Example sentences of "able [to-vb] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Unix suppliers are able to agree on a consistent systems management application programming interface — and each also uses a similar implementation of the Object Management Group 's Common Object Request Broker Architecture — Corba — independent software vendors would be able to offer binary system management applications running across a variety of platforms . |
| 2 | If the Unix suppliers are able to agree on a consistent systems management application programming interface — and each also uses a similar implementation of the Object Management Group 's Common Object Request Broker Architecture — Corba — independent software vendors would be able to offer binary system management applications running across a variety of machines . |
| 3 | This means that even if the government , the TUC and CBI were able to agree on a particular course of development of the national economy ‘ the state and the social partners alike are unable to enforce compliance with such a plan at the micro-level ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 4 | It was Willey , supported by Emburey , who kept it at bay , the final score being 391 for 7 ; admittedly , Roberts had hardly been able to bowl on the last day , but the home team had shown themselves that they could bat a bit if they tried . |
| 5 | The first extensive studies of Romano-British pottery were by Thomas May , who died on 28 October , 1931 at Stratford-upon-Avon , where he had taken up residence to be able to work on the nearby site at Tiddington , ( Fieldhouse , May and Wellstood , 1931 ) . |
| 6 | Courts will be able to impose on a sexual offender who poses a serious risk to the public a longer custodial sentence than would be justified solely by the seriousness of the offence . |
| 7 | It would be an exaggeration to say that every trade union member is now aware of the Commissioner , but it is probable that a disgruntled member 's first contact point would be able to pass on the relevant information . |
| 8 | Charman was able to drum on the B-side track , ‘ ( The Moment Before ) Everything 's Spoiled Again ’ . |
| 9 | So , Sir , I have been able to reflect on the inherent good sense of the people of Worcester over the years I have been privileged to be the Member for that constituency . |
| 10 | Cockney ruffian culture has n't been able to progress on the swaggering menace , social quirks , pithy observation and deranged vignettes detailed in the impressive collection of tunes played out here under the giant M erected in Finsbury Park . |
| 11 | In the past , Singapore was able to draw on a ready pool of Malay Chinese to supplement its workforce , but with economies in the whole region growing so rapidly , skilled labour is at a premium and countries are doing all they can to hang on to their brainpower . |
| 12 | She will also feel able to draw on the great assets the team have to offer , namely experience and a wide knowledge of patient care . |
| 13 | Here the faculty is able to draw on the wide range of professional musicians who reside in Edinburgh or visit regularly . |
| 14 | In this way , inter-party friction would be eliminated , while , at the same time , the new organization would still be able to draw on the mobilizing capacity of the old parties . |
| 15 | It was thus able to draw on the large reservoir of latent discontent among Liberals and the intellectuals which had been only slightly touched by the problem of unemployment and which was completely cut off from the syndicalist traditions of working class militancy in the previous decade . |
| 16 | British historians are especially fortunate in being able to draw on the oldest tradition of popular autobiography in the world . |
| 17 | Now when retirement comes I shall have built a new life for myself and also be able to manage on a lower income . |
| 18 | May not be able to sleep on the left side because of the palpitations and suffocation . |
| 19 | Having taken a change of clothes and underwear to the beach with her , she was able to put on a fresh dress before tucking the children into bed . |
| 20 | And he must be able to put on an American accent . |
| 21 | Having made the Hannover picture I thought it would be nice to have a smaller version , so I now have a two-metre square version on canvas , also painted with Scanachrome , and I am working on the area of the television screen in a more painterly manner than I was able to use on the large one . |
| 22 | DENMARK will be able to vote on a revised Maastricht Treaty , Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd promised yesterday . |
| 23 | There was now greater co-operation with Customs officers on the Continent , with officers able to deal on a personal level with each other rather than at senior status — ensuring a quick and efficient exchange of information . |
| 24 | A a at precisely the point where one one would expect them to be in the position to be able to encroach on the rich they are actually this is , this is the promotion of the rich peasant economy . |
| 25 | Thus , like the later Formalists , the Prague School were able to insist on the specific properties of the ‘ poetic ’ text , and at the same time recognize its links with the author and the social context . |
| 26 | There is a vacant night-porter 's job we might be able to fill on a temporary basis . |
| 27 | When it became clear by the end of the month that the EEC would not be able to concur on the financial arrangements for the common agricultural policy , the French Foreign Minister , Maurice Couve de Murville , whose turn it was that month to chair the Council of Ministers , abruptly terminated the session despite the objections of the other ministers . |
| 28 | That 's the sort of issue Chair , that we shall be able to address on the twenty seventh . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |