Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [prep] our [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With reduced cow numbers ( courtesy of quotas ) and some investment in fencing and sheep handling , I hope we shall be able to cope with our reduced labour force especially as Chrissie is out teaching more and more . |
| 2 | Most of us believe that accidents always happen to someone else , which I suppose is how we are able to go about our everyday lives . |
| 3 | I hope er that you will be able to choose from our wide range of crackers and favours , just what you want to enhance your special day . |
| 4 | We can be in danger of saying or feeling that bereavement is something that happens to everyone else , and that ‘ those people ’ need support , but we are perfectly able to manage on our own . |
| 5 | The civil servants ensured that our drafts were the ones that eventually went into the Statutes , so we were able to return to our second Report . |
| 6 | The waste is a small perquisite that hath been granted us for several hundred years past , which we are able to prove by our ancient Books of Record , which have been no less than 14 or 15 times ratified and confirmed at the General Quarter Sessions . |