Example sentences of "be able [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the reasons I think why abuse is very easily erm got away with by people is that um they 're able to bring into play a lot of these a lot of these discourses with which we talk to children to make them behave , to make them er compliant . |
| 2 | one is , as far as I can see , is to do this where we fit , where we 're able to fit in subjects that er we missed , so certainly we 'll fit it in on the , on the later session . |
| 3 | We 're able to travel in style to wherever we want , when we want to and at our own pace . |
| 4 | The appearance which sense-spectra present can be compared with a so-called ‘ dialect continuum ’ : speakers from village A can communicate with those from village B , who are able to converse with speakers from C ; these , in turn , can communicate with speakers from village D. However , speakers from A can not hold a conversation with speakers from D , and without the evidence of the intervening stages , one would be tempted to say that they spoke different languages . |
| 5 | At the other end of the band , many insects , fish and birds are able to see beyond blue into ultraviolet radiation invisible to us . |
| 6 | We are looking for individuals who are able to strive for satisfaction , but who are also able to defend and protect themselves from disappointments and setbacks . |
| 7 | There is a further tactic : by using the night buses travellers are able to save on accommodation : the buses are well equipped with blankets and pillows and high-tech stereo headphones and telephones . |
| 8 | However , just the fact that you are able to insist on interest does give you some leverage when asking for your account to be paid . |
| 9 | These results confirm previous findings which indicate that young children have a good understanding of the concept of intention , and are able to reason about intentions and results simultaneously . |
| 10 | It has already been noted that interactions between infant and adult lead to the development of pre-verbal communicative exchanges in which adult and child are able to refer to objects and events ; successful joint reference makes it possible for these external objects and events to become ‘ topics ’ for further exchanges . |
| 11 | Research shows that where older disabled people have high incomes they are not so restricted and are able to participate in activities — such as going on summer holidays and having evenings out — that are enjoyed by younger non-disabled people . |
| 12 | The extent to which individuals are able to participate in employment , leisure and social interaction , for example , will be an indicator of the reality of their ‘ adulthood ’ . |
| 13 | We will ensure that , following maternity leave or a career break , all women working in the NHS , including those returning to nursing on a part-time or job-sharing basis , are able to return to work of a similar status or level to that which they left . |
| 14 | Please confirm that you are able to attend for interview as requested . |
| 15 | It would be helpful if you could confirm by telephone whether you are able to attend for interview on the date and at the time indicated . |
| 16 | The Directorate have agreed that staff who are able to arrive at work early should be encouraged to do so and the following arrangements will apply : — |
| 17 | Organisations with established DP departments require staff who are able to take on software " development " work ( modifying , adding to , or creating new software systems ) as required , but who , in the interim , will also undertake " maintenance " work ( keeping the system running ) . |
| 18 | Thus structuralists , as Lukes argued , are able to take on board the insights of elite and pluralist theories and explain why it is that despite a pluralist system the capitalist ruling class is still able to dominate society even without the use of direct repression . |
| 19 | Because they are small , they have a very large surface area relative to their volume , and are able to take in nutrients and light energy from the surrounding water , and excrete wastes , at enormous speed . |
| 20 | They are able to take in chemicals and convert them into usable energy and to synthesize all the components of the cell during growth that eventually leads to cell multiplication . |
| 21 | Common safeguards If companies in Europe are to deal across national boundaries , it is important that investors , customers and creditors are able to deal with confidence with enterprises from other member states , whether directly , or through their subsidiaries and agencies . |
| 22 | Some are modified to transmit electric impulses and are linked into a network which amounts to a primitive nervous system ; others are able to contract in length and so can be considered as simple muscles . |
| 23 | In others ( Belgium , Finland , Italy and Switzerland ) voters are able to vote for candidates within the list , as well as casting a vote for the party . |
| 24 | Marketmakers are able to offset against dividends received any dividends paid by them on stock they have purchased . |
| 25 | The caterpillars of the monarch butterfly , surprisingly , are able to feed on milkweed without taking any of these precautions . |
| 26 | It can further help individuals to re-assess what they are able to do in future . |
| 27 | The Snotlings will not move until they are able to move within 12″ of a friendly Orc or Goblin unit , and if charged by enemy troops they are automatically broken as if they had failed a panic or fear test . |
| 28 | Advisers , who after consultation with colleagues still find themselves troubled , are able to consult with NACAB area or central office . |
| 29 | Such doctors are able to work in Britain with full registration even though their English may be poor . |
| 30 | There is now considerable evidence that children are able to distinguish between causes and effects at a much earlier age than Piaget originally proposed — see the reviews by Bullock et al . , |