Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once we had worked together to help him regain his faith , he was able to go on to play just as well as he had done before ; indeed , now that he had remembered the feeling of success , he was able to play even better . |
| 2 | He would then unaccountably find that the world was no longer about to end and would be able to go back to work . |
| 3 | It 'll make the difference between me going back to work and not being able to go back to work . |
| 4 | Do they think you 'll be able to go back to work ? |
| 5 | And is Janet , has Janet been able to go back to work yet ? |
| 6 | If all goes well , you may be able to go back to school when the new year starts in the autumn . |
| 7 | This aspect of the writing of reports has been exaggerated to impress on you that every report , even the least important , must be able to stand up to expert cross-examination . |
| 8 | Thanks to the wonderful invention of fax machines , which enable my office to send me the proofs and layouts to read and check , I was able to slip away to Forest Mere Health Hydro for six days . |
| 9 | What information were you able to pass on to Superintendent ? |
| 10 | Jack Ashley MP says the deaf and hard-of-hearing will now be able to keep up to date with the news . |
| 11 | Those boards which took the establishment of a training programme seriously have been able to contribute constructively to school decision-making . |
| 12 | The pilots and crew had , in some instances , been able to trek overland to safety but the aircraft , valued at many millions , would remain there imprisoned forever . |
| 13 | He had a busy day ahead of him , and although he did not yet know it , he would not be able to get back to bed until nearly twenty-four hours later . |
| 14 | From a massive deficit of £281mi1lion in 1984–5 , the year of the miners ' strike , the sector was able to recover quickly to break-even point and then achieve a handsome surplus of £69million in 1988–9 . |
| 15 | The lizard is then able to rush away to safety while the predator , momentarily confused by the suddenness of what has happened , concentrates all its efforts on the disembodied tail . |