Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [prep] [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would she be able to cope with that after Seville ? |
| 2 | You probably will not be able to cope with all of them without feeling deprived . |
| 3 | The results indicate that five- and eight-year-olds are able to cope with all of these cognitive and linguistic demands . |
| 4 | Once you have made yourself familiar with the basic sewing processes , you will then be able to cope with any of the projects in this book . |
| 5 | They may have different areas of expertise and will be able to concentrate on these without having to sit through lengthy periods when colleagues are asking questions about their own area of interest . |
| 6 | ‘ You should be able to stand like that for a week before the nerve implants get tired . |
| 7 | It was what they both wanted and with her share of her father 's money Beryl would be well able to provide for both of them in style . |
| 8 | Both these parties would also abolish the assisted places scheme by which children of poorer parents are able to benefit from some of the best schools in the country , and will hand City Technology Colleges over to local authorities . |
| 9 | England though a Northern Climate , will be able to vye with those of a more southerly situation , even to Italy itself , which some have styled the Garden of the World . ’ |
| 10 | There was a party afterwards during which we were able to talk to some of the officers who seemed faintly bored by the whole process . |
| 11 | She was able to talk to his teacher , and when the teasing and probing of insensitive schoolfriends became hard to handle , Robert was able to talk about this with Theresa — he did n't want to burden his parents with it . |
| 12 | ‘ He would n't be able to participate in that without his laptop . ’ |
| 13 | Er would the factories between them be able to help with that for a spell Er one of the things that I 'm slightly concerned about is if you 've only got old buffers on the stand erm rather than younger people |
| 14 | Now , amazingly , there is no guarantee that he will be able to play in any of the three US Majors next year . |
| 15 | His flight had left New York three hours after the Paris flight and by then the worst of the turbulence over the Atlantic had dissipated so he had been able to sleep for most of the journey . |
| 16 | We 're able to put up most of them , while the remainder I 've sent round to The Beach Hotel . ’ |
| 17 | should be able to deal with that for you . |
| 18 | I hope to be able to deal with some of his comments because , as Chairman of the Select Committee on Trade and Industry , I share his grave concern about the future of manufacturing and trade in this country . |
| 19 | ‘ They 'll never be able to fight with that inside them , ’ his mother said , but Terry only laughed . |
| 20 | Will you be able to build on this without trouble ? |
| 21 | ‘ France Telecom is the most ready and able to compete of any of the European PTTs , but it is waiting too . ’ |
| 22 | If it is achieved , the production costs will be not much more than half the current figure , and the undertaking will be able to compete with most of our opencast coal facilities . |
| 23 | SQUASH enthusiasts at Morecambe 's Concorde Sports and Social Club were able to compete against some of the country 's top players , thanks to £2,000 sponsorship from CCG for their 1991 Open Squash Championship . |
| 24 | A whole system of informal work practices is able to exist alongside those of the police management and they form a vital part of the labour process in the station . |
| 25 | However , a sensitive and intelligent tutor will and should be able to respond to any of these need without too many difficulties . |
| 26 | Don Wakeford , the Holywood coach , is able to call on most of last year 's squad and although Ards should provide stiff opposition , Holywood should just edge through to meet the winners of the Carrick v Lisburn tie . |
| 27 | The American archives suggest that even in 1954 the British would have been somewhat reassured had they been able to eavesdrop on some of the discussions which were taking place in Washington . |
| 28 | Exasperation often led him into acts of mischief for which he was quickly rapped by his rod-bearing aunt , but the atmosphere in which punishment was given and taken was a relaxed one , with his uncle able to laugh at some of his pranks . |
| 29 | President Gorbachev will now be able to push through some of the most unpalatable parts of a programme to take the country into a new era governed by market forces . |
| 30 | I was there for the full week , being lucky enough to have a brother living in Crosby , so was able to take in most of the events and sights of interest , as well as having the pleasure of meeting old comrades at the Cunard Building |