Example sentences of "[been] able [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the only reason the Lewis conference in Barcelona was held in a tiny sweat box rather than the air-conditioned Olympic press centre was because his Japanese sponsors would not have been able to advertise at the latter venue . |
| 2 | But one Moscow designer , at least , has been able to look at the familiar with a fresh eye and use the symbols of Soviet power with wit and imagination . |
| 3 | If I 'd been able to guess at the future , the turning point would have been right there — wheeling the ship around and moving as fast as possible away from anything to do with Fraxilly . |
| 4 | Above all we can not ignore it : whereas at one time we might have been able to smile at the perversity of the local watch committee in another town , the collective action of several dozen politically motivated local authorities to ban News International publications effectively took censorship in libraries well beyond the silly season in the Press ; and whereas we could once afford to hang back with our copies of Fanny Hill secure in the knowledge that we would be nowhere near the top of the prosecution list , Section 28 is in place and ready to pick us off should we try to share our enthusiasm for homosexual literature with more than a few of our consenting adult users . |
| 5 | As a result of this the club has been able to run at a constant level of activity . |