Example sentences of "be able make [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In selecting texts teachers should take every opportunity to ensure that pupils are able to make progress as readers and to master increasingly demanding written material .
2 Notwithstanding Dicey 's curt rejection of the vulgar Whig idea of the ancient constitution , I believe that it is through the influence of this tradition on Dicey that we are able to make sense of his thought .
3 The extent of the work that could be undertaken would depend not only upon her willingness to consider it , but also on the finance available from the elderly person herself , her family , or the local authority , who are able to make grants for this purpose in suitable cases .
4 have a pencil and paper ready to take down interview details — dates , times , names and travel information , if you are able to make arrangements over the telephone ;
5 If we are able to make use of the track in the way specified I would be extremely grateful if you could let me know what the cost will be .
6 If we are able to make use of the track in the way specified I would be extremely grateful if you could let me know what the cost will be .
7 If we are able to make use of the track in the way specified I would be extremely grateful if you could let me know what the cost will be .
8 I would be very grateful if you could let me know if we are able to make use of the tracks and what the cost would be .
9 If we are able to make use of the track in the way specified I would be extremely grateful if you could let me know what the cost will be .
10 I would be extremely grateful if you could let me know if we are able to make use of the track and if so , what the cost would be .
11 I would be extremely grateful if you could let me know if we are able to make use of the track and if so , what the cost would be .
12 I would be extremely grateful if you could let me know if we are able to make use of the track and if so , what the cost would be .
13 I would be extremely grateful if you could let me know if we are able to make use of the track and if so , what the cost would be .
14 When hearing children first start to read they are able to make use of what they know about words and the sounds they contain .
15 Why , he asks God , has he never sent him a friend who would have been able to make sense of his inner experience and translate the ‘ music ’ he has heard in his soul into intelligible sound ?
16 Paneth and Peters would never have been able to make helium from hydrogen as they were missing the neutrons ; replace the hydrogen with deuterium and you may have a chance of success .
17 In retrospect , what I found fascinating at the time ( and this feeling has only increased with time and further thought ) was that all the crew just did what I would have told them had I been able to make contact with them .
18 Most schools given control over their budget have been able to make savings on heating and lighting without much difficulty — savings which should go to education in the classroom .
19 In a thunderous rage , she sent rain to the earth to extinguish Maui 's fires ; however , the man managed to hide Mafulke 's two thumbs from the deluge , and ever since , man has been able to make fire by rubbing two squat sticks together .
20 Some researchers have been able to make use of their own skills to gain access to a group .
21 As for Unix , here Cognos has been able to make use of third parties ( it has no direct sales force for Unix products ) but says the going has been tough because of the recession as a PowerHouse Unix sale tends to occur with the new purchase of a Unix box with applications .
22 The palladium seemed to be helping the hydrogen to fuse but not fast enough , so if he could improve this , he might be able to make helium in amounts that would be industrially useful .
23 For some the spur may be that it would be more useful to be able to read the health and safety rules of the factory in which they work , or to be able to make sense of the words in the mail order catalogue in which they are required to shop .
24 Children should be able to make sense of how messages are conveyed in a variety of forms and contexts : in the heritage of literature written in English , but also in the mass media , in film and television , and in the newer technologies .
25 If intermediate drafts , the electronic versions of penciled comments , notes , erasures , signatures , and so on , are not preserved , will they be able to make sense of bureaucratic processes ?
26 Does the Ministry of Defence yet have an estimate of the number of personnel families who will not be able to make provision for their own housing ?
27 To be sure of providing physicists with details of the world beyond the standard model , the SSC 's designers decided it had to be able to make particles with masses of one trillion electron volts ( 1TeV ) .
28 ‘ Perhaps an astronaut who fell into a black hole would be able to make money at roulette by remembering where the ball went before he placed his bet .
29 So perhaps an astronaut who fell into a black hole would be able to make money at roulette by remembering where the ball went before he placed his bet .
30 ‘ I believe players should be able to make money for making a speech or opening a supermarket .
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