Example sentences of "[vb past] able [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some counties , great landed magnates seemed able to rely on the support of the freeholders residing in the vicinity of their estates . |
| 2 | Just as he had the ability to compartmentalize his life , so he also seemed able to slough off the weight of the past and begin again . |
| 3 | As authorities built up resources and expertise , and became able to take on the responsibility for making available all land needed for particular types of development , the secretary of state was to have made orders providing that land for development of the kind designated in the order and in the area specified by the order must have passed through public ownership before development took place . |
| 4 | Only the Maronites felt able to drink from the cup of French tutelage and even they quickly found that the chalice contained a special , colonial poison , the effects of which would be passed on to future generations ; for by adding such large areas of Muslim Syria to the new ‘ Lebanon ’ , the French ensured that the Christians ' precarious status as the largest religious community would — once the Muslim birthrate increased — be lost . |
| 5 | For example , only a minority of respondents were willing to abolish the teacher 's desk , and very few felt able to dispense with the convention that each pupil should have his or her own place , or to accept the idea of a classroom in which there were , as a matter of policy , fewer chairs than children . |
| 6 | None of the new group members felt able to take on the job at present and it was agreed that David should write to the Management Committee to ask for further suggestions . |
| 7 | He 'd done his bit , and at least felt able to agree with the Prime Minister on one matter . |
| 8 | Amusingly , the one threat she had encountered was from another ‘ Queen of the Night ’ , a grossly huge woman , who only felt able to emerge into the world in the dead of night , and was enraged to find another woman watching her take her secret walk in the darkness . |
| 9 | The British defence chiefs also felt able to work on the assumption that the USSR would not feel strong enough to risk war for several more years . |
| 10 | Unhappily , in August 1991 , those friends informed the social worker that they no longer felt able to care for the children . |