Example sentences of "[been] able [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Both bodies have been able to comment on draft PPGs and MPGs and have secured a number of improvements to their content . |
| 32 | The only thing she had been able to think of doing was going after Lori and getting the jade back herself . |
| 33 | They have been able to work in government service , even in the army , and there has been no need for work permits . |
| 34 | In the weeks that had passed since she had met Rupert Stonebird at the vicarage her interest in him had deepened , mainly because she had not seen him again and had therefore been able to build up a more satisfactory picture of him than if she had been able to check with reality . |
| 35 | They have been able to prove without doubt that aroma has a profound influence on mind and body . |
| 36 | For the first time , archaeologists have been able to study in detail the techniques used by post-medieval builders to construct the typical ‘ cob ’ houses for which the West Country is famous . |
| 37 | The only other argument that I have been able to find in support of tonight 's regulations is where the DSS states that the use of regulation 72 puts ’ an over-emphasis on the Department 's welfare role and overlooks the fact that persons acting for the claimant could have made inquiries on the claimant 's behalf . ’ |
| 38 | And to add to her joy , Hilda took her to meet sister Lena as the two had been able to keep in touch . |
| 39 | As a result BIS has been able to focus on service provision and customer care and support , and the development of an attractive portfolio of gateways to third party services . |
| 40 | And had his voice been able to cut through metal as it cut through the early morning air , then they would all of them have been free of the Cages in moments . |
| 41 | But on these rare occasions the frontier posts protecting Blanche 's personality had been unmanned , and Dexter had been able to wander at will through her past and her present . |