Example sentences of "[is] able [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And her Gran was voicing her mother 's own words : ‘ The best thing you can do is to hang on , as grim as it will be for you , until she 's able to make a choice . |
| 2 | Constanza is able to put a name to it , she has seen that waterfront before but where ? |
| 3 | By deliberately writing from a male point of view , Tanith Lee is able to explore the fear and loathing that underpins the traditional male characterisation of the woman who stands alone outside the pale of family and community life ; such women are designated bitch , whore or dyke . |
| 4 | Linda Theophilus , in her catalogue introduction , suggests that this generation is able to reclaim the title ‘ embroiderer ’ with confidence , rather than slip embarrassedly into ‘ textile artist ’ . |
| 5 | The longer-term recovering member is able to give the newcomer a sense of identification that someone really does understand the problem from the inside and also a sense of hope that recovery is possible . |
| 6 | For example , we might draw the inference that a child who is able to name a picture of a boat , while looking at a picture book with her mother , will be able to name it on any other occasion ; the child ‘ knows the meaning of the word boat ’ . |
| 7 | Thus he is able to treat the woman as infinitely desirous of sex , as wanting nothing so much as to satisfy his desires . |
| 8 | Perhaps Herpomyces is able to penetrate the host 's exoskeleton only where the exoskeleton is thin , as it is around the base of the sensory hairs that cover the cockroach antennae . |
| 9 | In respect of a job requiring ability to access , input and retrieve information from a computer , it would not be essential that the employee is able to use the keyboard or read the visual display if adaptive equipment or software would enable a disabled person to undertake the work , albeit in a different manner . |
| 10 | The cheesemaker has the best control over his cheese if he is able to use the milk from his own flock or herd — he then knows exactly what he is getting and where the animals have been grazed as the type of grass and subsoil contributes much to the flavour of the milk and then the cheese . |
| 11 | To achieve this goal teachers need to be academics in the broadest sense of the word ; not simply a graduate in a traditional discipline but someone who is able to use the richness of our cultural past and the opportunities offered by our multicultural present to challenge children 's thinking and , by so doing , to open up for them avenues of discovery . |
| 12 | A similar result may be achieved if the practitioner is able to use the cash accounting scheme , although he may thereby defer any input recovery if he does not pay his suppliers promptly . |
| 13 | As a result the bank is able to recoup the loan and the securities affiliate earns an underwriting fee . |
| 14 | Stalin 's protégé , Andrei Zhdanov , who controlled the arts and still more closely the artists and architects of the Soviet Union , had said that architecture alone ‘ is able to reflect the grandeur of the period in an objective way . |
| 15 | This letter is required where the firm is leading an agreed public offer ( i.e. subject to the Takeover Code ) and is required to be satisfied that our client is able to implement the offer |
| 16 | But it may be the one part of Daimler that is able to do a deal with some of the Mitsubishi companies , which are eager for a way into trading , finance and other service businesses in Europe . |
| 17 | I think it 's very good , because we as vets probably do n't spend anywhere near enough time with problem owners , problem dogs rather , and on that basis he is able to spend an hour and a half to two hours with each owner . |
| 18 | Not only must the firm be satisfied that the client is able to finance the transaction but before making any public announcement , tangible evidence must be available . |
| 19 | It has been held that the court is able to order a sale of mortgaged property against the lender 's wishes even though the mortgage will not be redeemed by the proceeds , if it would be unfair to the borrowers to postpone a sale ( p 100 ) . |
| 20 | Such trade is clearly beneficial when a country is able to import a commodity it could not possibly produce itself . |
| 21 | On the one hand there are those who consider it only one step away from witchcraft , believing that the hypnotherapist is able to subjugate the will and dominate the mind of his unconscious victim . |
| 22 | We can not discern a bird at this altitude , but the vulture is able to survey the land for many kilometres around it , and locate a fresh kill . |
| 23 | The electorate is able to choose a candidate , a party , a programme , and a government ; the electorate knows roughly what the government will do once in office ; and so the electorate knows who to blame and which party to vote out of office at the next election . |
| 24 | The user is able to choose an order of averaging . |
| 25 | This has come about partly because our main brand , Guinness stout , is able to complement the lager type beers of our brewers partners . |
| 26 | By performing this examination , the doctor is able to assess the nature and consistency of any vaginal discharge and take samples for microscopic and cultural analysis . |
| 27 | The learner benefits from the extra supervision and teaching , and the tutor is able to assess the student 's progress in practical skills . |
| 28 | First , as the latest shot at the goal , it is able to update the story — to about 1980 . |
| 29 | Research has shown that each year , only one smoker in 100 is able to kick the habit without some kind of help . |
| 30 | Finally , our data show that endotixin is able to induce a calcium independent NO synthase in guinea pig gall bladder tissue . |