Example sentences of "[was/were] able [to-vb] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was talking to a civil servant in the Ministry of erm Energy the other day , and he said that he reckoned out of several hundred people working there there were about fifteen people who had a scientific or engineering background , and therefore were able to talk with some degree of expertise perhaps and certainly knowledge about the matters that they were discussing . |
| 2 | Although some US rugby enthusiasts were able to tap into these satellite transmissions to view the matches live , the majority have not seen the heroics of the best players in their sport . |
| 3 | Official toleration was denied only to Roman Catholics and episcopalian Anglicans , and in practice if they exercised discretion , they too were able to worship without much disturbance . |
| 4 | I would say the thing that kept me sane during that period was the fact that I had a part time job , and erm we were able to pay for some home help . |
| 5 | And because er we do have a quality assurance system in place although not certificated , er we were able to tender for that work . |
| 6 | ‘ They were able to speak to each other on the phone — he made gurgling noises to her . |
| 7 | While the course organisers were able to operate in this way in a majority of cases , for a small number of courses which either finished early in the year , or employer.based project work was being carried out over the summer months , organisers posted on the questionnaire on behalf of [ MS . |
| 8 | As soon as more advanced types evolved in response to a stimulating environment , they spread out around the world , driving earlier , more primitive forms into marginal locations where they were able to survive for some time before extinction . |
| 9 | It would discourage profit and perhaps take us back to that nadir of Labour party policy when Shirley Williams was able to say with some pride that profit levels were the lowest they had been for years . |
| 10 | It put a bit of life back into her and she was able to leave with more dignity than she had felt on arrival as Felipe politely held her chair and said adiós to the still intrigued customers . |
| 11 | The tutworker was able to rely upon some reward whereas with tributing it was much more of a gamble . |
| 12 | What I was able to do in that instance was play all the symphonies through with the orchestra and then forget about them for three months . |
| 13 | How could it be if she was able to think about another man in such physical terms ? |
| 14 | The fit of this brace was firm and it felt comfortable , despite the fact that it is an off-the-shelf model ( its older brother , the CTI , is custom-fit ) and I found I was able to ski with some confidence in my otherwise highly unstable knee . |
| 15 | Alf was able to play on either flank of our defence and indeed , on occasions early in his career , in various positions further forward , but it was at left-back that he settled to give of his best from 1958 to 1961 . |
| 16 | The Princess had spent the previous day reading Love and Pain , Sandra 's book on violent relationships , and was able to speak with some understanding about domestic violence . |