Example sentences of "[being] able [to-vb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 4 not being able to cope in an emergency , e.g. a haemorrhage or cardiac arrest . |
| 2 | Community care also highlights one of the fundamental flaws of charters — there is little point being able to complain about a service if it simply is not there in the first place . |
| 3 | Since there was no question of us being able to invest in a cargo ourselves , let alone afford to charter the empty vessel , our only solution lay in returning to Makassar and attempting to persuade our Chinese friends to raise the merchandise themselves and to send us along as its stewards and guardians . |
| 4 | This is a move which is to be welcomed , for with greater harmonisation of policies industry will be able to operate more efficiently through being able to plan within an environment of greater certainty , and will be more secure in the knowledge that its domestic and international operations are likely to receive compatible treatment from the respective authorities . |
| 5 | Moreover , writers such as Poulantzas ( e.g. 1978 ) pointed out that the state was not just called upon to meet the needs of capitalist accumulation ; in a class-divided society the long term stability of the system depended on the state 's being able to act as a force of cohesion and stand as a ‘ symbol of legitimacy ’ for all sections of society . |
| 6 | He had spent four unwilling years as an articled clerk in his father 's law office , before being able to enrol as a student . |
| 7 | They want to be in control of certain ordinary aspects of life , like opening a window , turning off a radiator , being able to return to a bedsitter at intervals during the day , and to be private or quiet . |
| 8 | That had held me back from being able to grow into a woman really . |
| 9 | There are types of language use which demand the ability to formulate grammatical , correctly bounded sentences , and being able to exploit the formal sentence grammar is one of the most important elements in being able to communicate in a language . |
| 10 | being able to get to a room where there is a bath/shower , toilet and wash basin and be able to use them , |
| 11 | that at people being able to get into a car and never driven before and be allowed out onto a highway ! |
| 12 | being able to get into a room that can be used as a bedroom , either upstairs or downstairs , |
| 13 | being able to get into a living room , or main family room , |
| 14 | Most people er recognise that er being able to park in a space in a busy street is an important part of driving , and the surprise is really that it 's never been part of the test before . |
| 15 | The Midland Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology is the only centre in the United Kingdom able to provide such a pioneering operation which is only available through the N.H.S. If Mr. Thorpe had not been in a fortunate position of being able to register with a G.P. in a different Health Authority , he would not have had his operation . |
| 16 | Age Concern would like to see this issue specifically addressed , so that elderly people will be assured of being able to register with a practice near their home . |
| 17 | Pearce lists these as two important qualities for a top manager together with being able to look at a problem and see the two or three key factors . |
| 18 | I remember not being able to stand outside a phone kiosk any longer and dragging out a man who was obviously gossiping therein . |