Example sentences of "[noun sg] be able [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , a subsidiary will be able to acquire shares in its parent only to the extent that the parent is able to acquire its own shares . |
| 2 | On the first limb of the response , the Royal Commission rather lamely noted that the procedures of some tribunals have become ‘ legalistic ’ , mainly because the law governing their work has become more complex , and recommended that procedures be reviewed ‘ to ensure that applicants in person are able to conduct their own cases wherever possible ’ . |
| 3 | For that reason alone I feel able to say that the decision of the justices was wrong and that therefore this court is able to substitute its own discretion . |
| 4 | At the moment each Magistrates bench is able to decide its own policy . |
| 5 | Jean Henderson , about whom her daughter was able to give me many details , was perhaps unusual in her great thirst for reading . |
| 6 | At a distance from France , Nan was able to place his own indoctrination and oppression in perspective . |
| 7 | Hence the chief executive is able to maximize his/her own utility ( Williamson , 1963 ) as long as the shareholders get some basic , probably low , return . |
| 8 | What are the names of the programme producer and director ? — What is the time of the recording or broadcast ? — Can your spokesman have a preview of other relevant material to be shown on the programme ? — Will your company be able to show its own film , pictures , models or sample products ? — Will there be others appearing in the programme and if so who ? — Will there be a studio audience and will questions be allowed from the floor ? |
| 9 | Most children enter school being able to read their own name and a few other words seen-and-said on television programmes , on labels on food , and on public notices . |
| 10 | For example , non-Christian religions were developed in more detail , and in many places a user was able to treat his own country or religion as the preferred category . |
| 11 | In more complex societies and especially under capitalism these different sections of society — classes — dispose of different power , and because of this the dominant class is able to impose its own consciousness on the whole of society . |