Example sentences of "are able [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the other end of the band , many insects , fish and birds are able to see beyond blue into ultraviolet radiation invisible to us . |
| 2 | We are looking for individuals who are able to strive for satisfaction , but who are also able to defend and protect themselves from disappointments and setbacks . |
| 3 | There is a further tactic : by using the night buses travellers are able to save on accommodation : the buses are well equipped with blankets and pillows and high-tech stereo headphones and telephones . |
| 4 | However , just the fact that you are able to insist on interest does give you some leverage when asking for your account to be paid . |
| 5 | The extent to which individuals are able to participate in employment , leisure and social interaction , for example , will be an indicator of the reality of their ‘ adulthood ’ . |
| 6 | We will ensure that , following maternity leave or a career break , all women working in the NHS , including those returning to nursing on a part-time or job-sharing basis , are able to return to work of a similar status or level to that which they left . |
| 7 | Please confirm that you are able to attend for interview as requested . |
| 8 | It would be helpful if you could confirm by telephone whether you are able to attend for interview on the date and at the time indicated . |
| 9 | The Directorate have agreed that staff who are able to arrive at work early should be encouraged to do so and the following arrangements will apply : — |
| 10 | Organisations with established DP departments require staff who are able to take on software " development " work ( modifying , adding to , or creating new software systems ) as required , but who , in the interim , will also undertake " maintenance " work ( keeping the system running ) . |
| 11 | Thus structuralists , as Lukes argued , are able to take on board the insights of elite and pluralist theories and explain why it is that despite a pluralist system the capitalist ruling class is still able to dominate society even without the use of direct repression . |
| 12 | Common safeguards If companies in Europe are to deal across national boundaries , it is important that investors , customers and creditors are able to deal with confidence with enterprises from other member states , whether directly , or through their subsidiaries and agencies . |
| 13 | Some are modified to transmit electric impulses and are linked into a network which amounts to a primitive nervous system ; others are able to contract in length and so can be considered as simple muscles . |
| 14 | The caterpillars of the monarch butterfly , surprisingly , are able to feed on milkweed without taking any of these precautions . |
| 15 | It can further help individuals to re-assess what they are able to do in future . |
| 16 | Reptiles differ from amphibians in that , because of the development of the amniote egg , they are able to breed on land as well as live there most of the time . |
| 17 | Each year a warden is employed to make sure that the inhabitants — mainly little , sandwich , arctic and common terns — are able to breed in peace . |
| 18 | Faces , words and objects form three classes of stimuli that most people are able to identify with ease . |
| 19 | Science-based departments are able to apply to Research Councils for studentships on behalf of some suitably qualified applicants : alternatively , they may be able to offer financial support from an industrial source . |
| 20 | Further to our meeting last Friday , I am writing to set out the advice and assistance that we are able to provide in connection with the intended sale of Older Business Limited . |
| 21 | The following sections of this chapter lists the full range of services that MAS and other departments are able to offer in conjunction with an acquisition . |
| 22 | Most people are able to stay at home , perhaps with some extra support . |
| 23 | Of course there are times when this is not possible for practical reasons , but the more you are able to stay in tune with your body , the better you will feel . |
| 24 | For many of them , the classroom will be the first place where they are able to play with water and even spill it on the floor without incurring an adult 's displeasure . |
| 25 | Burrowing species are obviously at a disadvantage in such situations , although some species are able to escape by swimming . |
| 26 | The prices that different social groups are able to afford for land can be seen as an equivalent to natural species competing for space . |
| 27 | Through working together the schools are able to buy in expertise and share the costs of producing high quality materials . |
| 28 | Bats are able to fly with ease and at speed , avoiding the branches of trees , telegraph wires , other bats , etc. , and can catch insects . |