Example sentences of "[be] able [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Individuals believe that they are able to perform at the desired level ( effort performance outcome ) . |
| 2 | Other market participants are able to act in a dual capacity . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , we should not lose sight of the fact that even such relatively immature communicators in terms of message evaluation — as the seven-year-olds are able to progress with a substantial degree of success given the opportunity to use their negotiating powers . |
| 4 | The procedures adopted for each category of incident are of less interest than the issue of how these patterns are able to coexist with the unexpected nature of much police work . |
| 5 | If the Unix suppliers are able to agree on a consistent systems management application programming interface — and each also uses a similar implementation of the Object Management Group 's Common Object Request Broker Architecture — Corba — independent software vendors would be able to offer binary system management applications running across a variety of platforms . |
| 6 | If the Unix suppliers are able to agree on a consistent systems management application programming interface — and each also uses a similar implementation of the Object Management Group 's Common Object Request Broker Architecture — Corba — independent software vendors would be able to offer binary system management applications running across a variety of machines . |
| 7 | The Realm of Chaos is inhabited by Chaos Gods and daemons who are able to exist within the magic-saturated atmosphere . |
| 8 | The effect of this is noticeable on people from hotter climates who have siestas ; they are able to work into the early hours of the morning without feeling fatigue . |
| 9 | Life is full of ups and downs , but you should enjoy it more if you are able to think about the good times and you 'll feel better able to cope when the bad times are around . |
| 10 | While age has emerged as a predictor of the current linguistic achievement in BSL , it need not always be the case if BSL teachers are able to learn from the second language literature . |
| 11 | The UV cross-linking experiments demonstrated that at least two factors are able to bind to the 80 bp fragment with molecular weights of approximately 90,000 and 30,000 daltons . |
| 12 | By band-shifting experiments , specific and non-specific competition and DMS interference analysis we demonstrated that , in fact , factor(s) are able to bind in a specific manner to this element ( named here region III ) . |
| 13 | Like Debbie , Fay starts from the premise that the point of doing a degree is to get a job , as we can see in her statement that science students are able to apply for a wider range of jobs than arts graduates . |
| 14 | For instance , businesses are able to adjust to a particular regime of liability rules , whether these be liberal or strict . |
| 15 | And any improvements that they are able to bring to the overall situation can not but improve the availability of information potentially relevant to business activities . |
| 16 | Whether or not the NATO powers are able to subscribe to a formal doctrine of ‘ no first use ’ , there is little doubt that they urgently need to get away from their present highly questionable doctrine of heavy reliance on first use . |
| 17 | When healthy we are able to look with a cool eye at what medicine offers ; when we 're ill , we become like frightened children looking at mother and father to make us better . |
| 18 | There is also a risk of infected vaginal fluids entering a woman 's bloodstream through her vaginal walls if she shares a vibrator or other sex toys with a partner with HIV , or if infected blood or vaginal fluids are able to get into an open cut during sex . |
| 19 | This has naturally led to a drop in the price receivers are able to get for a failed business , and thus a drop in the surpluses the receiver hands to the liquidator . |
| 20 | The process is confined to low-viscosity magmas , such as basalts , in which the crystals are able to separate from the active thermal boundary layer during convection . |
| 21 | There is a convincing body of research indicating that people are educated and trained more effectively if they are able to interact with the educational or training medium . |
| 22 | Prospects of wholesale changes in working practices and conditions of services , if we will be if we are able to compete with the private sector in an aggressive market . |
| 23 | A recent report by the Confederation of British Industry observed that take-overs contribute to ‘ the gradual accretion of financial and management power in London and the South-East and the demise of independent companies based elsewhere that are able to contribute to the local community ’ . |
| 24 | Really I think I am able to demonstrate in a written account of the research that I am presenting a very real account of their teaching and their problems , as well as their successes erm sometimes I was able to observe lessons that went wrong and were very erm difficult for the teachers , as well as the lessons that were successful , so I do n't really think it the problems at the end . |
| 25 | Really I think I am able to demonstrate in the written account of the research that I am presenting a very real account of their teaching and their problems , as well as their successes . |
| 26 | Now , he does think that the one and the mind is present to every one of us , erm , but I also take it that erm he er thought that he himself , had been able to ascend to the one er four times in the course of his life and that he also thought that some of his students were of better contemplation than others and erm so he may also have thought as Plato did , that some people are more inclined towards philosophy than others . |
| 27 | Undoubtedly , the essentially non-problematic process was aided by the fact that the Six had been able to agree upon the basic objectives in advance — the economic objective of a common market and the political one of some kind of supranational authority — as it was also by the fact that the discussions were mainly conducted by experienced bureaucrats in closed sessions . |
| 28 | On any other morning , Bissett would have been able to live with the thudding blast of the explosives and with the crisp rattle of sub-machine gun and pistol fire . |
| 29 | I had a feeling they 'd been blocked off by the malais and had n't been able to go by the quickest route they wanted . |
| 30 | A citizen on a march , or on a picket , or at a public meeting , has never been able to respond to the repressive exercise of authority by calling in aid a legally enforceable right to do that which is impugned . |