Example sentences of "be able [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At this rate , I may not be able to behave badly to her . ’ |
| 2 | There would be no wasted space and we would still be able to turn directly to the required name . |
| 3 | With the aid of navigational satellites , the ship would be able to return repeatedly to the same area of ocean . |
| 4 | If that was the case , it seemed unlikely that he would ever be able to return safely to the Middle East , but three months later , the DIA showed it still had plans for him . |
| 5 | By holding on to that possession , the people of this country would be able to hold on to the banners of freedom . |
| 6 | When you are ten you 'll be able to go up to Guides . |
| 7 | ‘ The documents show that the companies will be able to go straight to the director general of water services for extra price increases , ’ he told the conference . |
| 8 | Once they 're approved landlords or homeowners will be able to go straight to a county court for a possession order . |
| 9 | Cos he might be able to go straight to the ba , the |
| 10 | And er then er these two erm er Then when we used to when we was the young you used to be able to go down to Skeggie for a day on train for two and six . |
| 11 | From there she 'd be able to go down to the lakeside if she chose , or else pick up one of the shore paths that would take her further into the valley . |
| 12 | You used to be able to go along to a pottery , say , and say , ‘ What was going on here at about eight o'clock this morning ? ’ … |
| 13 | Despite her choice of song — and although discharged from hospital — Laura will not be able to go home to Eccles , Lancs , for a while . |
| 14 | If all goes well , you may be able to go back to school when the new year starts in the autumn . |
| 15 | I was sad not to be able to go back to Fulham for St Cecilia 's Day . |
| 16 | He would then unaccountably find that the world was no longer about to end and would be able to go back to work . |
| 17 | Do they think you 'll be able to go back to work ? |
| 18 | Over and above that , obviously this is where the advantage to the policy holder comes in because obviously if they get a gearbox problem that 's going to cost , say , a hundred and eighty pounds in six months time , they 're not going to be able to go back to the dealer and say look I want you to put this right for me , because obviously it is outside the statutory guarantee . |
| 19 | If YOU are our winner today you 'll be able to take up to ONE HUNDRED friends on an unforgettable night out at Stringfellows , the world-famous London nightclub . |
| 20 | Publishers must be able to reach out to the widest possible audience . |
| 21 | And if he did would he be able to declare categorically to the police that Adam and Rufus and Mary had actually been living there ? |
| 22 | The first mention of £100 clearly demands an ‘ at least ’ interpretation ; what Arthur has is ‘ exactly ’ £100 ; one might therefore not expect the it of the second sentence to be able to refer anaphorically to £100 in the first sentence without antagonism . |
| 23 | You may also be able to refer back to a recent rise in merit pay or bonus in your response . |
| 24 | The view expressed by Lawani & Bayer , that self-citations are used as an ego-enhancement , can not be tested in the present case , and should be rejected in the absence of evidence , because it is essential for an author to be able to refer back to the unpublished parts of theses . |
| 25 | erm how long this system will go on for , well in order to be able to refer back to the nineteen nineties , who knows we might , neither of us might be here |
| 26 | Mr Gray said : ‘ On that basis , it is very alarming that £75 million is being top-sliced from the level of consents and only if these sums are achieved will local government be able to spend up to the figure of £628 million . ’ |
| 27 | She just did n't seem to be able to hang on to men , he thought impatiently , not like his Angie , wherever she was . |
| 28 | If the receiver succeeds in his plans to sell the company as a going concern then most of them might be able to hang on to their positions . |
| 29 | In principle , a perceptron should be able to respond correctly to several varieties of input ; but in practice , learning later responses may upset what was learned before . |
| 30 | When the Consultative Report was issued in November , ( reproduced in ACCOUNTANCY , December 1992 , p 147 ) a tight deadline of 31 January 1993 was imposed on members in order that the Institute would be able to respond promptly to members ' current needs . |