Example sentences of "was able [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were some problems which the Public Assistance Committee was able to unload without regret . |
| 2 | But after some counselling from the development officer the situation improved and the worker was able to continue in post . |
| 3 | The boy 's story was discounted and Oldfield was able to continue in charge of the home until his suspension in 1990 when new evidence came to light . |
| 4 | Wordsworth contributed to the growth of ‘ Humanity ’ , the climate of opinion in which Shaftesbury was able to proceed with factory legislation ; and surely his attitude of reverence towards landscape formed public opinion , so that one now needs planning permission to site a factory and the line of a motorway has to be negotiated ; certain areas have become National Parks , and one can not help noticing how many of these were districts where Wordsworth lived or with which he was in some way associated ( see Gazetteer ) . |
| 5 | Consequently Hunt earned the thanks of The Civil Engineer and Architects ' Journal for his innovation , and a few days later in the House , Gladstone was able to say with satisfaction that ‘ for the first time in the history of public edifices in the metropolis ’ , it was possible to state what the real cost would be . |
| 6 | Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ? |
| 7 | The lucky part for me was that I was able to go from school and do what I wanted to do . |
| 8 | Thus both in the League of Youth and in the expanding local parties , the Left was able to feed on resentment against organizational restrictions which were largely designed to prevent the expansion of the Left within the Labour Party . |
| 9 | Fortunately my mother was able to return to teaching and to complete the final two or three years which qualified her for a pension of her own . |
| 10 | Within one week of starting penicillin treatment the ringing had gone and he was able to return to work . |
| 11 | Previously , speeding traffic along the main road often used the traffic islands painted on the road for overtaking purposes and was able to turn at speed into Buxtehude at this generously proportioned junction ( Figure 6.8 ) . |
| 12 | He was able to plan with precision and enthusiasm the date of his own retirement , to look forward to it because it was in no way forced upon him , and to believe that he would be remembered with affection and regret . |
| 13 | This will cover a variety of material from the aftermath of the disastrous Beeching line closures of the early Sixties , when Col. Savill was able to record on colour film many of the much-loved structures of the railway scene that are now lost . |
| 14 | She was able to describe in minute detail her clothes , her home and even what the fishing boats and the harbour were like . |
| 15 | I was in love before I left England and the hope of marriage was such a spur that with help from the two Williams , I was able to pass with distinction not only two , but three exams . |
| 16 | It was an enormous leap , which he was able to make by virtue of the professional competence and political significance he had built up over the preceding twenty years . |
| 17 | The queen 's popularity soared still further when , on 9 April 1713 , she was able to announce to Parliament the final signature , two days before , of the Treaty of Utrecht , restoring peace to Europe and bringing to Great Britain such solid benefits as the destruction of the fortifications of Dunkirk and the retention of Gibraltar as a British possession . |
| 18 | And as I say , I was able to get in touch with me brother and fix this little shop up there and er no I 've said that I 've er , I 've er |
| 19 | But the siege was to drag on into the summer of 1098 before the fortress finally capitulated and Rodrigo was able to enter in triumph and order Mass to be sung in one of the main squares . |
| 20 | His great virtue was that he did not rely on a single visit , but frequently returned after a period of years and was able to comment on progress — or lack of it — and the way in which new legislation was being implemented . |
| 21 | Not in the employer-employee sense , but as the man who was able to walk on stage , argue with the director and get his own way without having to have Noel Coward behind him before he would reinstate lines that someone else had cut . |
| 22 | In contrast to more detailed parsing systems this required few resources and was able to run in real-time . |