Example sentences of "be able [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're able to do all sorts of things in the sky . |
| 2 | There are many species of bacteria of the Bacteroides fragilis group that are able to degrade these substances and thereby release free sulphate which would then become available for utilisation by sulphate reducing bacteria . |
| 3 | This is because females reared on larger hosts are able to lay more eggs , but males do not gain by being larger . |
| 4 | By replicating the relevant conditions scientists are able to see these laws manifest themselves again and again . |
| 5 | We are able to circulate these reports and I think that 's working extremely well . |
| 6 | We accept this even before we are able to formulate any criteria under which things can be correctly described as " same " or " different " . |
| 7 | On the main when you knit two colours in a row ( that is Fair Isle ) you are able to thread both colours in one row with one pass of the carriage . |
| 8 | In some instances , patients are able to discontinue these habits themselves without much difficulty later on . |
| 9 | ‘ Many people AEA-wide are able to access these databases , ’ explained Tim Dixon of Harwell 's Library and Information Service . |
| 10 | We are able to arrange all types of insurance , tailor-made to a client 's specific requirements . |
| 11 | Inevitably it is the fittest who are able to find these rations while children , the old , and the weak go without . |
| 12 | Now if children are unable to interpret the visual symbols and the written word , in order to make sense of them , there 's bound to be some reaction which will show itself in a sort of behavioural response which appears to be different from the responses we would receive from children who are able to interpret these words and symbols . |
| 13 | If you are able to make any responses by 11 December , this would be most welcome . |
| 14 | Of course , the reason why we are able to increase those programmes is the efficient way in which the economy has been run . |
| 15 | Several animals are able to withstand such stings and actually feed on various portions of wasps , bees and their nests . |
| 16 | As chairman of probably the oldest and certainly the noisiest of the Institute 's technical committees , I am able to reassure such doubters ; indeed , the Technical Advisory Committee 's advice is still the foundation of most Institute responses on accounting and auditing matters . |
| 17 | Luckily I am able to correct these mistakes , which is just as well because we face prosecution from the Trading Standards Office after complaints about our programme for the Clansford clash . |
| 18 | Mr Prescott said yesterday : ‘ For the authority not to have been able to answer these sorts of questions , without going to Eurotunnel at that late stage when rolling stock had already been ordered , is totally unacceptable . ’ |
| 19 | Erm one of the problems that we 've been facing in the past , certainly , in G P House is the amount of stuff that 's on the floor and therefore we have n't actually been able to tackle these things very effectively . |
| 20 | The historian , Minois , has delved systematically into the changing status of older people in history , and he has been able to link these changes to the dominant social ideas and circumstances of the time . |
| 21 | I trust I have been able to dilute any misgivings that my letter may have stirred . |
| 22 | Because , for the past twelve months , Myra had been able to remember these facts , she could not understand why her difficulties about relationships still persisted . |
| 23 | He was glad , at any rate , that he had been able to arrange these weeks at ‘ La Felicità ’ , a summer which they would always remember . |
| 24 | In some cases , particularly the non.engineering companies , the extent to which they had been able to shape these plans as opposed merely to sanction them was very limited indeed . |
| 25 | ‘ They 've said he 's 100pc , so I 've been able to dispel any fears I had after the accident . ’ |
| 26 | Over the years I have been able to spend many hours with individual singers . |
| 27 | Any of them might have died prematurely , he might not have been able to earn these sums , and other misfortunes might have occurred so allowance must be made for this . |
| 28 | Thanks to her profession as a teacher , Julie had also been able to suggest several ideas to help Laura entertain and amuse the twins . |
| 29 | Other studies have not been able to reproduce these results . |
| 30 | I have n't been able to get any tickets for the Word as yet . |