Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked Joyce what aspect of her phobia she felt still remained and she said that she would like to be able to go into an open space such as a park , where there were likely to be many more birds around . |
| 2 | ‘ Prof ’ Francis always turned up at celebrity concerts and was often able to slip into an empty seat at intermission . |
| 3 | Increasingly , state enterprises have been able to function as an organized political lobby , despite their differences of interest ( e.g. Dudley and Richardson 1984 ; Tivey 1982 ; Vernon 1984 : 10 ) . |
| 4 | And he must be able to put on an American accent . |
| 5 | The acquisition of such a firm by a larger firm with expansion in mind has the advantage to the latter over the opening up of a new branch office of being able to start with an existing client base . |
| 6 | If a wife who formerly worked is over 60 and retired but can not yet get a basic pension on either her own or her husband 's contributions , she may be able to qualify for an additional or graduated pension based on her own contributions . |
| 7 | The need to deal with complicated unregistered titles will slowly disappear , but at the time of writing , it is very important to be able to read through an unregistered title and spot any errors that should form the subject-matter of requisitions on title . |
| 8 | This point may sound very obvious , but it is seen to be crucial when one party to the contract is looking for a way to get out of his contractual obligations and is able to seize upon an ill-defined point . |
| 9 | 2 They recognise that the system has tended to provide for " strong " government in that most post-war governments have been able to count on an absolute majority of seats in the House of Commons , but they regard this strength as a bad thing . |
| 10 | So even if the new authorities are small in scale this must not mean that District Council staff are at any advantage in obtaining jobs in the new authorities — staff here must be able to compete on an equal basis ( 5.7 ) . |
| 11 | The neophytes were still growing , and only a good while after they had received their final implant of all — the carapace — would they be able to jack into an armoured suit . |
| 12 | To his pleasant surprise he discovered that he was now able to think with an objective clarity which stemmed from the knowledge that he was now free for the first time in his life to speak his mind without fear or favour . |
| 13 | There is also a risk of infected vaginal fluids entering a woman 's bloodstream through her vaginal walls if she shares a vibrator or other sex toys with a partner with HIV , or if infected blood or vaginal fluids are able to get into an open cut during sex . |
| 14 | Nor was the Secretary of State , the hub of the whole system , able to rely upon an effective permanent staff : apart from the clerks in the Signet Office , his assistants were his personal servants , who left office with him . |
| 15 | It is clear that this is partly due to the fact that incomes have been rising in real terms , so that people feel able to take on an increased burden of debt . |
| 16 | But in the future a diverse ecology will only be able to coexist with an efficient agriculture within the context of a planned land-use strategy , and such an attempt to resolve the various and conflicting demands on the countryside can not be successful without farmers surrendering at least some of their freedom of action to do as they wish with their own land . |
| 17 | Lawyers will not be able to take an American-style slice of the damages if successful , but they will be able to ask for an extra percentage on top of their normal costs , with a maximum to be fixed by the Lord Chancellor . |
| 18 | If you are not told of the risk that you run , you might be able to complain of an unfair dismissal if you are sacked following a recurrence of the same conduct . |
| 19 | As a result of that meeting , the leaders agreed to meet together to discuss the obstacles in the way of further political dialogue in the hope that new talks might be able to begin at an early date . |
| 20 | In our first encounter with Satan we find him within the burning lake of Hell , having fallen from such a great height to such a great depth and now engulfed in fire , licked by flames , seemingly in pain , according to Milton 's narration , yet still able to speak with an uncanny strength and courage against ‘ the potent Victor ’ ( I. 95 ) . |
| 21 | In addition , the safety net of being able to dispose of an ill-targeted acquisition or a business that becomes non-core as a result of an acquisition may not exist when times are hard . |
| 22 | All your endeavours should thus be directed to earning money , and you should be very careful to spend as little as possible , or you will not be able to travel in an honourable fashion … |
| 23 | In responding to children 's writing , teachers are well able to distinguish between an embryonic attempt at a story and a more developed example ; indeed , there is substantial research available on the stages of story-writing through which young writers progress . |