Example sentences of "[was/were] able [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wa I wanted a a point that er respond er neighbourhood and the manager I spoke to said that the areas that were the case since er , de decentralisation because er people are er er in coming to neighbourhood offices and that of the of the managers arrange er er er aims or er either run in in two neighbourhoods er er I I feel personally it 's been very worthwhile because we were able to talk to the er , they they they were never able to go and and and they came to the er , the neighbourhood offices international conducive er er er or er er ah i i in areas they want to talk to , so I I , I personally would would like to see this continuing er for perhaps a it is n't the best value for money i i i it certainly far better for for for can come to their neighbour office Speak |
| 2 | An armada of small private boats and a flotilla of naval vessels sailed to the rescue ; more than three hundred and fifty thousand men were saved , men who were able to return to the battle against Hitler 's armies in Europe and Africa . |
| 3 | NOW that the World Cup is over and we are back to the league games again , I think that all rugby supporters who were able to go to the matches or to watch it on television must admit that rugby was the winner . |
| 4 | Once I had discussed the situation with Sylvia and explained to her what had been happening , we were able to progress to the next stage . |
| 5 | They were very very reliable because erm , the motive power was in a motor , electric motor , not a lot of parts to go wrong but er once you started the motor buses they had to send people away to be taught the mechanics of motor buses , so you had the old die-hards of the fetters , trolley buses , who never did take to motor buses and course the younger ones came into their own then , who were able to adapt to the modern motor bus . |
| 6 | In some of the most outstanding film sequences of volcanic activity ever made , the divers were able to demonstrate to the world exactly how pillows are born . |
| 7 | ‘ It is clear that we were able to demonstrate to the ministry that we are able to do the work and give value for money . |
| 8 | During the loading period , the responsiveness of the IP 3 Rs gradually increased until they were able to respond to the ambient level of InsP 3 . |
| 9 | The snow ploughs had been through and so we were able to drive to the starting point on the northerly shore of Loch Torridon . |
| 10 | When Marshall and his CEGB colleagues appeared before the 1984 Commons Environment Committee they were able to point to the vague Alkali Laws to justify their position . |
| 11 | Soon after her arrival , the Company began replacing its Hillman Imps and Austin 1100s with the new Vauxhall Viva and managers then driving A60s , Avengers and Austin 1300s were able to change to the Hillman Hunter and the Austin Countryman . |
| 12 | If children had greater access to a public voice , if they were able to contribute to the social meanings with which we make sense of our world , the result would not be a more ‘ childish ’ set of images . |
| 13 | Your reply should therefore include not just what you actually did but any special skills you were able to bring to the job and any particular equipment you have been trained to use . |
| 14 | The trolley-buses were able to manoeuvre to the curbside , but they were unable to pass each other and frequently , in awkward manoeuvres , one or both arms became disconnected from the overhead cables , resulting in a loss of power and the trolley-bus coming to a standstill . |
| 15 | Some females were able to switch to the plaiting of straw hats , bonnets and mats . |
| 16 | Through a system of ‘ Citizen Schools ’ Highlander slowly helped establish a methodology of non-formal adult education in which the students were able to relate to the subject which they needed to learn — in this case the desire to learn to read for the purpose of being able to vote . |
| 17 | In 186 B.C. there were Galatian mercenaries in Egypt who were able to announce to the world in perfect Greek from the little temple of Horus in Abydos " We of the corps of the Galatians have come and have captured a fox " ( Bitten berger , OGIS 757 ) . |
| 18 | Families , clans , states and other collectivities could vie with each other in the riches they were able to consign to the graves of departed members . |
| 19 | Only the size of the vehicle saved Mr Collier , who was able to cling to the steering wheel to prevent the water submerging him . |
| 20 | The Ferranti source said : ‘ Lord Weinstock ( GEC 's managing director ) would like to be in the position where he was able to say to the Ministry of Defence , ‘ Look , I am the only person who can rescue Ferranti from collapse . ’ |
| 21 | It is reported that on discharge from hospital on the thirty-sixth postoperative day " he appeared to have perfectly normal powers of comprehension of the spoken word " and was able to refer to the medical and nursing staff by name . |
| 22 | On 24 November the lawyers replied ‘ respectfully to state our opinion that Your Majesty may properly grant a Royal Charter ’ , but it was not until 14 February 1844 that Thomas Turner was able to report to the standing committee of veterinary surgeons that their determined efforts had been rewarded and that the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons had been incorporated . |
| 23 | The policy of restraint upon development declared by county and district councils in their local plans was one of the best pieces of news he was able to report to the meeting . |
| 24 | Fortunately , the underground telephone system was undamaged and Andrew Houston was able to report to the surface on their circumstances and the results of the search . |
| 25 | The regional administrator was able to report to the RHA at the end of the consultation period in November 1982 that ‘ there had not been much opposition to the proposed closures ’ . |
| 26 | He was able to go to the same home for respite care , at first for two weeks in and six weeks at home , on a rota . |
| 27 | Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ? |
| 28 | Taking a firm stand against her own silliness definitely helped , and she was able to return to the veranda holding the kit in steady hands and wearing a cheerful smile . |
| 29 | After a few days of the Novotel , I was able to move to the Trianon , a magnificent Edwardian building , well placed right on the edge of the park . |
| 30 | ‘ One of our pilots , Bill Topper , who I am glad to see is with us today , took part in this raid tells how he was able to listen to the crew of a Lancaster chatting away on their intercom as the RT transmit button was down , I understand their conversation not only included details of their local pub , but the name of the target ahead . |