Example sentences of "[adv] able [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So why not say , then , that in development perception ‘ teaches ’ action , that as the information delivered up by the input systems becomes progressively ‘ richer ’ the infant becomes better able to direct his own movements , rather than saying that cognisance develops out of action ? |
| 2 | In this poem Coleridge is clearly better able to understand his own mind by putting it in such a context , and , as in ‘ This lime tree Bower my Prison ’ such intimate understanding of his surroundings enables him to produce incredibly vivid Wordsworthian description of scene . |
| 3 | Investigations into the activities of this particular gang had been carried out over a very long period and they had been kept under constant surveillance by our officers who were thus able to feed us all the necessary information towards a successful interception . |
| 4 | Macmillan was thus able to pursue his own policies during his second term in office rather than having to concentrate on damage limitation forced upon him by Anthony Eden 's Suez disaster . |
| 5 | Adults are usually able to meet their own safety needs . |
| 6 | Ripping out the belay , I thrashed my way up , hardly able to see my own feet , but vaguely registering Roger 's impressively determined lead . |
| 7 | She stared at him in astonishment for several silent seconds , hardly able to believe her own ears . |
| 8 | Taking the belt and feeling the weight of it , Sam was hardly able to believe his own eyes . |
| 9 | Working as a teacher , he was always able to choose his own subjects . |
| 10 | Finally , the widespread use of personal computers has meant smaller businesses are now more able to manage their own ledgers cost effectively , so that fewer require a full factoring service . |
| 11 | With the estates came the service of the existing duchy officials , but the queen was also able to establish her own connection there , and several of her servants and kinsmen were subsequently rewarded from the duchy . |
| 12 | With the estates came the service of the existing duchy officials , but the queen was also able to establish her own connection there , and several of her servants and kinsmen were subsequently rewarded from the duchy . |
| 13 | He has not learned how to love properly , how to relate with a woman in a caring sense but , above all , he has not learned how to differentiate between an adolescent who is feeling the first stirring of her hormones and a fully-grown woman who is properly able to make her own emotional and sexual choices . |
| 14 | Undoubtedly the philosophy behind section 8 of the Act of 1969 , as well as behind the decision of the House of Lords in Gillick 's case is that , as children approach the age of majority , they are increasingly able to take their own decisions concerning their medical treatment . |
| 15 | She says children can get it from a very tiny age and if you think of a child starting its every day , not even able to move its own limbs freely . |
| 16 | His experience of his brother Frank made him respectful of sincerity , and well able to hold his own against clever atheist onslaught . |
| 17 | Collar was certainly the junior member of the partnership , but those who know his mathematical style are well able to perceive his many areas of contribution to the book . |
| 18 | They are all political groupings well able to fight their own battles , they all have welfare forms to fill out and placards to make . |
| 19 | This sounded entirely in character , and believing that the said Armstrongs were well able to find their own way back to Eskdale and look after themselves , Douglas ordered onward progress . |
| 20 | These constructs constrain the individual 's view of the world , and whereas everyone is potentially able to make their own choices and decisions , they are restricted by the knowledge that to do so has an impact on other members of their family . |
| 21 | Though when she might have let him know that she was quite able to make her own decisions , thank you very much , she remembered — she still wanted that interview with him . |
| 22 | Prost built up a solid lead of 28 seconds before he pitted and was then able to run his own race to the chequered flag with most excitement focused on the battle for second between Senna and the surging Schumacher . |
| 23 | Hoccleve was a scribe by profession , and was therefore able to write his own confession , but the difficulty in considering the case of Margery Kempe is that she was illiterate , and dictated her account of her life to two different scribes , one a poor writer and the other a priest . |