Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [noun sg] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Rule-based methods offer some method of combining the two together — the grammar is able to provide information to the semantic analysis . |
| 3 | The smaller members , who would normally be defending a bid , will be able to surrender jurisdiction to the EC on any bid above the Ecu2bn threshold ; the larger ones will still adhere to the Ecu5bn limit . |
| 4 | As we saw in Chapter Three it was able to give voice to the fears of many concerning the supposed breakdown in moral standards , they equated economic decline with moral weakness and established hegemonic control by focusing on the breakdown of law and order . |
| 5 | God is sovereign , and he is able to give value to the performance according to his purposes . |
| 6 | Parties to such conventions are therefore able to give priority to the values protected by them . |
| 7 | Perhaps , if one was able to give advice to the Prime Minister on the appointment of the next Archbishop of Canterbury , it might be : Take your own soundings and make your own recommendation to the Queen . |
| 8 | Thus , if the landlord has elected to waive the exemption from VAT in respect of a particular building , he will not be able to add VAT to the rent if it is expressed as a single figure . |
| 9 | In order to be able to offer value to the market , a salesperson must understand the value system of the foreign market and this means a knowledge of the influence of cultural factors . |
| 10 | Such companies may be attractive to a prospective bidder though , as the board will be able to deliver control to the bidder through a shut-out ( see para 8.2 below ) and guarantee a successful offer without abortive costs . |
| 11 | If you have a good accountant ( plug , plug ) then his/her office will be able to get access to the commercial lending market . |
| 12 | By the age of about 4 months a baby is able to push food to the back of the mouth and swallow it . |
| 13 | Storm or no storm , she could no more have returned to the inn than she had been able to return penitent to the bosom of her family six long years ago , when the same stigma would have been laid to her then as had been laid to her now . |
| 14 | Dust , grit , and ‘ wee beasties ’ seem to be able to gain admission to the vestibule of the inhaler through the open top of the canister housing , even though the safety cap has been religiously applied . |
| 15 | It is as if the inner mind structure presents a predetermined pattern to the sense organ , through the brain and sensory/motor nervous system , and only that input which relates to the inward pattern is able to gain entry to the creature 's world of subjective experience . |
| 16 | How will the public be able to gain access to the information that by law they have a right to see ? |
| 17 | In Warwickshire the policy had not been able to limit growth to the selected villages in the more pressurized parts of the county . |