Example sentences of "were able [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The public 's political knowledge appears to have increased ; the number of respondents who were able to name their own MP correctly rose from 34% in the first survey to 43% in the last . |
| 2 | Tactically , both skippers were able to hold their own in the starts ; indeed , although Schumann did not win a race , he was ahead in the weather mark in four of his matches . |
| 3 | As we made our way through 1944 the advancing Allied forces were able to give us more room — by that I mean there was more Allied occupied ( and therefore less hostile ) territory for us to fly over in order to get to our targets . |
| 4 | I too desired to be at home , and was glad when we were able to close our own dear front door behind us , and be gathered in to the silence of our little parlour . |
| 5 | Just as the dominions of Canada , Australia and New Zealand were able to conduct their own economic policies while belonging to the sterling area — having their own Chancellors of the Exchequer operating their own fiscal policies , and raising their own tax revenues — so Britain will retain a wide freedom of action , while enjoying the benefit of belonging to a currency and economy underpinned by what will undoubtedly be the strongest currency in the world . |
| 6 | Such were the tolerant conditions still prevailing that the Left Communists were able to publish their own journal — Kommunist — and Lenin had to argue policy questions with them publicly ; just as had been the case over the Brest Litovsk peace treaty . |
| 7 | The research also demonstrated that older workers could maximize their efficiency if they were able to control their own work pace . |
| 8 | If the Secretary of State had regularly taken the governors ' advice about appointments , patronage might have been used to control the assemblies — some governors , notably in Massachusetts , were able to get their own way in their assemblies much more often in wartime and , while this was partly due to patriotism and partly due to fear of the French , it does appear that war contracts could build support in what had not always been promising soil for the governors . |
| 9 | In particular , free from the risk of takeover or bankruptcy , staff were able to pursue their own working practices ; thus ‘ for the government , the power given by unions to public ownership is part of the problem of nationalization ’ ( Kay et al . , |
| 10 | On a number of issues informed observers were able to distinguish her own preferences from those of most of her Cabinet , hardly a sign of successful political management . |
| 11 | Before , they had produced some good samples but this time they were able to show me some fine quality knitwear including knitted underwear . |
| 12 | He also found that in many instances children were able to correct their own errors when their attention was drawn to them . |
| 13 | People who were able to make their own fun , did n't rely on store-bought fun . |
| 14 | The demands of the unemployed workers ' movement of the 1930s had an unexpected radicalism , not because people then were more " political " , but because the unemployed were able to make their own measure of an income . |
| 15 | For absences of seven calendar days or less ( short spells ) , civil servants were able to complete their own certificate explaining their absence . |