Example sentences of "[prep] [be] able [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least I 'll have to be able to give some reason why I suspected him . ’ |
| 2 | The government , I , I find it somewhat disappointing that having put in what I think was an extremely good bid , I think having had that bid accepted at the first stage by government on their shortlist , having then had the bid accepted by the European Union , with the populations really that we submitted to them , we now find that U K government are actually trying trade back some of that population , and , and area coverage of the bid , to be able to use some of that spare capacity which they would generate within the U K , within the European population figure elsewhere within the country . |
| 3 | So , where appropriate , we are pleased to be able to relieve some of that burden by paying tuition and examination fees , and helping towards books and maybe any special materials . |
| 4 | The prostate gland can be involved by infection , both gonococcal and non-gonococcal , and in order to tell whether it is inflamed it is helpful to be able to examine some of the fluid that it secretes . |
| 5 | Those who were particularly interested in politics or discussed politics , read highbrow papers or watched television news , were a little more likely to be able to name some issues ( any issues ! ) as the main themes being stressed by the parties , but the level of predictability was low . |
| 6 | Those who were interested in politics or discussed politics , read highbrow papers or watched television news , were a little more likely to be able to name some issues as the main themes being stressed by the parties . |
| 7 | Classical , Pavlovian conditioning is useful to the animal when it needs to be able to anticipate some repeatedly occurring change in its environment . |
| 8 | I 'd like to be able to spend some time in Japan , which I find very beautiful and relaxing . ’ |
| 9 | The wide variety of scenarios should , we argue throughout this book , be treated as a series of options over which we as a society ought to be able to exercise some choice . |
| 10 | Starting out for Espero Fray Gary , the warm up area near the campground , we had to use what was left of the road after a landslide and I soon learned an essential fact about climbing in Spain — it 's a great advantage to be able to speak some Spanish . |
| 11 | Suddenly , she felt the need to confide , to be able to tell some other person that when she was not actually working , her mind and heart were dominated by thoughts of Harry . |
| 12 | I know next to nothing about wild flowers , and what little I do know I learnt largely when I was a pink-kneed " Boy Sprout " in Manchester and in order to pass some badge or other I had to be able to burn some dough on a stick over an open fire , make smoky porridge and recognise six kinds of trees and flowers from their leaves and blossoms . |
| 13 | The Government 's proposition is simple : a person making a claim that may date back a great many years ought to be able to produce some evidence to back it up . |
| 14 | Clearly , each such area ought to be able to make some contribution to analysing George and Marie 's problems . |
| 15 | What you 're trying to do is indicate to them how best you might be able to work your way through those controversies to be able to make some statement of policy or some recommendation and the like … . |
| 16 | Although I do not have a magic wand , I hope to be able to establish some means of providing the physical back-up that you would like to receive from the Society and to start the ball rolling I am compiling a list of all the ways in which you have been supported or would like to have been supported , in the past plus suggestions for the future . |
| 17 | Oh absolutely marvellous we watched the house go up brick by brick , you know , we , we used to come down here and think oh my goodness wo n't it be marvellous to be able to run some water and have a bath in the normal way you know cos we do n't , we 'd both always had electricity and baths and everything else until this happened and erm , we er , oh it was wonderful , really wonderful absolutely marvellous |
| 18 | Okay Chair , that 's just a note that it er , it 's a matter we 've raised with this Committee on several occasions in the past , and getting close I think to being able to present some detailed figures as to the likely costs in future , of firemen 's pension sch scheme to Shropshire County Council . |
| 19 | But most importantly , once the strike had lasted out its first week , a large number of businessmen and middle-class professionals tacitly co-operated with the strikers in return for being able to pursue some of their normal business . |