Example sentences of "[am/are] able [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As long as we 're able to go to the cemetery we will keep an eye on Brian 's grave . ’ |
| 2 | Erm and how we can speak to time and how we can control that time and make sure that even with interruptions which is what in a way what a meeting is about a discussion , that we 're able to stick to the time that we 've allocated for the particular meeting or presentation that we 've got . |
| 3 | As in Situation 2 above except that you are able to decide on the selling price yourself . |
| 4 | If the relatives are able to go to the mortuary or viewing room and be with the person who has died for as long as they feel it to be necessary , then they are more able to start absorbing the fact of their loved one 's death , because again they have the evidence in front of them . |
| 5 | We are able to see into the heart of things for other people . |
| 6 | It has been found that injected microorganisms are able to migrate in the subsurface , but these display relatively high levels of attenuation . |
| 7 | They are one wheel lighter than two-wheeled carts , and more manoeuvrable since they are able to turn on the spot and negotiate narrow gaps on rocky ground . |
| 8 | It requires a solid apprenticeship in the breed before you are able to cope with the responsibility of stud dog ownership . |
| 9 | With oil and gas exports , the objective is to get foreign currency with which foreign goods can be purchased and the domestic economy 's energy requirements are organised so that they are able to manage on the fuel which is left . |
| 10 | Yet in this respect as in many others , few families are a complete law unto themselves , and many children are able to participate in the culture of the playground or the street in happy ignorance or gleeful defiance of adult wishes . |
| 11 | In addition , some parents may find that it is easier to cope with a child who has a serious language problem if they are able to participate in the process of assessment and intervention . |
| 12 | With the increase in the number of people having their own transport , those who have left the area are able to return for the show . |
| 13 | They , along with a growing number of church ministries , are able to minister in the power of the Holy Spirit with notable success . |
| 14 | Nor does such staggered hatching cause any difficulties for such birds as eagles which build inaccessible nests in the tops of trees where their young can remain in safety until they are able to take to the air themselves . |
| 15 | Young children appear to acquire a " grammar " of story comparatively early and are able to deal with the sequencing with reasonable success — i.e. the initial events are sequenced initially in the text and so on . |
| 16 | Hardship is clearly caused to disabled people ( 40,000 on government estimates , up to half a million according to the Disablement Income Group ) who are able to live in the community . |
| 17 | Cos if you were asked as , as , as a person by , by a manager or by somebody else to , to actually do the training , then it 's your responsibility is n't it you 've been asked , you 've been given that task and it 's your responsibility to ensure that people are able to do at the end of the session something effectively . |
| 18 | In this chapter the steps which need to be taken to ensure that the continuing partners are able to carry on the practice , beyond the basic declaration of intent ( Clause 4.02 ) , are considered in some detail . |
| 19 | Third parties are able to accede to the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the [ Panama ] Canal and thereby accept the rights and obligations of the regime . |
| 20 | You might put it this way : We are human beings , not because we have souls but because we are able to conceive of the possibility that we might have souls . |
| 21 | Experience of different amounts , sharing and mixing will be enjoyed when children are able to share in the preparation . |
| 22 | At the same time as the Nun 's Priest is made to try to claim for himself in his tale the equivalent of : he , or Chaucer , reassures those who are able to share in the joke that the opposite is the case . |
| 23 | Once we see that the relationship between a set of explanatory principles and the more specific analyses offered by social scientists must be a reciprocal one we are able to benefit from the fact that , just as social scientific practice is moulded by existing views of explanation , so those views can be refined and altered by the impact of practice . |
| 24 | There is a very substantial and relevant literature of research , practical discussion and theory to be mastered before language work can be developed with the sophistication that English graduates are able to bring to the work in literature . |
| 25 | The ERASMUS scheme allows you to study for a year in Europe , whether you choose the single honours BCom or one of the joint degrees , provided you are able to study in the language of your host country . |
| 26 | Any weeds that are able to get through the cover are knocked over , but the important purposes for keeping the mulch jostled about are air penetration and the prevention of rain run-off from a packed surface . |
| 27 | Some companies have successfully trained teams of staff based across the country who are able to speak for the company on everything but board level decisions . |
| 28 | The concept of parental rights in education could be said to be concerned with the ability of parents to extend the control they are able to exert within the family to their child 's formal education , thus protecting their ‘ interest ’ in the child . |
| 29 | Indeed the only reason that modern living things are able to survive in the presence of oxygen , is that they contain a variety of compounds that prevent it from reacting with materials such as fats : compounds that include vitamins C and E , and uric acid . |
| 30 | I look forward to hearing from you , and very much hope that you are able to help with the back issues . |