Example sentences of "[was/were] able [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that the temples , through their bureaucracy , were able to set quotas on production in the rural villages ; these may have been specified taxes , or tribute , or they may have been expressed as required offerings . |
| 2 | Bold spirits in the satellite countries were able to take liberties at home ( Lutoslawski , Penderecki , Kurtag ) when they did n't get away in person ( Panufnik , Ligeti ) . |
| 3 | So , for example , Burns and Stalker ( 1961 ) were able to divide forms of management structure into mechanistic and organic , the former being appropriate for firms operating under relatively stable market conditions because routine decision-making handles unchanging tasks efficiently , and the latter being appropriate to rapidly changing product environments where there is a continuous need to innovate and deal with new and unpredictable problems . |
| 4 | In the fourteenth century , while France was being drained by constant warfare , the artistic centre of this part of Europe moved from Paris to Belgium , where Brussels and Antwerp were able to attract artists of fame and quality . |
| 5 | When the proposed changes were made known , advertised , and er members of the public and other bodies were able to make representations with respect to them , site D forty was shown as being additionally within the village . |
| 6 | The journalists , who were allowed free access to the site and were able to file reports without censorship , found no evidence of a military presence within the bunker which had been constructed as a civilian shelter during the Iran-Iraq war . |
| 7 | Most of the Asian claimants in Cohen and Sadiq 's study were able to buy goods on credit from local Asian shops where they were known ( Sadiq , 1991 ) . |
| 8 | It is clear that there was considerable freedom in the peasant land-market , so that individuals were able to buy parcels of land and increase their own holdings . |
| 9 | Such an assertion presupposes a well-founded theory of performance , one which was able to assign periods of time to mental processes . |
| 10 | Although Gregory himself left no works within this tradition , he was able to employ tricks of style when it suited him . |
| 11 | The intravenous infusion was removed when he was able to take fluids without feeling nauseated . |