Example sentences of "be able [verb] [prep] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's one of the delightful , I 've been recruiting for a long time and it 's it 's one of those erm delightful things to be able to say to people on the phone when they tell me they 're fifty or fifty four to say that 's not a problem . |
| 2 | You 've got to be able to talk to people on their own level , you get the best out of people if you treat them a certain way . |
| 3 | If they had to be responsible for choosing the leaders of the Church , they needed information and their secretaries should be able to talk to people who had the information . |
| 4 | So you 've got to be able to talk to people . |
| 5 | You have to be able to deal with people at all levels . |
| 6 | ‘ They 've obviously got to be able to speak to people at all levels , ’ said a supervisor of his field men . |
| 7 | No , you do n't got to negotiate , you 've got to be able to speak to people on a regular basis . |
| 8 | Counselling requires varied skills , and counsellors need to be able to empathise with people ( which is not the same as sympathising — empathy requires seeing the world from another person 's point of view without judgement or criticism ) and to accept their clients by suspending judgement so that people feel valued . |
| 9 | Now I do n't think of us here and neither , certainly myself , I I would not claim to be any form of artist or expert but I think a lot of us can enjoy er getting our hands dabbling with paint erm paper mâché and other activities and in fact having that opportunity of ex enjoying those experiences that 's we ought to be able to offer to people in Cambridge and many peop children in schools they they do get opportunities but I think particularly amongst older people who 've never had that opportunity and I think you should be do so . |
| 10 | A project manager has to be able to look over people 's shoulders electronically to check the work is going to meet specification and if not , will it affect the deadline . |
| 11 | The sick need to be able to depend on people visiting when they say they will and that would n't have suited Hereward at all . |