Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] able [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , since access to lexical items appears to be at least partly an automatic process in which words are accessed as a result of unplanned factors ( such as prior mention by the present speaker or an earlier speaker ) , it seems plausible to suggest that the production system should be able to adapt in order to incorporate automatically accessed lexical items into current constituents . |
| 2 | She would make the poet 's lunch , starting with the radio playing but switching it off after a time because he believed that people should be able to do without background noise . |
| 3 | If you never lose sight of this information , you should be able to guard against extortion by unscrupulous industry entrepreneurs . |
| 4 | ‘ Pensioners should be able to live with dignity I think we have that right . |
| 5 | be careful of the roads because a car ca n't erm ca n't always stop in time it 's up to you not to walk out in front of them cos they can say oh well you should be able to stop in time but in practice if you drove to be able to stop in time if somebody stepped out in front of you you 'd never above about five miles an hour you know ? you must sort of stick to the speed limits I do n't believe it we got gaining on the car in front . |
| 6 | The legislation , the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1927 , demonstrated that Parliament intended that this new entity , or ‘ near corporation , ’ should be able to sue in respect of a tort , including the tort of libel . |
| 7 | Whatever one man tells another about a woman 's sexual inclinations and whether or not she demonstrates her unwillingness , it is hard to see why a man should be able to rely for consent on the word of another man or why there should be no obligation upon him to consult her himself . |
| 8 | which is why I think a lot of things , places should be able to accommodate for shop owners and reduce their leases while this recession 's on |
| 9 | While carefully weighing a variety of possible portfolio strategies , investors should be able to aim at investment performance that exceeds the TOPIX . |
| 10 | It is not proposed that anyone , taken by a whim , should be able to cash in part of the value of either of these two benefits . |
| 11 | Anyway , with the enthusiasm of youth I had no doubt that we should be able to cope with life in remote parts for a few years . |
| 12 | In the menu section , you will find a series of suggestions for packed lunches , and also for acceptable meals that you should be able to buy from snack bars or small supermarkets in the vicinity of your workplace . |
| 13 | Your regional Arts Board office should be able to help with information . |
| 14 | If , however , the motor trader defendant is not responsible for turning back the mileometer and covers up the reading , the motor trader should be able to escape from liability on the basis that no false description was in fact applied to the goods ( s1(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 15 | The system must be able to recover from input which deviates from the stored representations . |
| 16 | They must be able to cope with aridity , high daily and seasonal temperature ranges , seasonal swings in photoperiod from long days to long nights , and a growing season ranging in length from three to four months on the polar fringes to a few days or even hours in higher latitudes . |
| 17 | Nowadays a chief executive has to have a strong understanding of finance , he needs to be good at public relations , he must understand technology , he must be able to cope with labour problems and he must ( as always ) be a good selector of people . |
| 18 | If the witness fails to attend , the applicant must be able to prove in enforcement proceedings that the witness was served , or knew of the service in time , and received the conduct money . |
| 19 | Hong Kong might be able to deal with traffic by using key junctions . |
| 20 | ‘ We might be able to manage without food , but the children wo n't , ’ said Grimma . |
| 21 | We 're , working on an hotel project I think and we 're up to week thirteen on the programme and I think you might be able to see on week thirteen and given the information we 've got at the moment as well , it means we 're gon na be working on three floors at once so it was the first thing to identify . |
| 22 | Wexford thought irritably , and he thought also of his own daughter who was making him scrape the bottom of his pocket so that at some future possible never-never time she might be able to smile without restraint before the cameras . |
| 23 | ‘ Perhaps you 'll be able to return to work a little later on when your stepmother 's health improves . |
| 24 | I 've got the word count from each one I 'll be able to sort of tot up and tell you when to stop collecting from that area . |
| 25 | So you 'll be able to go to sea now . |
| 26 | Well I du n no whether I 'll be able to use at work you see , I 'll have to ask the the governor . |
| 27 | So , as the couple fly off for another holiday in Richard 's private jet , they can be happy in the knowledge that in the unlikely event that Richard should ever loose his millions , they 'll be able to live on love . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll go back to my dad 's business until Christmas but then I 'll have to look for another job , hopefully I 'll be able to stay in golf . |
| 29 | They 'll be able to apply for asylum . |
| 30 | If we were really lucky we 'd be able to go to conference and try and sell hundreds of them to other Green Parties who might want to do the same . |