Example sentences of "was able [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Robbe-Grillet in particular , this was also a philosophical and quasi-sociological necessity , mirroring the dehumanization and alienation of man in modern society — a critique which would later be adapted by the Marxist theorist Lucien Goldmann — in Pour une sociologie du roman ( 1964 ) — who was able to use the concept of reification as a means of explaining the chosisme of Robbe-Grillet 's early novels and the subversion of character in the nouveau roman generally . |
| 2 | Because of this , as Mr Henderson explains : ‘ It was able to use the output from that to build its Micro Control application in two days and completely circumvent the need for the mainframe . ’ |
| 3 | She was very determined , and very soon after her return home she was managing the stairs , and later she was able to use the bath without a hoist . |
| 4 | He was able to use the fact that he was a police sergeant ( and a sociology graduate ) to conduct a covert study of the police at work , and discusses the ethics of such research . |
| 5 | A key point to note is that every stage of processing was able to affect the score of a reading ; thus , for example , a reading that scored more highly during the first ( semantic conflation ) phrase could later be overtaken by another which allowed easier reference resolution . |
| 6 | The Benedictine monasteries regarded themselves as islands of true Christianity in a sea of pagan barbarism and it was not until the eleventh century that the monks of the abbey of Cluny and its affiliated houses began a campaign that was able to educate the laity and local clergy . |
| 7 | Gorbachev , addressing the 27th CPSU Congress in 1986 , was able to welcome the improvement that had already taken place in relations with ‘ socialist China ’ . |
| 8 | To ensure he did not leave before the police came — some 20 minutes after being called — I was able to block the lane by sitting in a garden chair . |
| 9 | Luckily , despite the cramped conditions , I was able to block the inspector 's view , thereby obscuring Colin Webley 's neanderthal plumbing and the various cultures and mould growths my boy Chester has been propagating on the water tank as part of his Tech . |
| 10 | Reaching over , however , she managed to hook Randy 's stick , so Mike was able to tap the ball away . |
| 11 | He was able to watch the progress of the three space travellers too , and steal an occasional glance at Britta 's legs . |
| 12 | When called to go to the gentiles , he was able to manage the change of understanding that this involved for the whole group . |
| 13 | So clean was the tackle that he was able to dispossess the player and race clear with the ball . |
| 14 | This option might have to be taken up in the future when the V-bombers reached the end of their operational lives , unless the TSR 2 turned out to be as effective as the RAF hoped , and was able to extend the life of the airborne nuclear deterrent indefinitely . |
| 15 | With the Berlin Philharmonic Karajan was able to extend the scope of his musical preparation not just across days but across weeks and even years . |
| 16 | Either , therefore , Oswiu did become king in 642 , as Bede says , or Bede was able to date the council of Whitby to 664 by reference to the eclipse and plague of that year and he calculated Oswiu 's regnal year at this point for himself on his own assumption of a succession for Oswiu in 642 . |
| 17 | Moreover luck sometimes prevented the family conflicts of the Merovingians from getting out of hand : accident of survival meant that the kingdom was united in 558 , when Chlothar I was left as the only surviving son of Clovis , and was able to unite the regnum Francorum for the first time in forty-seven years . |
| 18 | Graham 's first touch let him down as Boro waited for offside and Stephen Pears was able to smother the ball . |
| 19 | So when I could n't say a word , so he was able to open the lift door , you see , from outside . |
| 20 | Jack was able to stop the freight train without accident . |
| 21 | It is , therefore with considerable pleasure that I can report that the Association was able during 1990 to contribute directly more than £250,000 to the ‘ Reach for the Sky ’ Appeal , and was able to see the income generated by its own Wings Appeal increase by 47% . |
| 22 | Also for me , I was able to see the type of job I wanted to do . |
| 23 | However , he was able to see the reason for the added tension on those days and not to allow that to interfere with his overall progress . |
| 24 | Many kinds of dispute arising out of industrial relations could find their way to the NIRC which , because of its status as a superior court of record and the powers given it by statute , was able to order the payment of fines and , if that or any other of its orders was disregarded , could imprison for contempt . |
| 25 | This was published at Oxford by John Baskett a printer of obscure origins who was able to acquire the patent as Royal Printer , the most lucrative monopoly in the kingdom , in 1709 . |
| 26 | The next day — Friday — was the weekend so I was able to spend the day with Pat which was lovely . |
| 27 | In a letter to The Times , published on 9 May 1931 , a correspondent signing himself ‘ Old Brightonian ’ recalled an occasion when Woods was bowling in a school match and the wicket-keeper , standing some ten yards back from the wicket , was unable to stop a ball which flashed by him to the boundary but was able to field the stump which the ball had knocked out of the ground . |
| 28 | Once the backlog of prangs had been cleared one was able to enjoy the taste of Service life of the early thirties , in which sport figured in balance with the work in hand . |
| 29 | The experimental design was perfected in 1983 by Kandel 's associate Tom Carew , who was able to mimic the pairing of conditioning and unconditioned stimulus in the reduced preparation . |
| 30 | A combination of purified class II + epithelial cells and 3T3 cells ( Fig. 3c , d ) was able to support the maturation of 14-day precursors , but supernatants from confluent 3T3 cultures were not . |