Example sentences of "[be] able [to-vb] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , using the figures in Table 10.2 and 10.3 ( £million ) : If we return to Table 10.4 we are able to examine how the various sectors ‘ solved ’ the problem of their surpluses and deficits , in the sense used earlier ( Section 1.5 ) . |
| 2 | Although the underlying reasons are not fully understood , it does appear that certain female sex hormones are able to damp down the dominant urge . |
| 3 | He constantly brings others into our lives who are able to bring out the best that we have , as well as those traits of which we are most ashamed ; the one for his glory and the other for correction . |
| 4 | In my experience , women often have greater stamina and are able to handle comfortably the long , often arduous hours of agency work better than many of their male colleagues . |
| 5 | Those leaders have tried to keep their empires isolated from the Darwinian laws of survival , despite the fact that none of the ‘ gods ’ as presented by them has ever been able to set aside the inexorable operation of those laws . |
| 6 | Mr Fallon was told some forces in previous years have not been able to take up the extra posts , which have then been redistributed to other places . |
| 7 | Players with two yellow cards would be able to sit out the subsequent one-match suspension during an international friendly before the 24-nation tournament , Neuberger added . |
| 8 | Players with two yellow cards would be able to sit out the subsequent one-match sus pension during an international friendly before the 24-nation tournament , Neuberger added . |
| 9 | The difficulty will be to find specialists who know enough about the groups concerned to be able to single out the new one . |
| 10 | It was good fortune for BR to be able to pick up the 1938 survivors — only retained into the 1980s to bail out the Northern Line from a vast increase in traffic . |
| 11 | I took over in August 1968 , far from sure that I 'd be able to hold down the key anchor-man role . |
| 12 | We might never be able to take apart the atomic clock to see its wheels and springs , but there would still be the metaphysically soothing thought of its steady ticking . |
| 13 | ‘ And Mama has written to say how grateful she is that we 'll be able to see how the old house has stood up to the war and cope with any disasters for her . ’ |
| 14 | Armed with this information , the genealogist should be able to track down the relevant baptism entry in a parish or nonconformist register in the years before civil registration began . |
| 15 | Although you may not be able to track down the precise cause under such circumstances , it can be possible to devise a means of overcoming the problem in most cases of this type . |
| 16 | Second , the external influence will in some cases actually be successful , and we may therefore be able to demonstrate how the new forms penetrate the solidary community . |
| 17 | The abilities not just to comprehend , to take things into one 's own understanding , and to make something of them , but also to be able to evaluate critically the available theories and traditions , and to be willing and have the mental toughness to take up a stance of one 's own : all these abilities point to an intellectual independence , requiring real academic freedom for their realization . |
| 18 | Later today we shall be able to debate further the great improvement in standards that we are achieving as a result of our reforms . |
| 19 | Volunteers should be able to carry out the minimal work involved , though some dioceses seem curiously reluctant to accept offers of help of this kind . |
| 20 | They do not have either the mental or physical equipment to be able to carry out the many complex activities involved in the AL of maintaining a safe environment . |
| 21 | Mrs Howard said : ‘ Unless we are given a lot more resources we will not be able to carry out the weekly monitoring required . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not sure , but you might be able to fill in the odd gap . ’ |
| 23 | I very much hope that the hospital to which the hon. Gentleman referred will be able to consolidate further the remarkable progress that it has made over the past couple of years — a 56 per cent . |
| 24 | Hence , one may be able to work out the broad effect of interdependencies once and for all when the strategy is set . |
| 25 | Sit with your feet and legs apart — do not over-extend the distance — it defeats the purpose of the exercise and you will find you wo n't be able to walk properly the next day ! |
| 26 | If that standard was implemented in the city we would be able to designate almost the entire area of north Belfast , ’ he claimed . |
| 27 | ‘ With the power of the TARDIS , this brain soup character will be able to screw up the whole universe . |
| 28 | American bilateral agreements that permitted fifth freedom rights especially alarmed the British , as they believed that the United States would be able to scoop up the best routes in a piecemeal fashion . |
| 29 | However with Scott supporting him and the stable having hit form he should be able to knock out the odd winner or two in the coming weeks . |
| 30 | Benn is too much a product of his comfortable and intensely high-minded background to be able to understand why the common man ( let alone the common politician ) has more vulgar aspirations than plain living and high thinking . |