been able to cover them all — the impetus GPFHs have had in driving through quality improvements for example ( Glennerster et al. |
| 5 | Outstanding institutions like Napier will soon be able to confer its own degrees and from September Napier 's students will be able to claim with pride , on completing their courses , that they are graduates from Napier University . ’ |
| 6 | The menu selections provide a basic guide but as you become more familiar with the fat content of all foods by studying the tables in Chapter 10 you will soon be able to formulate your own . |
| 7 | I fancy you would not be able to give me any more precise an answer than one you 've just given , is n't that right ? |
| 8 | for if you attempt to answer it and miss the point , the examiner may not be able to give you any marks , because you will not have answered his question . |
| 9 | A star may or may not be able to generate its own cash to provide for its own investment . |
| 10 | Ah well not be able to buy her own . |
| 11 | Be aware , then , that he simply will not be able to proof-read his own work , because he may think , for instance , that latter is the correct way to spell later . |
| 12 | Perhaps , yeah we might find that by the time we got to might not be able to get it all on . |
| 13 | Two blocks away from the house of her childhood it suddenly occurred to her that her mother might have left , that there might be strangers in the hallway , a different set of curtains hanging at the windows ; her father 's study might have been turned into a playroom for a new generation of North Oxford children , so different from herself in her prim Clark 's T-bar sandals that she would not be able to recognise her own infancy in theirs . |
| 14 | For the first time in my life I was made conscious of not being able to control my own situation . |
| 15 | I feared that , but I must always have wanted it too , because when you had me dismissed from that job — Oh , I hated that , I hated not being able to see you any more , but I thought it was you I hated . |
| 16 | Although the UN Resolution adopted in December 1989 holds great promise as a major step towards ending the use of large-scale drift-nets , the drift-net nations may still be able to manipulate their own data to ‘ prove ’ that drift-nets , if not harmless , at least have no greater effect on marine mammals than other fishing methods , such as purse-seining for tuna . |
| 17 | Mr Thomas Moss of Sundial Cottage The Square , Scorton might also be able to give you some useful information . |
| 18 | They may also be able to tell you some of the preferences of those councillors , which can make a big difference to how you lobby them . |
| 19 | They will probably be able to respect their own tears and if they have children they will be able to respect their tears . |
| 20 | Those of you who were inspired by paintings on the surface of bottles at the recent Magritte exhibition will now be able to create your own masterpieces , once you have emptied the bottles ! |
| 21 | Industrial spies may even be able to plug their own personal computers into confidential data-networks . |
| 22 | That once I got inside the house and had the dresses and the carriages and everything this mill provides , I would n't be able to see you any more . ’ |
| 23 | He wo n't be able to squeeze her any more — financially , of course . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ She telephoned the studio to say she would n't be able to make it this weekend . ’ |
| 25 | There 's no reason why they should n't be able to develop their own dishes . |
| 26 | ‘ I wo n't be able to keep them all happy . |
| 27 | Only he wo n't be able to get it all off . |
| 28 | ‘ Yeah , ’ Grant agreed , then added soberly , ‘ Only thing is , these particular fish happen t'be sharks , an ’ we wo n't be able to jump 'em all like this . ’ |
| 29 | By predating everything else , particle physics may yet be able to underpin it all . |
| 30 | Brenda knew that she would never again be able to wear her own panties , their prettiness contaminated for ever by the memory of this dead unknown girl . |