Example sentences of "able [to-vb] with [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Now , you 'll see that it has a tendency to go all over the world wherever it is invited but whoever invites the World Council of Churches now must , in fact , be able to cope with a great number of people !
2 You ought to be able to cope with a small invasion of your privacy now and then .
3 The programme was of limited value to the people of Bangladesh owing to its failing to be able to cope with a poor infrastructure and a large population .
4 After a few months off , your main worry may be that you wo n't be able to cope with a full-time job , which will probably put you off returning to what you were doing before the baby .
5 ‘ Third , and most important , there are parents who are not able to cope with a handicapped child themselves .
6 Whereas an opponent may be able to cope with a single technique , it is much more difficult when the attack is continuous , incorporating both linear and circular blows delivered to different , often widely separated targets .
7 But think about whether you would be able to cope with a positive result , and would a negative result really stop you worrying ?
8 Alternatively , it may be the strategy with which teachers feel most able to cope with the wide range of pupil attainment .
9 However , it is not clear from the information presented by Burr how well he has been able to cope with the irregular morphological structure of English .
10 Slightly overcrowd your tank , but not to the extremes otherwise your filtration system may not be able to cope with the extra loading placed upon it .
11 They will simply not be able to cope with the increased tax burden planned by Mr Smith .
12 The local project manager had warned of the danger because the partially completed new barriers would not be able to cope with the increased flow .
13 Only the planning department was able to cope with the total analysis of the situation .
14 In order to be able to cope with the increasing enquiry rate at the bureau , an emergency appeal to NACAB for special funding led to the appointment of a fixed-term welfare rights officer .
15 The general concern expressed about the approach is whether the county courts are going to be able to cope with the significant extra workload .
16 He would n't have been able to cope with the larger trunks .
17 An even distribution has an added advantage , the institution will be better able to cope with the Unpredictable .
18 Only a few , such as the highly adaptable wild pigs , have been able to cope with the changed and still changing landscape .
19 We needed to take with us clothes that were comfortable for travelling in , were easy to care for and were able to cope with the worst of the conditions .
20 The average farmer should be able to cope with the explanatory booklet , the form to fill in , explanatory notes to help fill it in , and a letter from Sir Hector Monro , Scottish Agriculture Minister .
21 However , if you have not reached a good ‘ A ’ level standard in mathematics , then it is very unlikely that you will be able to cope with the actuarial examinations .
22 The SunAccount software was able to cope with the networked set-up without modification .
23 SALLY Gunnell reckons she now knows what it feels like to be a marked woman but Britain 's golden girl insists she will be able to cope with the new-found pressure when she launches her world championship campaign in earnest in Rome tonight .
24 Do n't try messing around with ordinary control units , by the way , as they may not be able to cope with the different wattages .
25 She came to realise that any woman who aimed to share his life would always have to be self-sufficient and able to cope with the day-to-day problems of life without bothering him with the minutiae of domestic detail .
26 But in Pakistan , where the grounds are rough and hard , the ball soon loses its shine and you have to be able to perform with the old one .
27 He 'd done his bit , and at least felt able to agree with the Prime Minister on one matter .
28 She had to be able to liaise with the local authorities , professionals in the social services , and people with specialist knowledge who worked on the Advisory Boards .
29 Rdb will then be able to connect with the 125-odd existing applications designed for Microsoft 's SQL Server .
30 ‘ Hopefully I will be able to continue with a few engagements when I return to Northern Ireland . ’
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