Example sentences of "[pers pn] be able [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As chairman of probably the oldest and certainly the noisiest of the Institute 's technical committees , I am able to reassure such doubters ; indeed , the Technical Advisory Committee 's advice is still the foundation of most Institute responses on accounting and auditing matters . |
| 2 | If , having considered the document , you would like to obtain further details it may be necessary for me to disclose your identity to the vendor 's agent before I am able to obtain further information . |
| 3 | Luckily I am able to correct these mistakes , which is just as well because we face prosecution from the Trading Standards Office after complaints about our programme for the Clansford clash . |
| 4 | Will I be able to meet other childminders ? |
| 5 | ‘ Hey , would I be able to get cheap rail travel ? ’ |
| 6 | or 2. , would I be able to add some Tropheus duboisi or Lamprologus tretocephalus to the Tanganyikan tank ? |
| 7 | And and I think I I 'm able to give that level of support from Selby District 's point of view . |
| 8 | It meant that that summer , despite the pressure of finals , I was able to enjoy human company and gain succour from it , in a way that had previously been denied to me . |
| 9 | ‘ Dustin called me to check up on some facts and I was able to shed some light on the character he played , ’ Dr O'Connor says modestly . |
| 10 | I was able to realize this desire agreeably by means of a small scholarly society which I formed with two friends . " |
| 11 | Because I was cunning enough to keep my lying within plausible bounds , I was able to deflect too-close questioning and avoid ostracism . |
| 12 | While Rosa Guy makes some parts of her book easy to understand , it was only after the second time I read the book that I was able to give unanswerable questions an answer . |
| 13 | After a fight , I was able to take three books . |
| 14 | A year passed before I was able to witness this second part of the mayor-making , so it was a different mayor I saw being installed . |
| 15 | During this time I was able to develop some understanding of the sorts of backgrounds my interviewees came from , what their hopes , fears , values and experiences of life had been like before they joined the movement and how these might have changed since . |
| 16 | During the meeting I was able to make new contacts with UK and EC institutions , but I concluded that of the major EC formal programmes , PHARE and TACIS are not relevant to us , but that the next call from PECO might have something marginal in it . |
| 17 | At first there was some response and I was able to meet two officials , Jack Dromey and Miss Catherine Scorer , in Belfast on 28th April 1974 during a visit to Northern Ireland which they were making together with Martin Loney , the general secretary . |
| 18 | Because some of the volunteers subsequently joined my slimming and exercise classes which I hold weekly at the Holiday Inn in Leicester , I was able to hear first hand the kind of encouraging comments which only served to confirm what I was seeing with my eyes as each week passed . |
| 19 | You have a think about it , if you think yes I did , I spoke to everybody , I got their answers and I was able to bring that sheet to Mrs lesson , sign it . |
| 20 | Because of the way that erm the school changed over from having a system of streaming in its first three years , to a system where mixed ability was introduced year by year from the first to the third year , I was able to follow two groups of pupils through the school — one lot of pupils in their streamed classes , and then another lot following them on in their mixed ability classes — and try and discover something about the differences in their experience of school in the two different modes , in the streamed and in the mixed ability classes . |
| 21 | Because of the way that the school changed over from having a system of streaming in its first three years to a system where mixed ability is introduced year by year from the first to third year , I was able to follow two groups of pupils through the school , one lot of pupils in their streamed classes and then another lot following them on in their mixed ability classes , and try and discover something about the differences in their experience of school in the two different modes , in the streamed and the mixed ability classes . |
| 22 | I was able to identify specific gene factors which carry personality traits . |
| 23 | I was able to identify four problem areas , namely training , various restrictions to my practice , other nurses being unfamiliar with my parameters of practice , and unrealistic expectations of both medical and nursing staff . |
| 24 | It was only years later , after becoming a Christian , that I was able to clothe that feeling with words . |
| 25 | This account is now generally accepted , although some historians still suggest that Elizabeth herself would have preferred to have reintroduced the 1549 Prayer Book , had she been able to enlist any support for this move from her lay and clerical advisers at court . |
| 26 | In fact has it been a very difficult year for you or have you been able to have some control , because it 's all down to the watering I guess |
| 27 | If possible , know your colleagues ' views ; form your own opinions based on sound facts for which you are able to give convincing reasons in a straightforward manner . |
| 28 | On the main when you knit two colours in a row ( that is Fair Isle ) you are able to thread both colours in one row with one pass of the carriage . |
| 29 | If you are able to get organic foods , and can afford them , then try to use these as much as possible . |
| 30 | If you are honest , approaching with an open mind and saying the first thing that comes into your head , you will gradually find you are able to contribute real information and will gain confidence in your abilities . |