Example sentences of "[modal v] be able [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Common Desktop Environment means that users would not have to worry about different install methods and should be able to move around different Unix environments without much retraining . |
| 2 | As the conditions in a large tank are more stable , Robin would find it easier to learn about keeping his fish , and should be able to sort out any problems before they became disasters . |
| 3 | Unless you 've been calling my bluff since day one , you should be able to see off any mere mortal who rubs us up the wrong way . ’ |
| 4 | It is in fact NACAB policy that advice workers should be able to carry out some limited counselling functions and they do run training to that end . |
| 5 | Buxton … says police should be able to carry out random breath tests . |
| 6 | The men have been exhaustively briefed on drop zones and emergency procedures , as well as the ground plan , to the extent that any man or unit should be able to carry out another 's task . |
| 7 | I said how surprising it was that even in a small society like ours we should be able to throw up any number of superior people to replace those lost in the normal or abnormal attrition of life . |
| 8 | ‘ If we have another couple of the big shires , they should be able to paddle down enough of the snow for the rest to follow on foot . ’ |
| 9 | Her Department should act on the recommendation that local officers should be able to top up that gap for claimants if no other resources are available . |
| 10 | Most importantly , partners who do not want to know how technology works or to learn how to use computers must be able to call up all the necessary client and administrative information they require . |
| 11 | He also claims that a dispute between the two countries in 1988–89 over a new Japanese fighter plane , the FSX , arose because America was afraid it would be too good and might be able to shoot down American aircraft . |
| 12 | From this profusion of language-specific material one then might be able to build up some idea of just which aspects of the context of utterance are likely in general to exert functional pressures on language . |
| 13 | She 's got have a clean out tomorrow so we 'll be able to tidy up all again . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sure you 'll be able to pick up some ideas . ’ |
| 15 | Erm , as I 've said there is a display there and Moat are here to ask ask ask as many questions obviously as you 'd like and hopefully they 'll be able to clear up any er , issues on the . |
| 16 | I do n't suppose you 'll be able to climb up half of that anyway . |
| 17 | ‘ Of course , if you resist long enough you may be able to lay down all sorts of conditions to which , if he 's so keen , he 'll have to agree . |
| 18 | The vendor may be able to point out external electric cable runs , stop-cocks , gas and water runs , drains and manholes — otherwise you will have to look for them ; try to ascertain their age and condition ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 19 | The social worker may be able to free up some complex feelings ; however the emphasis in this kind of work is on the impact of recent events , not on trying to unscramble past jealousies and conflicts . |
| 20 | Some of them may be able to start up new interests , but it 's usually best to start from their own experiences in life . |
| 21 | The Department of Trade and Industry has promised to examine whether charities may be able to get round this by using a clause , such as s 257 of the Companies Act , that contains special regulations for banks and insurance companies , allowing them different formats . |
| 22 | Ideally , research may be able to build up similar values for equine athletes which could be used by riders and trainers to avoid injuries . |
| 23 | But , as in the case say of a temporary administrator coming in he 'd be able to or she would be able to take up this file and use it . |
| 24 | But it seems clear that some people , perhaps the members of the monastery themselves , thought it was a serious possibility , and they took steps to ensure that neither Lanfranc nor anyone else would be able to carry out this sweeping measure of reform . |
| 25 | If this were the case , most people , whose call is to marriage , would be able to pick up one message and one message only from celibates . |
| 26 | Without committing themselves they would be able to test out some of their newest toys — ’ |
| 27 | After more than a year of " the war to end wars " Wilson was still pressing the need for the accumulation of a strike fund of such a size that when the war was over , the union " would be able to put up such a fight that their opponents would never be able to withstand " . |
| 28 | Davide haggled ; he got him five per cent , and knew that the man would be able to claw back some more , as well as keep some of the harvest . |
| 29 | If there were electric light , maybe she would be able to summon up more resistance against him . |
| 30 | Expectations that hospitals would be able to work up detailed costings had been revised . |