Example sentences of "are able [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is one other point , although erm you know , it 's good that they are in the er areas which the tenants er , live so it 's er not very difficult for tenants to come and see their councillors but er er , there is a difficulty at times when er the er air the housing manager has to ring around to get the er members , who are able to sit on that panel and sometimes that is difficult because we have just three members and sometimes they ca n't all fit in the , whereas when you have a larger group if one member ca n't attend , there 's invariably sufficient there to be able to come to a decision so I think that that 's on the other side of the balance sheet . |
| 2 | Because observable substances consist of arrangements of insensible corpuscles , they are able to act on each other and on our sense-organs in certain ways . |
| 3 | The results indicate that five- and eight-year-olds are able to cope with all of these cognitive and linguistic demands . |
| 4 | Stuttgart coach Christophe Daum had named Chapman as his side 's biggest worry after the pre-season Makita tournament at Elland Road , saying : ‘ He is so dangerous when the ball is played into him in the air , and I do n't think we are able to cope with that . ’ |
| 5 | Feel the beautiful stretch in the thighs , hips and buttocks now that your muscles are able to cope with these more difficult stretches . |
| 6 | It is also crucial to ask whether the media are able to cope with this growth in information and whether they can do anything to counter the efforts of governments to manipulate it for their own ends . |
| 7 | Not all the media choose or are able to indulge in such ideological vilification . |
| 8 | Through the Trans Vox they are able to talk to each other . |
| 9 | Perfect or absolute Truth , which is known by faith , is beyond our empirical grasp which means that we must act in the knowledge that we are holding on to such truth as we are able to apprehend in this world . |
| 10 | From a knowledge of what edges and surfaces are present , and how they are oriented relative to the eye , we are able to deduce with some confidence what three-dimensional objects are present . |
| 11 | Perhaps you would let me know what action you are able to take on this matter . |
| 12 | When economic stability improves and we are able to deal with these problems , the support and participation of the community continues to be important , but perhaps dealing with other kinds of problems . |
| 13 | It should also mean that when Mr , that 's it , says the nurses were marvellous , the nurses are able to say in all evidence , and with evidence to support their opinion , yes |
| 14 | Some children are able to discriminate in this way between people they know and people they do not ; while it has been noted that institutional children tend to show less anxiety at a strange face since there is no regular " caretaker " . |
| 15 | In Birmingham ‘ the evening papers are eagerly read each night , and scores of boys who never play themselves are able to name at any time the runs made by prominent cricketers … and in seasons like the present ‘ discuss readily and ably the claims of the individual members of the Australian team to be considered really worthy exponents of the game ’ . |
| 16 | After a few minutes of practise , subjects adapt and are able to compensate for this distortion . |
| 17 | The Vlieger Op range from Holland uses colour to identify sizes from 5.85mm in blue to 21.8mm in orange , many at constant wall thickness and at 2mm stages so that they are able to fit inside each other . |
| 18 | Both these parties would also abolish the assisted places scheme by which children of poorer parents are able to benefit from some of the best schools in the country , and will hand City Technology Colleges over to local authorities . |
| 19 | You are able to look at all the Ford 1992 series of cars currently available in America . |
| 20 | That we are able to speak to each other gives rise to the complexity of language-games that we are able to play , yet find it so difficult to describe . |
| 21 | Lastly , we have begun a series of more fundamental studies of the abilities of both chickens and pigs , asking , for example , what they are able to learn by watching others , and whether they are able to empathise with each other . |
| 22 | Please contact Mr Davies at 5 , Woodside , Harrogate , N. Yorks , HG1 5NG if you are able to help in any way . |
| 23 | Free surveys are available , and trained consultants are able to advise on any type of retail or office property . |
| 24 | As a result , we are able to interact with each other . |
| 25 | And they are able to contribute in this way precisely because they are not determined by social factors , but possess the trait generally labelled autonomy . |