Example sentences of "able [to-vb] upon the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Undoubtedly , the essentially non-problematic process was aided by the fact that the Six had been able to agree upon the basic objectives in advance — the economic objective of a common market and the political one of some kind of supranational authority — as it was also by the fact that the discussions were mainly conducted by experienced bureaucrats in closed sessions . |
| 2 | They were able to concentrate upon the task of becoming a teacher . |
| 3 | This way the computer complexities will be removed , and personnel people will be able to concentrate upon the management issues of implementation , such as staff consultations , training , and requirements definition . |
| 4 | However , advisers in English , mathematics , science , etc. , without these roles to perform , were able to concentrate upon the provision of classroom support for teachers . |
| 5 | Lyell was able to draw upon the work of the elder de Candolle , who had recognized that the old idea of a stable ‘ balance of Nature ’ was no longer tenable . |
| 6 | ‘ One of the most difficult matches we have ever been asked to play , ’ confided Sir Alf Ramsey in June , 1973 , his apprehension understandable despite being able to call upon the vast experience of Bobby Moore , Alan Ball and Martin Peters . |
| 7 | And though Walker was able to call upon the versatility of substitute Rob Newman , City were still reorganising when Ipswich snatched the lead six minutes into the second half . |
| 8 | Able to call upon the financial and military resources of his whole empire , the new Duke was a political bulldozer possessed of a weight which could flatten opponents and their castles . |
| 9 | He may not be able to call upon the driver who took over the car to support his defence and to help him discharge the balance of probabilities in his favour , because that driver would not want to expose himself to the criminal charges of aggravated car theft . |
| 10 | In turn , they would receive information from elsewhere in Scotland and be able to call upon the association 's greater muscle to aid their local fights . |
| 11 | Being able to rely upon the full support of all the ministers — especially Cabinet ministers — was obviously a further strength not available to Heseltine . |
| 12 | ‘ In the nature of things most respondents applications for discovery in aid of restraint orders would be able to rely upon the privilege against self-incrimination and the fact that Parliament has made no special provision in this regard suggests that , in that context , restrictions upon the use which can be made of the information were accepted as being effective . |
| 13 | To some extent they were able to rely upon the generality of an engineering craftsman 's training . |
| 14 | Professor Saville has written that the old unions ‘ were able to rely upon the skill of their members as a crucial bargaining weapon ’ but ‘ the new unionists were at all times , even in years of good trade , subject to the pressures of an over-stocked labour market ’ . |
| 15 | Even though the prosecutor is able to rely upon the principles of complicity to establish that the particular defendant was guilty , he still has to show that the defendant was encouraging others to use the conduct in question . |
| 16 | Subsection ( 2 ) is clearly an exception to the nemo dat principle , since the buyers were able to confer upon the sub-purchaser a title better than that which the buyers had themselves , namely , a title free from the sellers ’ lien and which therefore gave to the sub-purchaser the right to immediate possession . |