Example sentences of "[be] able [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if no one is around who can confirm a particular incident , if you are able to come up with details of surroundings and personalities of which you had no conscious memory , and if these are later proved to have been accurate , there is no real reason to suppose that a significant event was simply a figment of an over-active imagination . |
| 2 | And is Janet , has Janet been able to go back to work yet ? |
| 3 | Had Ross Brown been able to touch down on completion of his powerful break ( or Nick Penny been able to cleanly gather his pass ) off a Derrick Lee snipe after Scotland had levelled at 8-8 in the second half , then a steal might have materialised . |
| 4 | A lot of these deaths might have been prevented if people had been able to get out in time . |
| 5 | The main problem has been we have n't been able to come up to EC standards . |
| 6 | When I retired four years ago , I decided I would like to help and encourage other people to paint , and hopefully get as much pleasure form the hobby as I do , and since that time I have been able to meet up with groups of friends and pass on to them the knowledge I have gained through the pages of your magazine . |
| 7 | Without this slow agricultural revolution , which still had a long way to go in many European countries in 1880 , food production would not have been able to keep up with population growth . |
| 8 | The Office of Fair Trading chose not to examine this market and the Hatton Garden traders have not always been able to stand up to Ratner 's negotiating muscle . |
| 9 | Ian , 49 , told friends : ‘ It may sound sloppy but the two of us will be able to sit down at home and have a jolly good cuddle listening to this . ’ |
| 10 | When you have understood the gist of this and talked to your inner teacher about what you need as an individual , you will be able to sit down with paper and write your own script . |
| 11 | Of all the places to choose , they picked the retirement capital of America , the Sunshine State of Florida , to hold the company 's annual meeting next week , which suggests that the blue rinse brigade , beside themselves with rage at the way the company has frittered away the value of their investment in it — and cut their dividends , will be able to turn out in force without having to travel and give poor Loius Gerstner the handbagging of his life . |
| 12 | When you are ten you 'll be able to go up to Guides . |
| 13 | And er then er these two erm er Then when we used to when we was the young you used to be able to go down to Skeggie for a day on train for two and six . |
| 14 | If all goes well , you may be able to go back to school when the new year starts in the autumn . |
| 15 | I was sad not to be able to go back to Fulham for St Cecilia 's Day . |
| 16 | He would then unaccountably find that the world was no longer about to end and would be able to go back to work . |
| 17 | Do they think you 'll be able to go back to work ? |
| 18 | ‘ Look , Bernie , I have n't been able to bring myself to tell you this , but I 'm not sure if I 'll ever be able to go back on stage . |
| 19 | She … she wanted to provide me with something to be able to go off with Emma where he could n't get at her . |
| 20 | Only long-stay patients will be able to light up after May 31 . |
| 21 | She just did n't seem to be able to hang on to men , he thought impatiently , not like his Angie , wherever she was . |
| 22 | Now I 'll be able to splash out for Christmas , ’ she said . |
| 23 | Thereafter I looked out of all the windows of the snug hostelry , and not finding a satisfactory view , for it now rained in earnest , and it was vain to hope to be able to sketch out of doors , I noticed a new house a short distance from the inn ( it was being prepared for a doctor ) ; was entrusted with the keys , and from one of the front windows looked out on the rainy scene depicted in the sketch of ‘ Garrynahine , Isle of Lewis . ’ |
| 24 | So you wo n't be able to log on to Microfit ? |
| 25 | According to an auction house representative the latter is the more likely outcome , because he doubts whether some countries , for example Italy , will be able to clamp down on smuggling . |
| 26 | Commercially the deal makes sense and the merged operation may be able to save up to £3.5m a year by cutting out any duplication . |
| 27 | Maxine Johnson , who had been uneasy at his interview , was worried about whether Sutton would ‘ be able to stand up to Pilger ’ . |
| 28 | This aspect of the writing of reports has been exaggerated to impress on you that every report , even the least important , must be able to stand up to expert cross-examination . |
| 29 | Companies in future will be able to write off against taxes only the first $1 million of what they pay any director or executive . |
| 30 | Soon , though , Horsewoman Clair Dalton will be establishing a regular service around the town and for a couple of pounds , you 'll be able to step back in time and view the famous architecture in the same way that the Spa Towns Regency Founders did . |