Example sentences of "[pers pn] are able [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is where you are able to do a competent presentation but only by investing an enormous amount of conscious effort into every aspect . |
| 2 | If you are able to find a literary agent who will take on your work , the process of having it looked at by publishers will be speeded up for you . |
| 3 | In this chapter we are able to witness a typical day in its life . |
| 4 | With over 10 years of experience we are able to provide a complete service from initial site survey through to an expert installation . |
| 5 | But by researching we are able to uncover a few of our early inhabitants . |
| 6 | Nevertheless they did issue trade cards and it is from such items and other related mercantile ephemera that we are able to reconstruct a reliable overview of the trade , their connection with other business houses and their livery company affiliations . |
| 7 | The use of the word ‘ lazy ’ here does not imply that those animals are indolent or inefficient but rather that their specialisation is so finely tuned and successful that they are able to spend a great deal of their daily lives sitting , gazing and sleeping . |
| 8 | Generally , banks earn larger profits from long-term loans than from short-term loans as they are able to charge a higher interest rate on long-term loans . |
| 9 | They are able to form a good relationship with their foster parents and they have the advantages of remaining in a normal setting , going to school , making friends and generally participating in the life of the neighbourhood . |
| 10 | Institutions are viewed as expressions of collective purposes which maintain vitality so long as they are able to maintain a clear sense of purpose . |
| 11 | They are able to offer a wide range of subjects and courses . |
| 12 | They are clearly attracted by the knowledge that they are able to buy a public house for at least 50 per cent to 60 per cent less than in the hectic days of 1989/90 . |
| 13 | This is because they are able to attract a wide range of able , graduate-level entrants ; they expect to ( and do ) lose a significant number of those but have the ability to retain the ones that they see as candidates to fill their senior management positions . |