Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [adv] [adv] [been] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | By drawing engine cooling air in through the left-front wheelarch , for example , Renault engineers have not only been able to enhance the Clio 's aerodynamics , but also protect the engine from damage caused by ingress of foreign bodies . |
| 3 | Millions of parts and supplies must be got to the right place at the right time , which is something American military forces have not always been able to do . |
| 4 | As the available range of leisure activities expanded such people were less interested in the convivial aspects of Friendly Society membership and more concerned with safe insurance , which Friendly Societies had not always been able to guarantee . |
| 5 | The police have not yet been able to find the people responsible for the raids on Professor Kohr 's house . |
| 6 | Police have not yet been able to identify the man . |
| 7 | Since the deregulation of local bus services in 1986 , subsidising authorities have no longer been able to buy in a bus network via a global subsidy . |
| 8 | As the ITVA 's rules on comparative whiteness claims in detergent ads have tightened , the ( by now ) several Persil products have not always been able to use this theme , but its development over such a long period was an astonishing piece of consistency by client management and virtuosity by the agency . |