Example sentences of "[adv] able [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tucuxi is , however only half the length of the boto , and is thus less able to break out of gill-nets when captured . |
| 2 | " The amount the young can do nowadays — now when I was carrying Dan I was not able to get up for days together , me ankles swoll so , and I 'ad dizzy spells , something terrible , but she still gets around on that bike , perky as Punch . |
| 3 | Species with good jumping ability are more able to get out of pits than are species that can not jump ( Rackham , 1982 ) . |
| 4 | Many thousands of Western women and children were eventually able to fly out of Baghdad beginning on Sept. 1 , following permission given by Saddam Hussein on Aug. 28 [ see p. 37639 ] . |
| 5 | They have simply not had the chance at school to demonstrate whether or not they are actually able to go on with mathematics . |