Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you can then also couple between keyboards so that if you want to you can play the sounds from this keyboard on the lower one by coupling the two together and making them work as a pair , but that removes the inde independency of being able to set one against the other . |
| 2 | I shall never be able to look anyone in the eye again . |
| 3 | I doubt I 'd have been able to hear anything from the gallery . ’ |
| 4 | On a large site pupils will not be able to cover everything in the time available , so pupils can be divided into groups and instructed to investigate different topics or features . |
| 5 | Oxfam is regularly approached with inventions and has not yet decided whether it will be able to do something with the ’ friendly fuel ’ . |
| 6 | He had no idea that he would ever be able to do anything about the predicament . |
| 7 | Because of the way Dr Kitzinger 's study was set up , she was not able to do anything about the stories she was told . |
| 8 | He has never been able to do anything about the chairs . |
| 9 | So the bedrooms and they 're not too bad because he has n't been able to do anything in the bedrooms the bedrooms are alright except that over the lintels in most of the bedrooms the plaster is is not right , it 's it 's flaking in great lumps and rippling and cracked something to do with the |
| 10 | She had n't been able to read anything from the ice-chips that stared back at her . |
| 11 | And she would have little illusion about being able to save anything from the low wages she would receive from any of the available jobs . |
| 12 | It gets very tiring jutting your chin out , standing tall and being able to lick anyone in the house if you have nobody to do it to . |
| 13 | You will send all your senior managers for the entire week of the event , and dole out shorter visits to deserving underlings , either those with long service records or those who might be able to learn something to the company 's advantage . |
| 14 | Ideally each should be able to offer something to the others , but for this to happen an agenda has to be clarified and values made explicit . |
| 15 | He signalled to the waitress , then said : ‘ If you change your mind we might be able to get something at the airport . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Very soon I 'll be able to get one on the grounds of separation . ’ |
| 17 | Nor do I think they will be able to charge anything like the premium they used to ; in fact , it 's debatable whether they 'll be able to charge a premium at all . ’ |
| 18 | That way , we might be able to achieve something over the next couple of days . ’ |