Example sentences of "that they have [been] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I hope that members appreciate as I say , the range and scale of work , which is that , you will also have seen that they 've been able to open now one evening a week , and for a very small service with a budget of about three hundred and fifty thousand pounds , erm they are doing sterling work . |
| 2 | Due to wartime conditions the peasantry got the same amount of agricultural machinery over the years 1915–21 that they had been able to buy in a single year prior to the World War . |
| 3 | It was natural , but unreasonable , to feel guilt for what seemed like a failure in duty , rather than feel thankful for the years of unremitting and unselfish care that they had been able to give . |
| 4 | He and Ford had a cannon on the roof loaded with everything that they had been able to lay their hands on : stones , penknives , pieces of lightning-conductor , chains , nails , the embossed silver cutlery from the dining-room , and even some ivory false teeth , picked up by Ford who had seen them gleaming in the undergrowth ; but the greater part of the improvised canister was filled with fragments of marble chipped from The Spirit of Science Conquers Ignorance and Prejudice . |
| 5 | Mrs Redmond had sent sugar and tinned meat and jam from the food parcels sent from America by her sister , and the girls were proud of the meal that they had been able to provide . |
| 6 | One important point is that they have been able to determine the temperature profile of the gas and this shows that , within the central 75 kiloparsecs , the temperature decreases as one goes towards the centre of the cluster . |
| 7 | ‘ In our dealings with North West companies we find that many have shown increases in productivity and earnings , even during the recession , proving that they have been able to compete effectively in the international arena , ’ she said , adding that there was nevertheless no room for complacency . |
| 8 | ‘ It is a tribute to the French people here that they have been able to work with customers and develop such confidence in Grimsby 's service . |