Example sentences of "[being] able [to-vb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What a single mother represents may seem touchingly attractive : not having to cook another adult 's meals , or wash his clothes ; being able to go to bed when you want ; being able to go to sleep when you want . |
| 2 | What a single mother represents may seem touchingly attractive : not having to cook another adult 's meals , or wash his clothes ; being able to go to bed when you want ; being able to go to sleep when you want . |
| 3 | Sickness and disability mean not only varying rates of entitlement to social security benefits for different socio-economic groups but also different possibilities of being able to return to work . |
| 4 | Morbidity was also considerably less , with 37 of 40 ( 93% ) patients having no postoperative discomfort and being able to return to school soon after surgery compared with 16 of 35 ( 46% ) who were circumcised . |
| 5 | for a site and the carrot is actually being able to apply to designation whether you lived up to that . |