Example sentences of "is able [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bat is able to use these muscles to switch its ears off temporarily . |
| 2 | Following the reasoning of Longuet-Higgins and Tyler , we suggest that vertical disparities are best understood as a consequence of perspective viewing from two different vantage points and the results we report here show that the human visual system is able to exploit vertical disparities and use them to scale the perceived depth and size of stereoscopic surfaces , if the field of view is sufficiently large . |
| 3 | By linking the system through a standard telephone wire , the management is able to control all operations from a centrally located computer . |
| 4 | The implication is that the animal is able to classify neutral events prior to learning and has a rule for what classes are relevant to particular outcomes . |
| 5 | Thus , Moscovici is able to draw universal implications about social psychological functioning . |
| 6 | The loss of associability suffered by the stimulus will be depend on the extent to which the stimulus , or each of its constituent elements , is able to form strong associations ( and will thus be restricted when the consequences of the stimulus change from trial to trial ) . |
| 7 | The grammar is able to take many forms . |
| 8 | It manipulates the environment , and it is able to enforce moral duties on those who are inclined to disregard them . |
| 9 | Thus , infusion of similar doses of acid caused significantly lower damage scores after mild acid than after saline pretreatment suggesting that the rat duodenum is able to withstand higher doses of acid after amild challenge . |
| 10 | This test ( Fenn 1979 ) was designed to determine whether a child who is able to understand single words can also understand the relationships which are expressed by different forms of word order . |
| 11 | If the publisher has failed to exploit the song in any manner , within a given period of time , the songwriter is able to have all rights in the songs returned . |
| 12 | In SPAR , however , reference resolution is able to overturn any preferences applied at an earlier stage . |
| 13 | Xenly now looks the same , everybody has no hair on top and big full beards , everybody is able to pinch two inches , no more and no less and every person is in hospital with dire cases of food poisoning . |
| 14 | He lives in a solo world where clearly he is able to build uninterrupted fantasies . |
| 15 | CFS carry an extensive store of spares and is able to supply most needs from stock . |
| 16 | If in the year 2000 the EC is able to pass these tests as well as it does today , but on the altogether higher plane which 1992 implies , the rest of Europe , like the rest of the world , will have cause to be grateful . |
| 17 | In culturally more refined society , a joke supersedes overt indecency , and is able to satisfy baser instincts in a relatively sophisticated way . |
| 18 | RBL seeks to contribute towards the development of set/confidence and ability in continuing education : the student who is able to pursue further studies in later lye and with at least a latent readiness to do so . |
| 19 | The biggest anuran of all , the goliath frog from West Africa , is able to jump three metres or so . |
| 20 | The Faculty is able to register well-qualified applicants for its LL.M. , and M.Sc. |
| 21 | It pretends that the court is able to investigate those reasons in great depth , whereas in practice it is not able to do so , and in any event that investigation is not going to save the marriage . |
| 22 | In short , then , while one is able to adduce specific reasons for the creation of certain of the joint muderris/muftiliks , it is important to recognize that these offices were a not uncommon feature of the Ottoman learned profession in the sixteenth century and that the sheer momentum of established practice may count for as much in assessing the reasons for their creation as what appear to be locally important considerations in each individual case . |
| 23 | The company says it is able to offer Sun-compatible boxes at such low prices because it buys components as a group and sells through catalogues in Germany , the Netherlands , the UK , Austria , Switzerland and France . |
| 24 | When a child is able to produce phonemic strings which sound like real words , reinforcing adult responses become contingent upon the child 's use of words to create meaningful word-referent relations . |
| 25 | By using a tool the ant is able to transport ten times as much food per trip as it could have done otherwise . |
| 26 | Sometimes the investigator is able to identify other features which have hitherto been overlooked — among these is the unreliability and the widely variable reactions of human beings to a given set of circumstances . |
| 27 | Rhodes , by focusing on shifts within the organizational structures of the state , is able to identify some reasons for longer-term stability , but is less able to explain the extent of change since the late 1960s . |
| 28 | Similarly , although King ( 1985 ) is able to identify some links between the Leeds Chamber of Commerce and the council 's developing economic strategy in the 1970s , they do not develop fully until the 1980s , and the links identified seem to be more of form , in terms of meetings and forums for discussion , rather than of detailed negotiation . |
| 29 | 8.2 If the Publisher is able to identify important opportunities for sale of the Work but which involve high commercial risk then the Publisher will pursue these opportunities only after written agreement with the Proprietor . |
| 30 | The photorefractive polymer is able to store many holograms in the same section of the material , greatly reducing the amount of space needed to store data . |