Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the majority of them were neither party members , nor teachers or agronomists , they represented a valuable addition to the ranks of those who might be able to promote smychka in the countryside . |
| 2 | His brother , who succeeded him as the Emperor Leopold II , was able to restore peace in the disturbed areas only by a skilful mixture of force and concessions . |
| 3 | A GYROSTABILISER consists of a small , rapidly spinning , motor-driven flywheel which is able to sense movement of a model about any chosen axis and apply a cancelling movement to the appropriate servo . |
| 4 | while Labour under Clement Attlee was able to wield influence in the coalition government . |
| 5 | The network will be able to transmit information about the movements of aircraft throughout Europe , providing a central overview of air traffic conditions not previously available . |
| 6 | We have presented data which suggest that three proteins , N-Oct 3 as well as N-Oct 5A and 5B are translated from the same mRNA by alternative translation initiation ; only the largest protein , N-Oct 3 , was able to stimulate transcription from an octamer promoter under our assay conditions . |
| 7 | Now we pray for those who are not able to enjoy life to the full , through sickness , and we remember Winifred Andrews , Rob Dellar , Jack Bennett and Louis Muggleton … and keep silence as we bring other friends and relatives to your throne . |
| 8 | Gandhi 's implicit suggestion here is that it had yet to support non-violence for , as he says , bishops still felt able to support slaughter in the name of Christianity . |
| 9 | But as no one shareholder had control to sell , the Government was able to acquire control of the company 's assets for a fraction of their true value ( and for a fraction of what it would have had to pay on a take-over bid ) . |
| 10 | However , if he is able to continue work as a clerk , no capital sum under item 4 is payable . |
| 11 | If it is a cancellation at very short notice and the hotel is unable to re-let the accommodation , particularly in the case of resort hotels whose reservations are taken well in advance , the hotel may then be able to claim compensation for the loss of business . |
| 12 | The tenant may then undertake the alterations , in full knowledge that he or she will be able to claim compensation for the improvements made when the tenancy ends . |
| 13 | A married man living with his wife may also be able to claim part of the married couple 's allowance . |
| 14 | If he is able to claim privilege for the document , a copy may be admitted instead of the original . |
| 15 | While copyright cases have been won on the grounds that manuals , and other documents that go with software , have been copied , no one has yet been able to claim copyright on the syntax of a computer language . |
| 16 | It seems unreasonable that with respect to the United States Nicaragua was able to claim invalidity of the 1914 treaty and not be liable for non-performance . |
| 17 | The interesting point is that the Greeks were certainly able to see Merope with the naked eye , whereas today this is virtually impossible . |
| 18 | Now at last , after five Swans LPs and two previous Skin outings , he 's able to see relief beyond the masochistic joy he takes from brutality , violence and neglect . |
| 19 | Now at last , after five Swans LPs and two previous Skin outings , he 's able to see relief beyond the masochistic joy he takes from brutality , violence and neglect . |
| 20 | But other forms eventually arose which were able to extract hydrogen from a very much more widespread source — water . |
| 21 | If , however , the market is able to absorb information about the risks attached to future cash flows from other sources , for example the work of financial analysts , then the role of qualification is marginalised to that of informing unsophisticated investors about risks , the knowledge of which has , unbeknown to them , already been built into the pricing of their securities , but which might possibly cause them to consider whether they should diversify their portfolio or change its composition . |
| 22 | The Faculty is able to provide supervision for the M.Phil . |
| 23 | Coleman naturally lent a commiserative ear , and was soon able to provide Donleavy with a complete run-down on the DEA 's network of informants in Beirut and the Bekaa Valley . |
| 24 | The local authority may also be able to provide literature on the subject if your Home is run by one . |
| 25 | Accommodation may be offered even if there is a person with parental responsibility able to provide accommodation for the child . |
| 26 | Rule-based methods offer some method of combining the two together — the grammar is able to provide information to the semantic analysis . |
| 27 | Three agencies-the Drugs Council , the Detoxification Unit , and GPs-were able to provide information about the frequency and duration of heroin use , the quantities used , and the route of administration ( method of use ) . |
| 28 | Andy Currier was eventually able to provide consolation at the other end , but departed for the sin-bin 30 seconds later after a foul on Bob Jackson , accompanied by Paul Hulme , who questioned the referee 's decision too vehemently . |
| 29 | In the Marshalsea Prison in Southwark on the other hand , Charles Dickens ( whose father spent a time there in 1824 ) made clear in Little Dorrit the prisoners were able to find help of every kind within the prison 's walls . |
| 30 | Even without paper qualifications , a well-motivated young girl should be able to find work as a shop assistant , a waitress , an office junior . |