Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] able [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Mr Major has signalled that he wants to leave the choice up to backbenchers , he is understood to favour the new Speaker coming from the Tory ranks , dashing Labour hopes that they might be able to nominate the next occupant of the Speaker 's chair . |
| 2 | If time and numbers permit we may be able to start a second item . |
| 3 | We can say with certainty that we would be able to mount the first kind of display ; but at the moment we can not be so certain about the travelling display which , although the more attractive proposition , has much more significant resource implications . |
| 4 | Like an Elizabethan tickling the back of his throat with a peacock feather to induce vomiting so he would be able to face the next enormous course , he brought up another cloud of ghosts . |
| 5 | I am sure that the Secretary of State will be able to explain the next point to me , because it is so simple . |