Example sentences of "[be] able [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our advise would be to first speak to your accountants who would be able to talk you through the various options which are : |
| 2 | Aubrey was probably right — she just wanted to be able to number him among her many admirers . |
| 3 | His knowledge of classical music was very comprehensive — you only had to sing him a snatch of any symphony or concerto and he would be able to identify it immediately , but this is n't sufficient to get you up there in front of a hundred or more qualified musicians and be able to lead them into the opening bars of Beethoven 's 5th , or even the Warsaw Concerto . |
| 4 | If it is not , and the root ball crumbles , you are not going to be able to plant it in the ground without disturbing the roots . |
| 5 | ‘ They acted out the robbery in full so that when it came to describing it to everyone , to police , and to insurance investigators , they would be able to describe it in perfect detail . ’ |
| 6 | Gradually she got used to thinking of Angel as Corrie , but it soon became clear that she would never be able to claim her as her own . |
| 7 | One thing you can be sure of is that the panel will know the words of these characters very well ( they will probably be able to prompt you at any given moment should you ‘ dry ’ ) but each and every time the lines are spoken by a new voice they are different in their texture , humour , drama and music . |
| 8 | Since the debt is being traded at discounted rates on the secondary markets , Conservation International will be able to purchase it for about $1.8 million . |
| 9 | Local education and information campaigns , though well-meaning , have proved of dubious value in prevention terms , although it is sensible to educate local youth workers , school teachers , probation officers and the primary care team to recognize the problem and be able to tackle it in an informed way . |
| 10 | We 'll be able to mark them on a chart , |
| 11 | I knew I needed the disguise because I would be able to surprise him by two hours at the most . |
| 12 | And we would never be able to surprise him by two hours at the most . |
| 13 | Whenever a stranger approaches , we can not allow him to enter our private area until we are sure he is safe and friendly , because , if he is not , he will easily be able to surprise us with a sudden attack . |
| 14 | The Director has stated a seemingly modest goal : that someone who is assessed as requiring residential or nursing home care on 1 April should be able to receive it with no greater difficulty than s/he would have experienced on 31 March . |
| 15 | ‘ someone who is assessed as requiring residential or nursing home care on 1 April should be able to receive it with no greater difficulty than s/he would have experienced on 31 March . |
| 16 | Er and to be able to pick it off the machine at the end of the day you know , as a first class , simple object at , at a competitive price . |
| 17 | Experiments of the most Draconian nature wold be necessary to untangle these possibilities , says Altman , ‘ and you would n't be able to do them in a natural setting like Amboseli ’ . |
| 18 | Now anyone with a spreadsheet should be able to do them in a few hours . |
| 19 | What I what I 'd really hope for is to be able to do it without having to go to college and just do it by experience but that 's I 'd have to be awful awful good . |
| 20 | As far as East Germany is concerned , no doubt Western Germany will take care of that now , er who could or would be able to do it for Poland Czechoslovakia , Rumania and the Soviet Union , is very much more difficult to see , and of course , if the West were to rebuild all their , all their factories , er and they were all modern , and with their cheap labour force , they would then com , almost completely er destroy our industry I guess in competition so that we would have a , that would be another problem I guess . |
| 21 | By holding one end of this batten against the wall , floor ceiling , and using the tape to measure the gap , you will be able to do it on your own without needing someone to hold the other end of the tape , and will get more accurate measurements , as you will not need to allow for the width of the tape measure case . |
| 22 | And erm she ca n't see enough to be able to do it on her own . |
| 23 | you might be able to do it off that , you wo n't be able to listen to it at the same time |
| 24 | But they could possibly , they surely must be able to do it through natural wastage to some extent . |
| 25 | And might be able to do it before the weekend perhaps |
| 26 | Whether your idea of leisure is fishing in the Thames , hitting a ball or watching a film you will be able to do it in Oxfordshire . |
| 27 | If you watch we can do some actions to this , you watch what I do then you 'll be able to do it in a minute , are you ready I am going to be a bear , you help me sing |
| 28 | four hundred and thirty quid , he said bloody hell , so what I said to him is , I know you 're gon na need a car , what I 'll do is er , I 'll get to work , I 'll put it , I 'll bring the car , you bring the car in beginning of the month , next month , right , said I wo n't be able to guarantee that I 'll get it done in a week cos I 've got other work booked in , but I 'll have it in here which means I 'll be able to do work to your car , right , and it 's better me being able to do that , then it , it 's sitting out outside your house and nobody touching it for a couple of weeks , now , I might have it for a couple of weeks , see and I 'll be able to do it in my own leisurely time then |
| 29 | and I do n't know that you 'll be able to do it in there |
| 30 | Same thing is to take the take screws off and just try and door and see whether how much extra space you need , I mean , maybe you might be able to do it by just |