Example sentences of "and [was/were] able [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The programme of trials and different phasings for entry into local management meant that some schools were well to the fore and were able to demonstrate both the advantages and drawbacks of early thinking on the part of central and local government . |
| 2 | Outpatient representatives understood better the daily issues of residential care and were able to convey these to their colleagues . |
| 3 | This would occur if the winner of the initial contract benefited from learning-by-doing during its execution and was able to appropriate those benefits , enabling him to compete advantageously when terms are renegotiated . |
| 4 | Although the system had been modified in many villages so that the strips fell together instead of being widely separated , everybody , including squatters , had access to the common land and was able to earn some sort of a living from it , and this could be supplemented seasonally by labouring or harvesting for a bigger landowner . |
| 5 | In many cases he was even able at the first consultation to diagnose the probable organism which the patient was harbouring on the basis of the patient 's temperament , and was able to confirm these later by bacteriological studies . |
| 6 | Again he froze it with a quick stare , and was able to repeat this process time and again . |
| 7 | Gross examined over one dozen research projects on corporate career mobility and was able to discern some ‘ distinctive features ’ of those who attain ‘ top positions ’ . |
| 8 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |