Example sentences of "are able [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm happy with the five hundred thousand pounds suggestion , but my view when you come to the papers , if we are able to hold on to the two hundred thousand contingency we 've got for community care for the elderly and , and the hundred thousand we 've got for bad debts and other figures . |
| 2 | ‘ Criminals are able to listen in to our car and personal radios with them and that gives them an early warning of our approach . ’ |
| 3 | Like love , the more joy you are able to pass on to those around you , the more you will receive in return . |
| 4 | Education is one of the privileges that bureaucrats increasingly are able to pass on to their offspring , together with their important connections in the state apparatus , which Cliff maintains is used as their private property ( Cliff 1964 ) . |
| 5 | We are able to look forward to pastures new this year thanks to our Sites Officer Tony Message who has been adding new farmland to our club 's existing search areas . |
| 6 | It 's based on the equality of opportunity we talk about , that it should , no matter what your background , erm where you come from , as Marianne rightly says , you are able to get right to the top . |
| 7 | Staff are able to contribute instead to the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme or contribute to a personal pension scheme . |
| 8 | Many more people are able to contribute creatively to the solution of organisational problems than do so . |