Example sentences of "able [to-vb] about [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I would like is for us to be able to poke about a bit ; see if there are any angles in the Livesey case that might lead back to this girl . |
| 2 | A good deal of real embarrassment can be caused by simply giving an expensive item to a journalist who knew she would not be able to write about a product in any depth but expressed a wish to buy it . |
| 3 | Toni Halliday said she 's learned a great deal about women from men , ‘ and some men are able to write about the women we dream of being . ’ |
| 4 | The former used poetic and dramatic style to convey the literally awful realisation that the more science was able to discover about the machinery by which the world goes round , the more we become alone within it . |
| 5 | The relief of being able to talk about the problem at all will probably be of some comfort . |
| 6 | That evening she still was n't feeling too great , but nevertheless was able to talk about the television she 'd missed , the programmes she 'd missed on telly . |
| 7 | The hearing at Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland , was told Mr Tipping ( 34 ) , of Cobham , Surrey , was unable to open either his main or reserve parachute — but witnesses were only able to speculate about the reasons for this . |
| 8 | The biochemical evolution of the Earth , including the creation of the reptiles , dinosaurs and the mammals , has as its sole purpose the ultimate evolution of intelligent beings capable of under-standing the laws of physics , and thus able to speculate about the origin and density of the universe . |
| 9 | Their outreach programme went beyond this and held meetings in gay clubs where scores of gay men , including working-class gay men , were able to hear about the council 's Equal Opportunities policies on their own ground , and to express their viewpoint about their experiences of service provision by the council . |
| 10 | And much of the concerns that we 've been able to express about the Health Service has been as a direct consequence of us having information as to for example the numbers of bed closures , as for example the numbers of people on waiting lists . |
| 11 | ‘ Anything you 'd like to have been able to keep about the past ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We know we have a good product and from what we 've been able to learn about the Japanese I think they will like it , ’ said George . |
| 13 | These days it is imperative — if you want success , anyway — to be able to get about the field and give and take a pass nearly as well as a back . |
| 14 | Community care also highlights one of the fundamental flaws of charters — there is little point being able to complain about a service if it simply is not there in the first place . |
| 15 | So far , with Worrell having turned down the chance , no one had been able to complain about the captaincy ; but by now Worrell had his degree , was very much available , and Alexander himself expected him to be made captain for the tour by England in 1959–60 . |
| 16 | At her elbow the candle burned with a steady flame , which was more than that perspiring fool of a doctor with letters after his name had been able to say about the Colonel 's heart . |