Example sentences of "[be] able [to-vb] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if you see the top man around the business you are able to look him in the eye and tell whether you can trust him or not . |
| 2 | She wished that she had been able to spot him in the crowd . |
| 3 | So the bedrooms and they 're not too bad because he has n't been able to do anything in the bedrooms the bedrooms are alright except that over the lintels in most of the bedrooms the plaster is is not right , it 's it 's flaking in great lumps and rippling and cracked something to do with the |
| 4 | She could have wished it otherwise — then she might have been able to lose herself in the crowd . |
| 5 | Trapped in the revolving world of afternoon TV , this is a man who would have quite happily recorded the LP from the comfort of his bed had they been able to fit it in the studio . |
| 6 | Spokesman Jun Shimoyamada said : ‘ You 'll be able to immerse yourself in the picture . ’ |
| 7 | If it is not , and the root ball crumbles , you are not going to be able to plant it in the ground without disturbing the roots . |
| 8 | France will just about be able to hold them in the line-out if Roumat plays , but the so-called hard men in the pack do n't look that tough to me . |
| 9 | But now that this has happened I 'll never be able to join you in the convent . |
| 10 | It hoped that the involvement of neutral states like Austria , Sweden and Switzerland — all of whom obviously did not see membership as compromising their neutrality — would persuade the Soviet Union that the new association was sufficiently politically innocuous for Finland to be able to join it in the not too distant future . |
| 11 | I would n't be able to see it in the . |
| 12 | If that council harboured its resources sensibly and deployed them effectively , it would be able to spend them in the way that the hon. Gentleman suggests . |
| 13 | Barton has heavy borrowings too , and to put it crudely , if they 're paying interest and Huerter is n't , Huerter ought to be able to undercut them in the market . ’ |
| 14 | She says ; It is very important to have a memory of the time when people were here and to be able to record it in the hospital is very important . |
| 15 | Your GP may be able to point you in the right direction , and it 's worth finding out if the psychology department of your local hospital takes referrals . |
| 16 | Your dealer should be able to point you in the right direction . |
| 17 | ‘ You have to be able to put yourself in the place of the athlete and work out what they need ’ , she says . |
| 18 | It looked like half a letter T. The needle was so bent that I knew I knew that I would not be able to remove it in the usual way , so I took my heavy pliers ( the ones with which I behead the Passap/Pfaff needles when they got damaged ) and cut off the top of the needle , below the bend . |
| 19 | The net effect of these injunctions ( as well as others we shall meet later ) is to ensure that the natural inability of human beings to respond ‘ perfectly ’ to all situations , however demanding or paradoxical , is construed by those human beings as clear evidence of personal inadequacy : they lack the ability , resilience or ready-made savoir-faire that they somehow ought to have , in limitless supply , if they are to be able to look themselves in the eye in the bathroom mirror each morning . |
| 20 | I shall never be able to look anyone in the eye again . |
| 21 | Hereford beef is best and now the consumer will be able to identify it in the shops . |
| 22 | You will then be able to soak them in the medicated solution for maximum effectiveness . |
| 23 | On a large site pupils will not be able to cover everything in the time available , so pupils can be divided into groups and instructed to investigate different topics or features . |
| 24 | Well , it 's very kind of you , but I 'm sure I 'll be able to find it in the car . |
| 25 | ‘ That would give him more confidence and he would be able to establish himself in the side . ’ |
| 26 | Will you be able to get them in the morning ? ’ |
| 27 | It gets very tiring jutting your chin out , standing tall and being able to lick anyone in the house if you have nobody to do it to . |
| 28 | Apart from the outstanding quality and rarity of many of the items , much of their fascination for scholars has lain in being able to document them in the family 's ancient inventories . |
| 29 | This condition is met wherever there is value in people being able to express themselves in the way they choose , at least where acceptable alternatives present themselves . |
| 30 | The skill of the marketing manager therefore lies in understanding how the four categories of the Marketing Mix interact , and in being able to combine them in the most cost-effective manner such that the company 's marketing objectives are satisfactorily achieved . |