Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Willey , supported by Emburey , who kept it at bay , the final score being 391 for 7 ; admittedly , Roberts had hardly been able to bowl on the last day , but the home team had shown themselves that they could bat a bit if they tried . |
| 2 | This caused a delay of nine minutes , but play was able to restart for the last couple of overs . |
| 3 | As a full stomach makes it even harder for a baby with RDS to breathe he was n't able to feed for the first few days and relied on the drip . |
| 4 | Once I had discussed the situation with Sylvia and explained to her what had been happening , we were able to progress to the next stage . |
| 5 | Duchamp-Villon and La Fresnaye were also members of the hanging committee , so that the Cubist painters were able to exhibit for the second time that year as a group . |
| 6 | If Durham spends some of that cash in Darlington the Government should be able to help in the second and third year of development . ’ |
| 7 | If you have a weekend free , you can do what many west Berliners are now able to do for the first time since 1952 — simple drive into the country and enjoy the landscape of Brandenburg . |
| 8 | The thing had died , and for its death they could also find no reason … no more than they could find a reason for how it was able to live in the first place . |
| 9 | Though no document had been so thoroughly prepared , there was a last-minute suggestion that it should be dropped , for it was clear that , if this schema was presented , the Council would not be able to finish with the third session . |
| 10 | While age has emerged as a predictor of the current linguistic achievement in BSL , it need not always be the case if BSL teachers are able to learn from the second language literature . |
| 11 | ‘ I hope to be able to legislate in the next parliamentary session , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ Just remember that and we might — just might — be able to get through the next few days without any major problems . ’ |
| 13 | You 've only been able to get through the last four years by not thinking about it . |
| 14 | In Lewisham an attempt at large scale multi-disciplinary intervention to rehabilitate residents of such a hostel had only been able to move on a fifth of their treatment group after a year ( Timms , 1990 ) . |
| 15 | A RECENT agreement between the Midland Railway Trust at Butterley — and the Narrow Gauge Railway Association , means that visitors to the Midland Railway Centre are now able to travel on the first stages of the Golden Valley Light Railway at no extra charge . |
| 16 | However , if you were able to travel in the third dimension , you could cut straight across . |