Example sentences of "[noun prp] [is] able [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that he has retired from full time teaching , Guisborough-based John Brelstaff is able to devote more of his time to painting and has been able to resume the work left off when he left the Slade in the mid-Fifties . |
| 2 | In fact , the verse says in the Greek that God is able to do all that believers can ask for or think of asking . |
| 3 | Not one centre in Great Britain is able to make enough income to survive on canoeing alone . |
| 4 | Opportunities for water sports are good on the island , and the RSM is able to get most of the soldiers on one short course , such as canoeing or diving , during the tour . |
| 5 | If in the year 2000 the EC is able to pass these tests as well as it does today , but on the altogether higher plane which 1992 implies , the rest of Europe , like the rest of the world , will have cause to be grateful . |