Example sentences of "was able [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These seemed to be excellent local background material and I was able to use quite a number of facts from the pamphlets , giving the appropriate reference in each case . |
| 2 | Each subject was able to adjust both the height and the angle of a toilet seat by remote control . |
| 3 | I was able to study only a few of these birds but Brosset 's ( 1978 ) research on the Malimbus weavers of the Gabon forests has usefully extended the story . |
| 4 | This group of three- and four-year-olds were quite happy on their own , but by listening their teacher was able to learn quite a lot about their use of words and understanding of their meaning . |
| 5 | In the 1830s and early 1840s Palmerston was able to handle both the Belgian question and the Near Eastern crises of 1832 – 33 and 1839 – 41 with little interference from parliament , so that in 1839 an acute observer of British politics could say with much justification that " foreign affairs are never discussed except at the House of Lords " . |
| 6 | The front panels were clad with shiplap , and because only fairly short pieces were needed , I was able to cut away the ends where the shiplap had previously been nailed . |
| 7 | After months of sifting through scores of reports from observers at sea and on dry land , the geologist in charge of the Dutch investigation , R.D. Verbeek , was able to piece together a comprehensive account of the events of the two fateful days , Sunday 26 and Monday 27 August . |