Example sentences of "able [verb] [adv] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the control sample the picture was slightly different ; of the 13 who stated a preference at first interview for home care and whom we were able to interview again one year later , six stated an unequivocal preference for home care , five a preference for home care but a recognition of the necessity for , or a competing preference for , institutional care , and two a clear preference for institutional care . |
| 2 | You can say that optical fibre is able to carry only one TV channel whereas a coaxial cable can carry up to 30 . |
| 3 | The VEC relented but , with such short notice , the DUC was able to obtain only one speaker , Dr Robert Blackith , a zoologist from Trinity College , Dublin who was at that stage a veteran anti-nuclear speaker and campaigner . |
| 4 | And I hope that members appreciate as I say , the range and scale of work , which is that , you will also have seen that they 've been able to open now one evening a week , and for a very small service with a budget of about three hundred and fifty thousand pounds , erm they are doing sterling work . |
| 5 | If we decide to store each record in a storage position able to hold only one record , even a perfectly random distribution will give a high proportion of synonyms . |
| 6 | Only lately , though , have I been able to get virtually one pulse through the entire work . |