Example sentences of "[be] able [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most you may be able to say at the end of it is that you ‘ gained understanding ’ ; to some of us that may be unsatisfactorily intangible , while to others it may be of profound significance . |
| 2 | Let us be able to say with the Seer : |
| 3 | — John MacGregor , Secretary of State for Education ‘ Every Conservative candidate will be able to say on every voter 's doorstep , ‘ I can save you money ’ . |
| 4 | By combining these two exercises , teachers are in a much better position to be able to say to the demanders , whether parents , government or somewhere in between : ‘ Given the resources of time , material , support and expertise , we are able to do A , B and C or C , D and E , but not A , B and E , let alone all five . |
| 5 | Please state which regional final you would be able to attend from the list below , and provide a second option in case it is not possible to accommodate you at your first choice of location . |
| 6 | Agent sources will cost $8,000 ; existing customers will be able to upgrade to the joint version for $800 . |
| 7 | According to US press reports , the 64-bit bus architecture will be backwards-compatible with AT and EISA boards , but they will not be able to upgrade to the higher performance . |
| 8 | Agent sources will cost $8,000 ; existing customers will be able to upgrade to the joint version for $800 . |
| 9 | Existing NCR 3450 and 3550 server users will be able to upgrade from the 80486 via a board swap . |
| 10 | Existing NCR 3450 and 3550 server users will be able to upgrade from the i486 via a board swap . |
| 11 | And at the same time you 've got ta be able to talk to the managing director and have lunch with him and talk about what was on television and what the state of the country is and the economic situation and everything , you know . |
| 12 | Spectators will also be able to talk to the scientists working beneath the waves . |
| 13 | This is a pretty odd combination if you think about it for dormice and hares do not really talk and so would not be able to talk to the mad hatter , a human . |
| 14 | After he calmed down , Scott reasoned that if Annabel were having a heart attack , she would n't be able to talk on the telephone . |
| 15 | For all of us , to be able to talk in an atmosphere of trust and support is often all that is needed . |
| 16 | This capacitor seems fairly expensive and other types can be used , but they must be able to sit on the p.c.b . |
| 17 | If the patient has good sitting balance , but not much standing balance , he may be able to sit in a hoist to be lifted into the bath . |
| 18 | She wanted now , at any price , to be able to sit in the rooms of young women who could be her friends and not feel that she was travelling in territory stranger than the night caves that were Fenna 's home . |
| 19 | The folks in the big house across the river might be able to sit in the afternoon sun , but after a dray cracking of routes like these you 'll be the one left with the afterglow . |
| 20 | Used be able to sit in the car would be go up the back do n't they ? |
| 21 | Hari sighed , it was n't much to ask to be able to sit before the comfort of the fire and she was well aware of the frustration her mother must suffer lying in bed all day . |
| 22 | Teacher-training , all too often still embedded in traditional teaching techniques , does not offer teachers sufficient guidance for them to be able to adapt to the new requirements in the curriculum ; and the result is that pupils are inadequately guided , and projects and assignments are poorly executed . |
| 23 | They will be able to set off the tax credit against part of this liability . |
| 24 | The neophytes were still growing , and only a good while after they had received their final implant of all — the carapace — would they be able to jack into an armoured suit . |
| 25 | R&D agreements and specialization agreements between UK firms can be drafted in such a way as to fall outside the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 : otherwise firms might be able to appeal to the permissive stance of EC law to override any difficulties with the UK rules . |
| 26 | I 'll also be talking to John MacGregor , about the privatization of British Rail , has he really given in to his rebels who want B R to be able to bid for the franchises , or is it all a clever conjuring trick ? |
| 27 | You will be able to choose between a single or a double oven , with an eye-level grill or a grill at waist level , often set into a small top oven . |
| 28 | The tendency of the later 1960s was to move away from packaged courses towards ‘ options ’ in the hope that many pupils would be able to choose from a wide range of subjects and so assemble a programme best fitted to their own interests and abilities . |
| 29 | While following the F-Plan you will be able to choose from a wide variety of meals to suit your own taste , in selecting daily menus . |
| 30 | If you own a Singer Freestyle light scanning machine , you will be able to choose from a selection of ten ‘ ready to knit ’ animal motifs in the ‘ Wildlife Collection ’ by Alison Duguid . |