Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [pron] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just hope Mrs Adams and her family will remember that in a year 's time they might be able to enjoy their own Christmas too . ’ |
| 2 | He is able to re-create his own world wherever he goes . |
| 3 | For example , non-Christian religions were developed in more detail , and in many places a user was able to treat his own country or religion as the preferred category . |
| 4 | From 1 January next year VAT practitioners will be able to acquire their own specialist qualification , following the Institute of Indirect Tax Practitioners ' decision to introduce examinations from 1 January next year as a condition of membership . |
| 5 | Of the former he said : ‘ Disabled people should have or be able to lease their own car , with all the new horizons such freedom of movement will open up for them . ’ |
| 6 | The Poll Tax Register will be held on a computer and each person will only be able to see their own entry . |
| 7 | For Israel 's way to be hidden Yahweh could mean that God can not see Israel 's way , or will not see Israel 's way , or has caused Israel not to be able to see its own way . |
| 8 | It was even too dark for her to be able to see her own car . |
| 9 | Anna : Anna telephoned early one morning in a distressed state , hoping I would be able to see her that day . |
| 10 | It 's being able to write our own history . ’ |
| 11 | Hoccleve was a scribe by profession , and was therefore able to write his own confession , but the difficulty in considering the case of Margery Kempe is that she was illiterate , and dictated her account of her life to two different scribes , one a poor writer and the other a priest . |
| 12 | With MDI the skilled craftsman operating this machine would be able to write his own program to control the machine and enter it directly into the machine 's computer . |
| 13 | In more complex societies and especially under capitalism these different sections of society — classes — dispose of different power , and because of this the dominant class is able to impose its own consciousness on the whole of society . |
| 14 | It seems impossible that any mother would be able to find her own babe from among such a throng . |
| 15 | This sounded entirely in character , and believing that the said Armstrongs were well able to find their own way back to Eskdale and look after themselves , Douglas ordered onward progress . |
| 16 | ‘ I had hoped that I might be able to find you some accommodation around here , but apparently it 's the duty of your local council in London to rehouse you and nobody else wants to pick up the bill . ’ |
| 17 | As premier earl , Harold was able to secure his own election to the throne , but was forced to defend it almost immediately against Scandinavian and Norman claimants . |
| 18 | Then the largest planets themselves would act like mini suns , able to attract their own system of orbiting satellites . |
| 19 | With the estates came the service of the existing duchy officials , but the queen was also able to establish her own connection there , and several of her servants and kinsmen were subsequently rewarded from the duchy . |
| 20 | With the estates came the service of the existing duchy officials , but the queen was also able to establish her own connection there , and several of her servants and kinsmen were subsequently rewarded from the duchy . |
| 21 | So far , she had been able to contain her own grief . |
| 22 | Adults are usually able to meet their own safety needs . |
| 23 | For that reason alone I feel able to say that the decision of the justices was wrong and that therefore this court is able to substitute its own discretion . |
| 24 | A worrying thing at the moment is as I said we 're in close contact with is that the Malaysian Government is sending representatives over to visit the European Community Ministers in May , to try and say that there 's absolutely nothing wrong with what 's going on in their country with the logging , and they 're saying that people like Friends of the Earth are calling for a ban on timber , not because they care about sustained yield , but because we want to be able to sell our own wood , and this is to depress their trade . |
| 25 | If you ever get to this wonderful stage of being able to pick your own team , it would be marvellous would n't it ? |
| 26 | At that time erm , I was a commercial traveller and Harlow was part of my district and they reluctantly accepted the fact that because I was a commercial traveller working in Harlow that I actually did work in Harlow which was stretching a point , but I really think that the Development Corporation 's officials were getting a little tired of my being able to talk their own language and to write letters in the same vein as they could write , they were n't used to this , and , at any rate , as I said earlier we got here . |
| 27 | In considering the requirements of local industry it was found necessary to place emphasis on the students elective programme ie he/she would be able to design his/her own programme to satisfy his/her own needs . |
| 28 | It would be good for the Hong Kong citizens , and it would be inconsistent for Thatcher not to do this , since she has said , for the Falklands , that a people should be able to choose their own government , and we should n't give in to dictatorships . |
| 29 | Able to choose his own successor David Whitaker offered the Script Editor 's seat to his long-time friend and colleague Dennis Spooner . |
| 30 | By responding to your own learning needs rather than being expected to absorb blanket information as a group , you will be able to chart your own progress more accurately , develop and extend your interests and expertise , and research new materials as and when you feel the need . |