Example sentences of "[was/were] able [to-vb] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duchamp-Villon and La Fresnaye were also members of the hanging committee , so that the Cubist painters were able to exhibit for the second time that year as a group . |
| 2 | Once I had discussed the situation with Sylvia and explained to her what had been happening , we were able to progress to the next stage . |
| 3 | However , if you were able to travel in the third dimension , you could cut straight across . |
| 4 | The thing had died , and for its death they could also find no reason … no more than they could find a reason for how it was able to live in the first place . |
| 5 | This caused a delay of nine minutes , but play was able to restart for the last couple of overs . |