Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , with the enthusiasm of youth I had no doubt that we should be able to cope with life in remote parts for a few years . |
| 2 | Jenna felt more able to cope with dignity in her own language and the girl 's face creased into a knowing smile . |
| 3 | Were the local authority to be able to sue in libel in respect of the same matters complained of by an individual councillor this would create duplication of proceedings and increased costs ( post , pp. 56E , 65A ) . |
| 4 | I was lucky to be able to go to school in Parma and not spend all my life in Fontanellato , which was the fate of many ; and on the whole my schooldays were enjoyable . |
| 5 | The candidate whose immediate queries are along the lines of , ‘ When will I get my first pay rise ? ’ , or ‘ Will I be able to go on holiday in July ? ’ will probably not be putting the job first and certainly lacks the good sense and tact to make it appear to be the priority . |
| 6 | Sometimes they are told to demonstrate what new recruits ( and the field-worker ) can expect ; on other occasions they are told to illustrate the funny or the tragic sides of policing ; or are used as a vehicle for the story-teller to display some features about him or herself , such as his or her experience and skill and ability in handling all things , and that he or she is professional in being able to talk about horror in a cold and detached manner . |
| 7 | Jacques 's Master follows Kristeva in her argument that , just as the subject is eclipsed or subverted in the process of its creation , so the author must pass through the same ‘ zero ’ in order for the reader to be able to participate as receptor in the economy of communication established by the novel : |
| 8 | Operators remain unconvinced , pointing out that when liberalisation opens the way , Continental companies not faced with the cost of special modifications to aircraft otherwise identical to those of their British counterparts will , it appears , be able to ply for trade in the UK in competition with UK companies bearing the unfair burden of CAA certification costs . |
| 9 | THE Tories are said not to have been able to get in right in 13 years . |
| 10 | A century later John Murray , the British ambassador in Constantinople , bitterly regretted that in 1774 he had not been able to act as mediator in the making of the Russo-Turkish peace of Kutchuk — Kainardji and thus gain the valuable presents from both sides which would have been his reward . |
| 11 | Unencumbered , the mother able to return to work in Newcastle Place . ’ |