Example sentences of "[was/were] able [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that even if the government , the TUC and CBI were able to agree on a particular course of development of the national economy ‘ the state and the social partners alike are unable to enforce compliance with such a plan at the micro-level ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 2 | I pointed out the way we had gone about it in 1974 , when we wished to add an item to the ICAO agenda and were able to agree upon a concerted approach by the major European delegations towards achieving our aims . |
| 3 | Caughey 's statement paralleled the ideas about ‘ British standards of justice ’ and the responsibility of the British government under the Government of Ireland Act which were later put forward by the CSJ and the CDU , but in Caughey 's case they were able to coexist with a strong commitment to republicanism . |
| 4 | He told me about Piero della Francesca 's mysterious Flagellation in the Ducal palace in Urbino , and he said that it was ‘ probably the greatest small picture in the world ’ , a line which I was able to use in a novel set in Tuscany . |
| 5 | Rolls Royce Motors was able to continue as a successful company when the parent company went bankrupt ( restructuring had to take place at this point with government help ) . |
| 6 | In Britain 's largely black discos and dance-halls , which have always been dependent on mainly recorded music , the role of the DJ or Master of Ceremonies was able to take on a special significance . |
| 7 | Alice Foley remembered that her family was able to move into a better house as soon as her sister started work in the mill . |
| 8 | Having taken a change of clothes and underwear to the beach with her , she was able to put on a fresh dress before tucking the children into bed . |
| 9 | teaching approaches which maintained an often slavish adherence to the textbook , reliance on narrow questions often requiring monosyllabic answers , an inability to follow up and extend pupils ' answers and an over prescriptive method whereby the teacher was able to remain within a constricted , safe pattern of work . |
| 10 | Later that summer I was able to turn in a similar review of the main performance of the Sels Floto Circus . |
| 11 | In the past , Singapore was able to draw on a ready pool of Malay Chinese to supplement its workforce , but with economies in the whole region growing so rapidly , skilled labour is at a premium and countries are doing all they can to hang on to their brainpower . |
| 12 | And their shared taste for rich cake with coffee late at night restored her faith in their friendship a little , so that when he asked her about her family 's plans for Christmas she was able to answer in a relaxed and natural way . |
| 13 | He , no more than General Christison in Java , was able to operate in a political vacuum but at least the French in Saigon were treated as allies rather than as one-time enemies although , in the absence of sufficient numbers of Frenchmen , Japanese troops were required to fight Vietnamese who , as in Hanoi , were intent on the politics of a fait accompli . |
| 14 | Far from being ad hoc , the move to save Newton 's theory from falsification by Uranus 's orbit led to a new kind of test of that theory , which it was able to pass in a dramatic and progressive way . |
| 15 | By sheer luck , Ron was able to breath in a tiny air-pocket formed by the rapids , until he was finally rescued by the Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue team , who risked their own lives to save him . |
| 16 | While the President walked off after delivering his speech someone was able to slip in a pre-built ten-centimetre platform for Mrs Thatcher and Rajiv Gandhi , which was a lot less fuss than having to fiddle around re-adjusting the autocue height . |
| 17 | ‘ I was able to plug into a growing formula which was already successful and so avoid the ‘ learning curve ’ which so often represents the downfall of any new venture , ’ said Mr Singleton . |
| 18 | Hence Paris modernism was able to persist as a vital and radical force . |
| 19 | Radio in Zambia broadcast not only in English but also in seven Zambian languages ; therefore , unlike television and most newspapers , it was able to communicate with a large proportion of the people in their own language or at least in one they could understand . |
| 20 | While Tyneside has its share of industrial dereliction , in Newcastle it was able to boast of a vibrant city and the region 's key cultural and educational institutions . |
| 21 | Similarly bodies such as the Council for the Protection of Rural England , often depicted as the last refuge of ex-Etonian Guards officers and assorted upper-class cranks , was able to speak with a new confidence and a new authority , attract a new breed of membership and turn itself into a highly professional custodian of the English countryside . |