Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unable to avoid it , however , he faced O'Rourke in New Orleans where it became apparent that the Irishman had no idea of fighting ; Burke was able to hit him at will . |
| 2 | I was more able to forgive her for past hurts because , as Nancy Friday says , I needed to do so . |
| 3 | Paul reminded Timothy " how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus " . |
| 4 | This led Asquith to fix a pensionable age of seventy , despite the mass of evidence that must people who survived to old age ceased to be able to support themselves by work in their mid-sixties — sixty-five was the age adopted by most occupational and charitable pension schemes . |
| 5 | ‘ I might be able to see him for lunch in half an hour . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ No doubt the rest of you will be able to see him in action next week , on Parents ’ Evening , ’ proceeded Mr Crumwallis , smoothly bland . |
| 7 | " You have come here chiefly to hunt the rare wild animals in our jungles so that the people of America will be able to see them on display in the Sherman Museum in Washington . |
| 8 | In another sense they may seem to know them too little , to be too little able to see them in relation to other , contemporary , young people : as much chance of a fair assessment from a family as from a school . |
| 9 | Camping but they ran out of money so he would n't be able to see her till payday . |
| 10 | On the other hand you need to be able to see yourself as part of a whole , to recognise the relationship between you , the world and everyone else in it . |
| 11 | It is of the eighth magnitude , but I admit that I have never been able to see it with certainty even with × 20 binoculars , though it is easy enough in a telescope . |
| 12 | This was speedily agreed , but the Headmaster was not able to see it in use himself , for in July 1902 he announced to the Governors that he had been offered — and intended to accept — a small country living , a " less onerous position " . |
| 13 | You should be able to find it in gardening books listed as Glechoma hederacea ‘ Variegate ’ , or Nepeta hederacea ‘ Variegata ’ . |
| 14 | When pressed for concrete experimental results to validate their claim , they announced that supporting data had already been obtained , in the belief that they would be able to obtain it in future . |
| 15 | In an attempt to obtain a good price , he paid a stud fee of over £1,400 to have her covered again so that he would be able to sell her in foal at the December 1974 sales . |
| 16 | Yet within it she 's able to create plenty of space . |
| 17 | For instance , part of the trouble in the clean-air example is that nobody owns the air ; if somebody did , polluters would not be able to dirty it with impunity . |
| 18 | In other cases a relative or foster carer may apply for custody after a shorter period and you will be informed of this action and be able to contest it in court if you wish . |
| 19 | Robert had once put his ear to the door during one of his colleagues ' classes and had been able to hear nothing from Class 2 but an eery silence . |
| 20 | The eye is the most tell-tale detail of any animal shape and it is a great advantage to be able to obscure it from view . |
| 21 | Because it was deemed to have been lost in antiquity , the finder was allowed to keep it , although happily the British Museum was able to buy it at auction . |
| 22 | That 'll please the BEF … be able to handle 'em in practice even if they never fire 'em in anger . ’ |
| 23 | None of the prosecution witnesses was able to identify him in court , and his conviction was based on contradictory evidence , mainly statements extracted by torture from his fellow defendants . |
| 24 | They prevent most of the underclass from being able to free themselves from welfare dependency . |
| 25 | ‘ And will you be able to leave somebody in charge of the animals ? ’ he asked Edwin . |
| 26 | His GP should also be able to put him in touch with his local ‘ Stroke Club , ’ where he 'll be able to talk about his problems and progress with people in the same situation as himself . |
| 27 | You might be able to learn it parrot-fashion out of a book or be able to put it on paper . |
| 28 | However , they should be able to put you in contact with a group in your area . |
| 29 | They may be able to put you in touch with a drug counselling agency or other local help . |
| 30 | Your family doctor should be able to put you in touch with community health services . |