Example sentences of "[be] able [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to US press reports , the 64-bit bus architecture will be backwards-compatible with AT and EISA boards , but they will not be able to upgrade to the higher performance . |
| 2 | Agent sources will cost $8,000 ; existing customers will be able to upgrade to the joint version for $800 . |
| 3 | Agent sources will cost $8,000 ; existing customers will be able to upgrade to the joint version for $800 . |
| 4 | Existing NCR 3450 and 3550 server users will be able to upgrade from the 80486 via a board swap . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He is expected to be able to vote in the crucial Maastricht Treaty referendum on Sunday . |
| 13 | ‘ She is a sensitive and claims to be able to regress to the Roman era . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The decision means the children will remain physically close to the queen and Princess Beatrice will be able to remain at the same school . |
| 17 | Rdb will then be able to connect with the 125-odd existing applications designed for Microsoft 's SQL Server . |
| 18 | Dipolar groups in a polymer coil may not all be able to relax at the same speed because of the variable steric restrictions they may experience , imposed by their environment . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Will he be able to go to the same school as his brothers and sisters ? ’ or ‘ Will she be able to speak like other boys and girls when she is older ? ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Yesterday 's result means that he will be able to take on the Euro-sceptic rump in the Tory Party and put through the legislation that could put Britain on the road to a single European currency by the late 1990s . |
| 23 | As you may be able to see from the above , there are many factors that play a part in the condition called thrush . |
| 24 | That means that the trust will be able to improve on the successful record for day surgery that the hospitals established in the past 10 years and to which I referred earlier . |
| 25 | However , TI is very bullish on what it thinks it 's going to be able to sell to the Far East and American Sparc cloners and reckons the ratio will change dramatically . |
| 26 | ‘ The department has no authority to make Caldaire sell and that particular clause will lapse after ten years , when the company would then be able to sell to the highest bidder . ’ |
| 27 | Furthermore , whilst the audited accounts may provide comfort in relation to the overall financial position of the Business , the Purchaser needs to be able to rely on the past records of the business for all sorts of other reasons — e.g. past levels of turnover , proper recording of information , etc . |
| 28 | They will simply not be able to cope with the increased tax burden planned by Mr Smith . |
| 29 | The local project manager had warned of the danger because the partially completed new barriers would not be able to cope with the increased flow . |
| 30 | Slightly overcrowd your tank , but not to the extremes otherwise your filtration system may not be able to cope with the extra loading placed upon it . |