Example sentences of "[be] able [verb] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Support staff , numerically increased in some areas , but threatened with further reductions in others , are able to reach only a minority of the estimated number of children in need of special attention . |
| 2 | By formulating such objectives , ward staff are able to define precisely the general and the specific care required by the patients of their particular specialty . |
| 3 | Bob has even been able to sketch outdoors a couple of times . |
| 4 | Now I 'm a governor of two schools and from this perspective in particular , I 'm very pleased to see that as a result of the legacy of previous Conservative administration and the generous S S A proposals for this year , that the Conservative group have been able to put forward a budget which enables schools budgets to be increased fully for demography and inflation and certainly I know that was a great worry this year in many of our schools that that might not be possible so it 's good to see that it is possible . |
| 5 | I remember that morning vividly as I was so nervous and had n't been able to sleep much the night before . |
| 6 | Have you been able to gather together the whole of your father 's former collection ? |
| 7 | Even in the sudden rush from the Store the nomes had been able to bring quite a lot of stuff . |
| 8 | ‘ — but if Ross had n't twisted Owen 's arm and made him take the money we would n't have been able to afford even a shoe-box . |
| 9 | The committee had not been able to establish clearly the cost of nuclear power but agreed that it was at least 2@1/2 times the cost estimated before privatization was considered . |
| 10 | No research , not even that of Stillman Drake , the leading authority on Galileo , has been able to establish unequivocally the truth about the Scheiner claim . |
| 11 | Additionally , the project has also been able to localise successfully the disruption to those tasks in which the order of information has to be preserved . |
| 12 | I have been able to offer only a summary of the GR-1 's facilities , knowing that the curious amongst you will want to seek one out and demand a ‘ hands on ’ demo at your leisure . |
| 13 | But I 'm able to get quite a lot of information and I 'm saying this because you too can get it . |
| 14 | You should be able to do quite a bit of useful contemplation about whether you actually love this boyfriend of yours . ’ |
| 15 | Mr Serrano was told by the electoral authorities that he would not be able to hold either a plebiscite or elections for a new Congress , which he had hoped to do . |
| 16 | The representation is , of course , implicit and we would not expect any child to be able to state explicitly the phrase structure rules and transformations generating the sentences of his language . |
| 17 | A corporatist model is neither confirmed nor falsified by evidence of the autonomy of state officials , but such accounts must be able to evaluate precisely the role of elected governing elites , and the importance of their struggle for office . |
| 18 | The use of words and symbols to influence other people in predictable ways requires that the child must be able to represent mentally the relationship between the symbol ( word or gesture ) , the meaning for which it stands and the intended effect on the other person . |
| 19 | She will be able to predict first-hand the impact of operating lists and other ward events . |
| 20 | However , this is all due to change with the proposed introduction of a new chain ferry which will be able to carry twice the number of cars . |
| 21 | We must be able to judge nearer the time — Parliament must judge nearer the time — whether a single currency is in the interests of Britain . |
| 22 | The law reports , both of this country and of other jurisdictions , contain many statements emphasising the importance of the right , in a democratic society , to be able to criticise freely the conduct of affairs by public authorities . |
| 23 | Republicans say Mr Bush 's win on capital gains suggests that the White House might be able to put together a majority of its own for budget restraint , with or without the Democratic leaders . |
| 24 | who turned out to be able to read quite a lot . |
| 25 | I should be able to consider seriously the idea of escape , and talk over problems of disguise and frontier crossings with other people for whom the war was not yet over . |
| 26 | Parents vary in the quantity they expect their child to be able to eat so a food diary can help the therapist determine appropriate quantities with the parents . |
| 27 | Too often she had seen her mother frowning with anxiety as she divided the contents of her father 's wage packet up between the jars labelled ‘ Rent ’ and ‘ Electric ’ and ‘ Coal Money ’ , too often at the end of the week she had watched her count out the pennies for a pound of sausages only to be able to buy just a half-pound , two for her father , one each for Paula and Sally , and only the scrapings of the pan to go with her own potatoes . |
| 28 | Even a good marriage may not be able to deliver quite the cocktail of intuition , sympathy , honesty , and insight . |
| 29 | The government should be able to get quite a lot of the new indirect tax money it is counting on . |
| 30 | Thus the computer model will go some way towards giving a fundamental understanding of the dynamics of the shaft itself without being able to explain fully the contribution made by the individual player . |