Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By exerting gentle pressure on the zones of the foot the reflexologist is able to diagnose areas of malfunction in the body and then , by massage of the appropriate area of the foot , to help the body heal itself by improving the functioning of the nervous and circulatory systems . |
| 2 | In fact , I would not be able to conduct sessions of regression therapy — whether present- or past-life — if I thought that my patient was going to go through agonies while it was going on . |
| 3 | At other times , however , the media are only able to report snippets of information , incomplete fragments of a complex situation . |
| 4 | Interestingly , pou[c] is able to stimulate initiation of adenovirus DNA replication in vitro ( C.P.Verrijzer and P.C.van der Vliet , personal communication ) suggesting that this ability may also be a general feature of POU domain proteins . |
| 5 | Because few such cases proceed to trial it was argued that claims assessors should be able to issue proceedings on behalf of their clients . |
| 6 | The business world is one of constant change , and your business to be successful must be able to accommodate change without penalty . |
| 7 | But a family planning a wedding reception would be able to claim exemption from import duty . |
| 8 | the extent to which the teams would be able to preserve space for development work rather than be drawn into a crisis oriented casework load ; |
| 9 | Two outer zones are to be jointly managed by the forestry department and local people , who will be able to plant trees for timber and firewood and harvest fruits and other produce . |
| 10 | Go on then you 'll be able to see mummy from work . |
| 11 | Where major investment decisions , such as BR 's electrification plan or RENFE 's new investment plan , are pending , the minister may be in a strong bargaining position and be able to extract concessions from railway management in return for mustering support in cabinet . |
| 12 | But spelling can not solely rely on this route : to be able to spell words like yacht or choir we must have access to specific lexical information about how each word is spelled . |
| 13 | It was found that end-users were able to master the basic commands of the interface sufficiently well to be able to retrieve references on search topics within their fields of interest . |
| 14 | Many publishers too will be able to provide help with point of sale — stands , covers and so on . |
| 15 | In order to obtain such vital things as a ration card or a job , it was necessary to be able to provide evidence of loyalty to the regime , by means of an official certificate or a letter signed by a person who was , in turn , accredited as " approved " by the regime . |
| 16 | The second problem is that even if we are able to provide functionality with replacement materials , we have to place them within , and thereby create an interface with , the tissues of the body which are extremely aggressive to any invading agent but which are also exquisitely sensitive to their presence . |
| 17 | The student will be able to provide clients with resort information , advice on travel requirements and documentation for a visit outwith Scotland . |
| 18 | Members who undertake CPE , even though for them it is not compulsory , will still be expected to record their compliance with the CPE guidelines on an annual basis and , if necessary , be able to provide details of CPE undertaken and explain the relevance of that CPE to their professional development . |
| 19 | The student will also be able to provide information on sea travel . |
| 20 | He was able to provide information on age , sex , and growth of whales for the first time without killing , touching , marking , or molesting a single animal . |
| 21 | Once in , Barry was able to amass experience in film-making to a point where he could apply , with confidence of success , for the much-needed union ticket . |
| 22 | By recruiting a team of specialists able to relate experience of industry to the huge market opportunities , OSO has helped firms to capture the lion 's share of a UK market worth more than £10 billion a year and branch into exports of the technology spurred by developments in UK waters . |
| 23 | He was able to find time for study and he preached regularly to the soldiers and the local people . |
| 24 | With Thomas Sackville , Baron Buckhurst [ q.v. ] , as a cousin and constant support , perhaps even financially , Alford was ostensibly well placed for advancement , and he was able to secure election to borough seats in Lancashire , Cornwall , Berkshire , and Sussex so that he sat in nine of the thirteen parliamentary sessions of Elizabeth 's reign . |
| 25 | Placement may assist in pulling together the framework and coherent objectives for partnerships ; can explore how other organisations may be used ; is able to secure commitment to growth by partners through direct experience of one another ; establishes communications between the various partners ; may be used to identify who should be involved and at what levels ; provides a regular data and information flow through its exchange mechanism ; may indicate for the local area the support available from national employers that may be utilised at the local level ; constructs environments where introductions are purposeful between the partners and can adopt an incremental approach to partnership activity . |
| 26 | In the fourteenth century , while France was being drained by constant warfare , the artistic centre of this part of Europe moved from Paris to Belgium , where Brussels and Antwerp were able to attract artists of fame and quality . |
| 27 | ‘ Subliminal ’ advertising , which was most publicly ‘ exposed ’ in Vance Packard 's The Hidden Persuaders , is advertising that is supposed to work below the threshold of consciousness : a message flashed for a fraction of a second on a cinema screen was , it was alleged , able to increase sales of popcorn very significantly , even though no one in the audience could have taken it in — or , indeed , remembered it . |
| 28 | There is great interest , therefore , in the extent to which these students have been able to obtain jobs on completion of their studies . |
| 29 | In the past , because children have been able to chant numbers in order ( 1 , 2 , 3 … ) , it has sometimes been assumed that they understood them and so were ready for sums . |
| 30 | He is able to talk man to man with the Chartist delegates , in the confidence that his family has worked through many generations for the common good — building churches and bridges , making roads , digging mines , planting trees , and draining marshland . |