Example sentences of "were [adv] able [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the same column Beatrice complains that she nearly had her apartment burnt down after casually remarking that artists were rarely able to distinguish between their good work and their bad and therefore only critics could decide upon the value of a work . |
| 2 | They believed , with some justice , that local authorities were better able to provide for variable local conditions than remote central authorities . |
| 3 | No doubt many more boys were up to the same tricks , but convention ruled that they were better able to look after themselves . |
| 4 | With Maggie in London , Sheila and Mona had more light to themselves and were better able to come into their own . |
| 5 | Though it would be some time before he was released from hospital , he was already better and we were all able to relax with relief . |
| 6 | The hearing at Berwick-upon-Tweed , Northumberland , was told Mr Tipping ( 34 ) , of Cobham , Surrey , was unable to open either his main or reserve parachute — but witnesses were only able to speculate about the reasons for this . |
| 7 | His clients were normally able to come into the market with at least 110,000 each per trade , and sometimes as much as £100,000 . |
| 8 | In the case of many of Freud 's patients the disruption and debilitation caused by the symptoms was so extreme that they were scarcely able to carry on their lives adequately at all . |
| 9 | It was probably natural that the community they set up was so convinced of its own religious ideals that it thought toleration was harmful , but it was also natural that the strong-minded people who had committed themselves to this Atlantic crossing were not able to agree among themselves what was the true religion to which they were so committed . |
| 10 | Due to circumstances beyond our control , we were not able to proceed with any work on Glenburrell Bridge . |
| 11 | As many practitioners know only too well , many pleas in mitigation would hardly get off the ground if they were not able to point to the possibility of the accused losing his job if he were sent to prison or were to have his driving licence suspended . |
| 12 | Beatrice Webb recorded that she had been told by both a working class male school attendance officer and by the female manager of a block of ‘ model dwellings ’ that working class women were not able to talk to their husbands , having little in their heads but household details . |
| 13 | He suggested that maybe the electrons were not able to orbit at just any distance from the central nucleus but only at certain specified distances . |
| 14 | This is an important question , one which we were not able to pursue in our research as far as we would have liked . |
| 15 | We were not able to adjust for the possible confounding effect of body weight as this information has not been collected . |
| 16 | Due to the ‘ own country ’ status of Williams ' case , British members were not able to campaign on his behalf . |
| 17 | He withdrew striker Steve Flanagan and brought on young Sean Dowling at right-back , Farnham were thus able to rely on a strong midfield presence of Millard , Daly and May , with Deighan and Stairs looking to stretch Cranleigh wide on the flanks . |
| 18 | Fortunately , they were thus able to agree on her name . |
| 19 | Glashow , Salam and Ward were thus able to show in 1959 that taking g equal to the electric charge e gave the mass M w in terms of the two fundamental constants e and Gv , in the same way that Maxwell demonstrated that the velocity of light was given in terms of the two fundamental constants of electricity and magnetism . |
| 20 | The first hint of such an ability in bees came years ago when von Frisch discovered that bees that had flown an indirect route to a food source were nevertheless able to indicate by their famous communication dances the straight line direction to the food . |
| 21 | In April they were finally able to move into Kensington Court Gardens , off High Street Kensington . |
| 22 | At the same time , it was those with the highest level of education who were best able to draw from particular grievances — against their own foreman or management — a more general analysis of the system which oppressed them . |
| 23 | She could envisage stormy waters if their relationship were ever able to develop beyond the ‘ Hello , Goodbye ’ stage . |
| 24 | Eddie Gilfoyle allegedly said that mum-to-be Paula was leaving him but his workmates were still able to speak to her at home and see her in the area . |
| 25 | Those with stamina were also able to join in discussions with filmmakers after many of the screenings . |
| 26 | We were also able to wander around the herbaceous gardens , Pets corner , wildflower meadows and museum of farm implements . |
| 27 | Members were also able to benefit by a special rate to join the Cater Club . |
| 28 | As they were mainly couples who had been married for a number of years and were now able to move to a larger , more expensive home , their children ranged in age between seven and nineteen years . |
| 29 | The only concession forced through before the critical days in September was on the tax allowance to foster parents who were now able to claim for any child in their care under the age of sixteen or in full-time education . |
| 30 | Those two screamed — but they were well able to walk to the refectory afterwards , and eat . |