Example sentences of "able [to-vb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A defence spokesman said : ‘ We are glad to be able to confirm at the request of the United States that the UK will participate in the operation . ’ |
| 2 | Gerald became so successful in farming and property that he was able to retire at the age of forty . |
| 3 | ‘ The requirement of a creditor to wait 12 months before claiming relief instead of being able to claim at the end of the first quarter after an insolvency ( as was possible previously ) has an adverse effect on his own business 's cash flow . |
| 4 | The labour force is becoming more like the military with the use of a limited age range and the screening out of anyone with any kind of disability who might not be able to work at a pace and with the flexibility and precision which will maintain the return on the very large capital investment . |
| 5 | also , I was able to work at the painting knowing I could obliterate any unwanted areas ; this gave me the freedom I needed . |
| 6 | this time we were able to stand at a distance from it all and weigh it up and write better songs . |
| 7 | I was not familiar enough , yet , with the light nights of the Highlands to be able to guess at the time , but the sky was paler , and the stars were fading . |
| 8 | If I 'd been able to guess at the future , the turning point would have been right there — wheeling the ship around and moving as fast as possible away from anything to do with Fraxilly . |
| 9 | Of course , if you make a mistake taking it , you may be able to compensate at the development stage — but that 's cheating . |
| 10 | Although these findings were considered in the context of differential hemispheric activation , they might more parsimoniously be thought to reflect no more than the fact that people wish to be able to look at a blackboard in the middle of the room . |
| 11 | Pearce lists these as two important qualities for a top manager together with being able to look at a problem and see the two or three key factors . |
| 12 | No-one will be able to look at a photograph , particularly a family album photo , in the same way again . |
| 13 | We set up to be able to look at the refurbishment of our homes . |
| 14 | ‘ And this time I 'll be able to look at the video with pride . ’ |
| 15 | The names of those attending the wedding are usually known in advance but if not you may be able to look at the seating plan or guest list on the day and make some joke about the names , picking out amusing surnames such as , ‘ In this room we have a Black but no White , two Browns , some Blues , and a Green , but no ‘ reds ’ . |
| 16 | But one Moscow designer , at least , has been able to look at the familiar with a fresh eye and use the symbols of Soviet power with wit and imagination . |
| 17 | In the case of the Blackwood By-Pass , I have passed your letter and the public consultation paper to our Gwent Branch in the hope that they will be able to look at the scheme in more detail . |
| 18 | Even so , he was able to look at the fireglow of the Chariot , and he was able to look into the light and see the salamanders with their wise faces and their eyes filled with ancient knowledge . |
| 19 | Any lawyer who can not find a book will be able to look at the card and see who has taken it . |
| 20 | She ate the food , sipped her brandy and was even able to smile at the sight of Iris peering between the slices of bread to ensure that the contents were acceptable to a vegetarian . |
| 21 | Nathan cheered up a touch when he had eaten his way through half the menu , and was even able to smile at the prospect of spending the night in our corridor-like room . |
| 22 | Above all we can not ignore it : whereas at one time we might have been able to smile at the perversity of the local watch committee in another town , the collective action of several dozen politically motivated local authorities to ban News International publications effectively took censorship in libraries well beyond the silly season in the Press ; and whereas we could once afford to hang back with our copies of Fanny Hill secure in the knowledge that we would be nowhere near the top of the prosecution list , Section 28 is in place and ready to pick us off should we try to share our enthusiasm for homosexual literature with more than a few of our consenting adult users . |
| 23 | I , and they , would agree , but such ladies have to be able to play at the weekend . |
| 24 | Cos if you were asked as , as , as a person by , by a manager or by somebody else to , to actually do the training , then it 's your responsibility is n't it you 've been asked , you 've been given that task and it 's your responsibility to ensure that people are able to do at the end of the session something effectively . |
| 25 | The response to question 19 says that staff cars will be able to park at the rear of the post office and thus free parking spaces for visitors to the function room . |
| 26 | The implication is that the Frankish foot soldier was skilled in all round weaponry , able to fight at a distance and at close quarters . |
| 27 | First , black workers were recruited for precisely those jobs , usually poorly paid and involving unpleasant working conditions , which the indigenous white working class was able to reject at the time of economic expansion , thus preventing the development of bottlenecks in production and permitting higher levels of capital accumulation . |
| 28 | So inviting was the gap created that the loose forward was able to score at the back of the posts , leaving Maskill with another simple kick . |
| 29 | But the right balance is not something which partners should expect to be able to settle at the outset in such a way as will necessarily be appropriate throughout the life of the firm . |
| 30 | If , for lack of a formula , British ministries ( and no doubt ministries elsewhere ) are unable to price the amenity value of landscapes threatened by development , how on earth would any government — or , more probably a conference of governments — be able to arrive at a system for pricing the air ? |