Example sentences of "be able [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The set is in the shape of a giant book , whose pages open to reveal the Royal Palace , a dungeon , the cellar of a former teacher , Mr Nibbs , and the river , beyond which lies the democratic Singing Land — a country where people are able to choose their own leaders . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , there is concern that if wealthy individuals are able to purchase their own higher-priced coverage , a two-tiered health system will develop . |
| 3 | The strings , thanks to their numerical superiority , are able to hold their own against the brass far more successfully than can the woodwind . |
| 4 | On the first limb of the response , the Royal Commission rather lamely noted that the procedures of some tribunals have become ‘ legalistic ’ , mainly because the law governing their work has become more complex , and recommended that procedures be reviewed ‘ to ensure that applicants in person are able to conduct their own cases wherever possible ’ . |
| 5 | Life is more interesting if you are able to guide your own destiny , and this is only possible if you can find the time to plan . |
| 6 | And again one of the great concerns that we have with the development of N H S Trusts , is those Trust Boards are able to determine their own policies in respect to staffing , to set their own pay scales for staff , also they are able to do their business to a large extent behind closed doors . |
| 7 | Through project work , learners are able to express their own ideas and opinions in English . |
| 8 | This prevents competition by helping to ensure the power of the incumbent and increasingly wealthy individuals are able to launch their own campaigns from personal funds . |
| 9 | Emotionally troubled people can not be expected to deal with their emotions until they are able to understand what those emotions are , how they have arisen , and what can be done to overcome them . |
| 10 | In each unit there is a kitchen where the residents are able to make their own snacks and a communal television and activity room . |
| 11 | After the first day or so some people are able to operate their own catheters . |
| 12 | In the meantime , the Board is looking for ways to fund the deficit should it continue , but has decided not to charge the deficit as an additional burden upon those residents who are able to pay their own way from their own resources , and not to move from its established principle of offering care to those most in need towards a degenerate policy of offering care only to those who are most able to pay . |
| 13 | He had been able to teach her some of the ploys that actors use to control their breathing when they are nervous , and project their voices so they can be heard . |
| 14 | And McGrindle , very matter of fact though drunk as usual : I have sixteen children , seven by my first marriage , four by my second , my second wife had two of her own , that makes thirteen , and three from my third , sixteen , and I am proud to say I have been able to give them all a good education and every chance in life without ever compromising my integrity . |
| 15 | I 'll tell Sheila straightaway ’ made me feel that , at last , I 'd been able to give them some good news . |
| 16 | While not present at an event , the writer may have been able to use his own detailed sources which are no longer available — or the writer may have relied on hearsay . |
| 17 | But that in no way affected my admiration for what Winston had done , and I am pleased to think that on one or two occasions I have been able to render him some modest service in the way of a reward for this particular display of public courage . |
| 18 | I 'm only glad that we 've been able to sort it all out so quickly . |
| 19 | By providing money for so-called buy-back operations , in which countries either bought their own commercial debts back from the banks at deeply discounted levels or , alternatively , simply used the money as collateral when negotiating low-interest bond deals , a number of countries had been able to reschedule their own external obligations on easier repayment terms than had been agreed at the time when they were made . |
| 20 | Faye as Prefect-Apostolic of Ziguinchor , Senegal , brings Africa into line with India , China and Japan , who have each been able to boast their own bishops for some years . |
| 21 | So far , she had been able to contain her own grief . |
| 22 | If only Kinnock had been able to show us this side of himself when he was still Leader of the Labour Party , the election might have had a very different result . |
| 23 | After attending a local nursery school , some children had been able to write their own names . |
| 24 | The people who decide whether to believe them or not have been able to check their own stocks quickly , to make sure no bombs or material are missing . |
| 25 | Since both Chartists and temperance men remain in short supply in Ripon , we have been able to discover nothing more about the singularly unsuccessful Mr Lees . |
| 26 | Until very recently housing associations have been able to have their own policies as to whom they can house , as well as housing a certain proportion of people from the housing waiting-list as part of their financial agreement with the local authority . |
| 27 | ‘ If I had been able to run my own theatre , like Alan Ayckbourn or Neil Simon , I would definitely have directed all my plays myself . |
| 28 | This chapter has not been able to cover them all — the impetus GPFHs have had in driving through quality improvements for example ( Glennerster et al. |
| 29 | The self-employed have long been able to make their own pension arrangements . |
| 30 | We 've never been able to offer you such big , comfortable suites as in our exclusive new American Colonial Collection . |