Example sentences of "be able [to-vb] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been able to do as Minister is to remove the spectre of listing ’ |
| 2 | A century later John Murray , the British ambassador in Constantinople , bitterly regretted that in 1774 he had not been able to act as mediator in the making of the Russo-Turkish peace of Kutchuk — Kainardji and thus gain the valuable presents from both sides which would have been his reward . |
| 3 | Any firm which can demonstrate the appropriate experience will be able to act as sponsor to a company applying for listing . |
| 4 | Jacques 's Master follows Kristeva in her argument that , just as the subject is eclipsed or subverted in the process of its creation , so the author must pass through the same ‘ zero ’ in order for the reader to be able to participate as receptor in the economy of communication established by the novel : |
| 5 | He/she will be self-motivated and be able to work as part of a team on a variety of challenging projects . |
| 6 | In the 1970s , this kind of pressure led to the prevalence of an increasing pool of funds allocated to soft or mixed commercial credits , which some EC governments were able to describe as aid . |