Example sentences of "[vb base] been able [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jenny gave me a house-warming present of a radio so I 've been able to listen to music while I write — and it 's been such fun ! |
| 2 | However , the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland has increasingly been able to give some very substantial grants towards churches , ensuring that churches faced with closure because of a repairs crisis have been able to continue in use . |
| 3 | I have been able to do as Minister is to remove the spectre of listing ’ |
| 4 | Both bodies have been able to comment on draft PPGs and MPGs and have secured a number of improvements to their content . |
| 5 | They have been able to work in government service , even in the army , and there has been no need for work permits . |
| 6 | They have been able to prove without doubt that aroma has a profound influence on mind and body . |
| 7 | The only other argument that I have been able to find in support of tonight 's regulations is where the DSS states that the use of regulation 72 puts ’ an over-emphasis on the Department 's welfare role and overlooks the fact that persons acting for the claimant could have made inquiries on the claimant 's behalf . ’ |
| 8 | What , for example , is the basis for the influential role doctors have been able to play in health service policies ? |
| 9 | Almost the entire population listens to the Persian service of the BBC , and the BBC reports the latest broadside from the Ayatollah in Paris and such information from Teheran as correspondents have been able to sift from rumour . |
| 10 | For the first time , archaeologists have been able to study in detail the techniques used by post-medieval builders to construct the typical ‘ cob ’ houses for which the West Country is famous . |