Example sentences of "[be] able [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agent sources will cost $8,000 ; existing customers will be able to upgrade to the joint version for $800 . |
| 2 | Agent sources will cost $8,000 ; existing customers will be able to upgrade to the joint version for $800 . |
| 3 | And at the same time you 've got ta be able to talk to the managing director and have lunch with him and talk about what was on television and what the state of the country is and the economic situation and everything , you know . |
| 4 | This is a pretty odd combination if you think about it for dormice and hares do not really talk and so would not be able to talk to the mad hatter , a human . |
| 5 | Teacher-training , all too often still embedded in traditional teaching techniques , does not offer teachers sufficient guidance for them to be able to adapt to the new requirements in the curriculum ; and the result is that pupils are inadequately guided , and projects and assignments are poorly executed . |
| 6 | The neophytes were still growing , and only a good while after they had received their final implant of all — the carapace — would they be able to jack into an armoured suit . |
| 7 | R&D agreements and specialization agreements between UK firms can be drafted in such a way as to fall outside the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 : otherwise firms might be able to appeal to the permissive stance of EC law to override any difficulties with the UK rules . |
| 8 | You will be able to choose between a single or a double oven , with an eye-level grill or a grill at waist level , often set into a small top oven . |
| 9 | The tendency of the later 1960s was to move away from packaged courses towards ‘ options ’ in the hope that many pupils would be able to choose from a wide range of subjects and so assemble a programme best fitted to their own interests and abilities . |
| 10 | While following the F-Plan you will be able to choose from a wide variety of meals to suit your own taste , in selecting daily menus . |
| 11 | It is even possible that if you decide to set up your own business , you may be able to claim for the initial costs of this . |
| 12 | In this way , inter-party friction would be eliminated , while , at the same time , the new organization would still be able to draw on the mobilizing capacity of the old parties . |
| 13 | Mr Durr said the important thing was that it would be able to behave as a private company . |
| 14 | A a at precisely the point where one one would expect them to be in the position to be able to encroach on the rich they are actually this is , this is the promotion of the rich peasant economy . |
| 15 | DENMARK will be able to vote on a revised Maastricht Treaty , Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd promised yesterday . |
| 16 | He is expected to be able to vote in the crucial Maastricht Treaty referendum on Sunday . |
| 17 | ‘ She is a sensitive and claims to be able to regress to the Roman era . ’ |
| 18 | Last year the general assembly gave to the Board of Social Responsibility a task of coordinating the work of the church in this field and we are proud now to be able to report to the general assembly that the work done by the assembly 's various Boards and by numerous local initiatives make the Church of Scotland the nation 's leading provider of services to the victims of H I V and to their families delivering both the most extensive and the most comprehensive service to these people within Scotland . |
| 19 | I am pleased to be able to report to the hon. Gentleman that we have just had the first results of the monitoring arrangements for the implementation of community care and we are impressed with the practical schemes already being advanced to ensure that the frail and vulnerable , and particularly the chronically sick and disabled , receive the support that they need . |
| 20 | England have taken a well-earned break after four games in the past three weeks , and with Platt proving his recovery from an ankle injury with the opening goal against Brazil on Sunday in Washington , manager Graham Taylor should be able to pick from a full squad . |
| 21 | Rdb will then be able to connect with the 125-odd existing applications designed for Microsoft 's SQL Server . |
| 22 | It is acceptable to ask them over for a meal they are not expected to be able to manage without a caring woman . |
| 23 | As the speed is increased , the damping becomes less and you will be able to decide on a reasonable limit to keep to for the first half hour . |
| 24 | Unless the traveller has some idea of where he is starting from and the conditions he may meet along the way , he is unlikely to be able to decide upon a satisfactory route . |
| 25 | Given this state of affairs , everyone should , in theory , be able to relax with a tranquil mind , secured by the logical impossibility of anyone winning a nuclear war . |
| 26 | We should be able to go into the big houses and let the gentry know that we are honest , that 's the only way they 'll give us their business . |
| 27 | I asked Joyce what aspect of her phobia she felt still remained and she said that she would like to be able to go into an open space such as a park , where there were likely to be many more birds around . |
| 28 | She dreaded the inspector coming because he always asked a lot of questions , and told her how lucky she was that she would soon be able to go to a big place in London where there were lots of other girls and boys . |
| 29 | ‘ You might be able to go for a short walk in a couple of days , ’ said Joe . |
| 30 | Er , I make the point I think that , erm , we should oppose the er , Deregulation Bill if it 's based on providing deregulation by Ministers , because I think that 's a constitutional point that is of great import , but the , the rest of it erm , are really sets of principles that I hope you 'd agree to , subject to amen amendment and dis discussion , because the information that we got is that the consultation period is going to be very tight indeed , and that it might not be able to go through the normal committee procedures in order to put things through erm , with er , proposals in that , er , in that respect . |