Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The business world is one of constant change , and your business to be successful must be able to accommodate change without penalty . |
| 3 | But a family planning a wedding reception would be able to claim exemption from import duty . |
| 4 | 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 ; |
| 5 | Go on then you 'll be able to see mummy from work . |
| 6 | Many publishers too will be able to provide help with point of sale — stands , covers and so on . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The student will also be able to provide information on sea travel . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He was able to find time for study and he preached regularly to the soldiers and the local people . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Most Japanese companies are also accustomed to being able to talk face to face with suppliers and it is the usual way of conducting business in Japan . |
| 18 | Finally , it is fascinating to discover that Pijnenborg and colleagues are not able to define LAWER as murder or medical practice . |
| 19 | EAST Anglian commuters will be able to reach work without fear of further strikes , it emerged last night . |
| 20 | Well over half of those killed are young children or elderly people who are overcome by smoke and fumes while they sleep at night — people whose chances of survival would be drastically improved if only they were able to reach safety in time . |
| 21 | In one case , an official was able to announce action in solidarity with a dispute that corporate management was not yet aware of . |
| 22 | Given that many rural schools do not even have properly equipped science laboratories , it is hard to see how they will be able to afford equipment for carpentry , metalwork and building . |
| 23 | Large figurines mainly thrown on the potter 's wheel and decorated in vase-painter 's technique are known from several Greek sites in the late Bronze Age ; and this may be a line where we shall one day be able to trace continuity of production through the dark ages . |
| 24 | Or are we able to exert freedom of choice regardless of what is determined by other factors ? |
| 25 | A parent company has the additional facility of being able to surrender ACT for use by its 51% subsidiaries . |
| 26 | I 'd like to find out if part of your opposition to grant maintained status is due to the fact that as a councillor you would no longer be able to exercise control over grant maintained schools . |
| 27 | Even after deciding to put public service behind him and concentrate on the private sector , he has never quite seemed able to escape involvement with government . |
| 28 | I am sure that everyone in this room satisfies the Rabbinic condition for discussing the chariot of Ezechiel ( ma'ase merkava ) — namely to be wise and able to deduce knowledge through wisdom of his own — but I do not propose to indulge in this subject . |
| 29 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the essence of this matter is that , if one makes a claim , one should be able to give evidence in support of it ? |
| 30 | The next tier would be seen as a legitimate point for appeal , and superior managers would not be so able to deny responsibility for action . |