Example sentences of "able to tell the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one place they visited , Moccas Court , in Herefordshire , home of the Cornwall family , she was able to tell the curator who formerly worked for the Ropner family at Thorp Perrow , near Bedale all about the people whose impressive portraits hung on the walls . |
| 2 | He had problems forming an administration and it was not until 1st July that he was able to tell the Queen of his main ministerial appointments . |
| 3 | Their knowledge of the area may be slight , it may be greater than perhaps we think , but they will not be able to tell the Chief Constable what to do and that is the glory of our system . |
| 4 | ‘ We are able to tell the women what their legal entitlements are , and inform them of the protection offered by the Wages Councils ’ . |
| 5 | So they had all foolishly put the ‘ X ’ on the ballot paper and thought to themselves , ‘ Just think , I 'll be able to tell the grandchildren that I was partly responsible for world peace . ’ |
| 6 | Will it be able to tell the story better than the release ? |
| 7 | Erm , to the kind of soul that I have right now erm , drag that out of my body erm , make sure that it 's the same soul that I started with , drop it into some other body and you 'll still be able to tell the story that I , still me , am now in a different body . |
| 8 | When the owner was resident there was no problem ; if he was not , the occupier would be able to tell the constable how much rent he paid and to whom . |
| 9 | As it turned out , she was able to tell the experts more than they could tell her . |
| 10 | Flipping back through the pile of loose pages again , he looked for the words he had written about the dark-haired princess who had so generously , so openly acknowledged his presence , the girl to whom ( surely ) he would have been able to tell The Truth . |
| 11 | Tell that story to one of America 's many grumblers about Japanese investment and the response is that Mr Dukakis would never have made that mistake at a Japanese firm : he would have been able to tell the difference . |
| 12 | It was pleasant but had I been blindfolded I would not have been able to tell the difference from its cheaper , non-organic counterpart . |
| 13 | ‘ If she were she 'd have more sense and be able to tell the difference between a stuffed dummy and a real man . ’ |
| 14 | After a while you learn to recognise the difference between a leaf brushing against the line and a fish gently mouthing the bait , just the same as you are now able to tell the difference between bites and false bites when your usual indicator moves . |
| 15 | Even Warren Beatty wo n't be able to tell the difference . |
| 16 | Such a theory might claim , for instance , that to understand a proposition is to be able to tell the difference between circumstances in which one would be justified in believing it and those in which one would not . |
| 17 | So if you did a few chemical test on U two three five , U two three eight , you would n't be able to tell the difference . |
| 18 | Would Leo be able to tell the difference ? |
| 19 | Half-way houses such as Agfa 's 400dpi and AM Varityper 's 600dpi printers are available and , certainly with the latter , no normally sighted reader is going to be able to tell the difference . |
| 20 | However , if a sentence has only just been heard , subjects should be able to tell the difference between that sentence and all other sentences — even sentences which mean the same . |
| 21 | ‘ Lady , I 'd rather sleep with a nestful of vipers , though frankly I 'm not sure I 'd be able to tell the difference . ’ |
| 22 | The 600 dpi print resolution sets new standards for laser printing ( although whether most people would be able to tell the difference between , say , 400 dpi and 600 dpi is another matter ) . |
| 23 | you wo n't be able to tell the difference |
| 24 | When an agent telephones the company with an order , the computer operator is able to tell the agent very quickly whether the goods required are in stock . |
| 25 | Thanks to this act , Churchward was able to tell the world that Mu sank into the chilly waters of the Pacific 12,000 years ago , that almost all of its 64 million inhabitants perished , that a few survived on Pacific islands , that these survivors gave birth to Homo sapiens , that white people are nicer than black because they 're closer to the original folk of Mu , and all the other nonsense you might expect . |
| 26 | I hope that my hon. Friend the Minister will be able to tell the House that there will be no amnesty for poll tax dodgers and that however high and mighty — be they Members of the House , Labour councillors or whoever — no one will receive an amnesty for refusing to pay the community charge . |
| 27 | I noted that the Secretary of State omitted to refer to the date when he will be able to tell the House about Mr. Stoner 's opinion . |
| 28 | But I was able to tell the House this morning that all the Rule forty-three prisoners , who were the ones who were particularly vulnerable , are now accounted for , and I mean by that that they have all come out of the jail in the last few days and unfortunately one of them , as you know , has died from his injuries . |
| 29 | If Mr. Tully had not dealt with the moneys of Abbey or Wessex he would be able to tell the plaintiffs to mind their own business . |
| 30 | So , also there 's something to be said for , I mean , a basic technical thing about the type is that you want to be able to tell the letter apart . |