Example sentences of "be able [verb] such [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several animals are able to withstand such stings and actually feed on various portions of wasps , bees and their nests . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I thought , ‘ this will make the carrying of the tea to the remaining resident members of my family an uncommonly pleasant event , because they will all smile upon me instead of producing the customary resentful grunt when I stir them from sleep , and they will say ‘ Good morning , dear husband/father ( as the case might be ) , and they will reach under their beds for the gift-wrapped goodies so lovingly prepared and concealed the night before , and handing me their tributes they will voice their gratitude to God that I have survived so far , and will express the pious hope that they may be able to repeat such sentiments on this same date for many a year to come . |
| 4 | Most people would be only to happy to be able to enjoy such surroundings . |
| 5 | In order to participate in ordinary language usage , one must be able to make such calculations , both in production and interpretation . |
| 6 | We are able to effect an introduction for you to the Firm 's Bank who may be able to make such funds available . |
| 7 | I 'm sure he 'll be able to prepare such things as chicken and ham , coleslaw and other things the day before . |
| 8 | And stashed away too , was her new fear that she might never , ever be able to recreate such pictures in her mind again . |
| 9 | The Agriculture Departments should be able to offer such payments only with NCC advice and agreement that conservation objectives would be realised . |
| 10 | By covering the marginal costs of making our facilities available to visting EC researchers we will be able to provide such visitors with access to an internationally important resource of equipment , resources , and scientific staff . |
| 11 | Will the new community care scheme be able to provide such packages of care in the community ? |
| 12 | State governments have been closing these hospital based services to help save money on their capped budgets , on the assumption that patients will be able to obtain such services in the community , funded by the open ended Medicare budget from the federal government . |
| 13 | Although we must get it right , we will not necessarily be able to prevent such cases from happening again , because human beings are full of frailties . |
| 14 | Being able to integrate such datasets digitally has made it possible to generate prospectivity maps in a study of carbonate-hosted buried mineral deposits in the north of England . |
| 15 | The writers were able to accommodate such suggestions because the film that they had in mind would be far more a social melodrama and star vehicle than a detailed comment on the mining industry . |
| 16 | Yes , we were able to take such initiatives . |
| 17 | We were able to corroborate such claims observationally . |
| 18 | Because of their dominant power position , however , they were able to avoid such actions being defined as crimes or , where they were ( for the purpose of ideological mystification ) , they were deliberately ineffectively sanctioned . |
| 19 | The Earl of Essex , who was in overall charge of all the Parliamentary troops , with the advice of Cromwell , decided that the advance of the Royal troops on London must be halted , so he asked for volunteers from amongst the considerable number of apprentices in London ; armed them as best he could and they marched to Turnham Green where they were able to inflict such losses on the troops led by Prince Rupert that they were forced to withdraw , and there was no subsequent attempt to capture London . |
| 20 | Wealthy clubs like Real Madrid were able to buy such players as the brilliant Hungarian forward Ferenc Puskas , beginning to trawl not just South America , but also England ( Jimmy Greaves , Joe Baker , Denis Law , Gerry Hitchens , John Charles ) for talent . |
| 21 | Politicians who were able to offer such attractions did not hesitate to make good use of their powers to win votes . |
| 22 | In Holden & Co. v. Crown Prosecution Service ( No. 2 ) [ 1992 ] 1 W.L.R. 407 , the Court of Appeal ( Civil Division ) was able to make such orders under the provisions of section 51 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 . |