Example sentences of "able [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has led some people to commit what may conveniently be called ‘ Sahlins ’ fallacy' ( Sahlins 1976 ) , and to suppose that the operation of kin selection requires that animals , or people , are able to perform the necessary calculations . |
| 2 | In this study the subjects simply watched the slides while their heart rate was recorded and they listened to a sentence describing the event in each slide ( e.g. ‘ Father was able to find the broken connection ’ versus ‘ Father was able to restore the severed limbs ’ ) . |
| 3 | Now he will be able to carpet the bare boards of his house , something he predicted in last week 's Spectator would be impossible under Labour , so mortgaged to the hilt is he . |
| 4 | They won short corners without being able to penetrate the Old Loughtonians defence and often the final pass went astray , so when the second goal came , the large crowd knew it was all over . |
| 5 | The public will even be able to enjoy the fantastic views across the Thames from the tower itself . |
| 6 | Storytime in ‘ Magician 's Road ’ — As well as being able to enjoy the interactive children 's exhibition called ‘ Magician 's Road ’ , the Museum 's younger visitors will be able to listen to a storytime especially written for them . |
| 7 | Where the UCTA applies , despite such an exclusion clause , the buyer will be able to enjoy the express remedies under the clause , and any other remedies available to him at law as well . |
| 8 | The weather is perfect and we are now experienced enough mushers to be able to enjoy the high speeds without anxiety . |
| 9 | The rakes of coaches include an open toast rack or two which prove very popular with tourists especially if they are able to enjoy the magnificent views across Lyn Tegid without obstruction from billowing smoke or smuts in their eyes . |
| 10 | But we believe that company car drivers should be able to enjoy the finer things in life without being taxed to the hilt . |
| 11 | You will find that the more confident you become , the more you will be able to enjoy the different relationships you have with those around you — and the happier you will be . |
| 12 | The family , however , is not sufficiently able to sustain the private identities of people in modern cities or suburbs , and other institutional agencies are needed to support , create , sustain and modify identity . |
| 13 | But it is important to be able to classify the different types of mechanically propelled vehicles in order to be able to prove to a court in which class a vehicle falls . |
| 14 | In a strange way , she felt cleansed , as though she 'd been able to strip the dark places away from her soul . |
| 15 | The development , first reported in The Scotsman three years ago , opens up the possibility of being able to treat the first signs of breast cancer when the chances of success are highest . |
| 16 | The time passed all too quickly but later all were able to see the resultant masks of heads and hands thus produced . |
| 17 | This great change in scientific thinking meant little to the masses , but they were able to see the great benefits of modern scientific practice despite the faltering of the economic system . |
| 18 | Even if I had no longer been able to see the real images in my mind I could see their representations as clearly as if they hung before me , and the two were beginning to run together . |
| 19 | 3.14 There is a head of damage which is sometimes called the loss of amenities ; the man made blind by the accident will no longer be able to see the familiar things he has seen all his life ; the man who has had both legs removed and will never again go upon his walking excursions — things of that kind — loss of amenities ( per Birkett LJ in Manley v Rugby Portland Cement Co Ltd , a decision of the Court of Appeal in 1951 ) . |
| 20 | The successful candidates will also be able to see the finished results of their new look in the June edition of the Clothes Show Magazine . |
| 21 | But when we talked about ‘ The House ’ — that was what we called it , there was never a name — we could imagine that just at the top of the stairs would be the Great Kitchen with its rows of gleaming copper pans hung up next to pheasants and hams and bunches of strange herbs — and through the kitchen window we 'd be able to see the long lawns of the garden where stone lions crouched with their heads between their paws and real peacocks screeched up at peacock shapes clipped out of hedges … |
| 22 | There is obviously a scholarly interest in being able to see the two versions of ‘ La Dance ’ , from our museum and from the Hermitage , or the two versions of ‘ Nasturtiums with dance ’ from the Metropolitan Museum and from the Hermitage . |
| 23 | I pulled over to the emergency lane , barely able to see the other cars on the road . |
| 24 | The cabin light was on and Fen was bending over her , disturbingly close , close enough for her to be able to see the individual pores in his swarthy skin . |
| 25 | Members will be able to see the winning publications from the region in BAIE 's Editing for Industry competition at St Bride 's Institute , off Fleet Street . |
| 26 | Granted his education and career it is not surprising that Sidonius , both in his panegyrics and also in his letter-collection , was able to see the last days of the imperial court within a traditional perspective . |
| 27 | Each window is filled with a solution of zinc bromide which , although transparent , is able to absorb the short wavelengths of gamma radiation . |
| 28 | While there will be a delay of between four to six months before the NT and NetWare releases become available , Brown reckons that by 1995 , or three versions of the database on , Informix should be able to launch the three versions simultaneously . |
| 29 | While there will be a delay of between four to six months before the NT and NetWare releases become available , Brown reckons that by 1995 , or three versions of the database on , Informix should be able to launch the three versions simultaneously . |
| 30 | I think that so far as possible we need to be able to encourage the civic authorities to take whatever is the appropriate interest . |