Example sentences of "able to use the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have been fiddling with the boot files a lot anyway , you should have no bother with this , and will be able to use the in-built editor to make any changes you want . |
| 2 | Such a system is needed in order to be able to use the right-hand path in Figure 11.6 . |
| 3 | Obviously we 'll be able to use the usual relaxation exercises , but I do n't want any subconscious resentment creeping in . ’ |
| 4 | Had the county council been able to use the final figures , the dwelling requirements at the end of the projection period would have been somewhat lower than the figure that we have produced . |
| 5 | Traditional opportunities for ‘ on-job ’ design experience are subsumed by young graduate engineers who are able to use the new design aids . |
| 6 | Likert attempted to show that the effective manager is one who uses the participative style of management , although the ideal manager must be able to use the right leadership style for any given situation . |
| 7 | ‘ Now yachtsmen can visit Leningrad or Lake Saimaa and may soon be able to use the Soviet canal system to get to Murmansk or the Black Sea . ’ |
| 8 | Anyone who has completed the City and Guilds course , or who can confidently design their own garments with a charting device for instance , should have sufficient knowledge to be able to use the Professional program . |
| 9 | But the thief wo n't be able to use the stolen cards on a spending spree . |
| 10 | For the end of the fourth and early fifth centuries Gregory was able to use the Spanish historian Orosius , and the works of two otherwise unknown authors , Sulpicius Alexander and Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus , but thereafter he had no historian to follow . |
| 11 | If the patient can stand and balance , he may be able to use the normal toilet . |
| 12 | The organizational elite will be able to use the selective incentives to achieve broader , collective goods . |
| 13 | Mrs Bosanquet said traffic from Teesside would be able to use the underused dual carriageway A66 bypass to the new junction . |
| 14 | But jokes about women drivers ( always told by men ) are about hanging a handbag on the pulled-out choke or never being able to use the rear-view mirror because it 's always positioned for make-up repairs . |
| 15 | To run cable down to light switches or to wall lights , it will usually be necessary to ‘ chase ’ slots in solid walls , though if you are rewiring a house which was originally wired in metal conduit , you may be able to use the existing conduit buried in the plaster leading to light switches to feed the cable down . |
| 16 | In Mid Glamorgan the teacher placement organiser is able to use the existing communication network to schools and business . |
| 17 | Even if you are replacing a basin with another in the same position , it is unlikely that you will be able to use the existing tap connectors . |
| 18 | Such individuals , who would be described as good readers , are able to use the preceding context to reduce the number of possible words which could occur at the end of the sentence , making use of many sources of information and not relying exclusively upon any one source . |
| 19 | seventy five degrees I mean , and it was really cold and when we got back it was cold as well , it 's only the last four weeks that we 've been able to use the outdoor pools again |
| 20 | DROUGHT stricken farmers may be able to use the same water time after time to grow crops if experiments by scientists in Hampshire are successful . |
| 21 | Sears says that because its solution conforms to general rather than inhouse standards , suppliers using Ensemble will be able to use the same approach to trade with other partners , so that the proprietary ‘ lock-in ’ is avoided . |
| 22 | To put this another way , if the customer has a defence to a claim against him under the hire-purchase agreement , then any guarantor will also be able to use the same defence . |
| 23 | I thought things had changed in Sweden when I was able to use the same team in successive games for the first time in six years . |
| 24 | The specialist gardens are able to access the Plant Records system through dial-up modems , and are able to use the same PCs for word processing , small databases , and spreadsheets for numerical data , such as climate records and finance . |
| 25 | You 'll be able to use the same coins . |
| 26 | Luckily , as was the way in those less intense days , Micky Watson was able to use the considerable contracting plant and other facilities of his own business ( Aubrey Watson Ltd. ) , to help pull the Club together . |
| 27 | Like you , on occasions my family and I , along with my parents , have had the benefits of being able to use the National Health Service free of any ongoing financial burden to the family . |
| 28 | Dormant companies that do not want to appoint auditors are now able to use the written resolution procedure ( p 95 ) . |
| 29 | Each group would be equally represented on a co-ordinating committee and neither would be able to use the Civic Forum name or emblem . |
| 30 | AML 's usefulness to Ford will come from being able to use the highlyskilled engineering department ( left and below ) as a technological test-bed |