Example sentences of "who were able [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | But most of the groups had at least two members who were able to rectify the situation . |
2 | The later seventeenth century had seen a marked rise in the number of lawyers , scriveners , physicians , surgeons , apothecaries and schoolmasters , whose most prosperous members formed a type of urban gentry who were able to lead a leisured life without the support of a landed estate . |
3 | When it comes to the question of who initiated changes in the emphasis on labour rights or anti-monopoly legislation for example , answers focus on bureaucrats , cabinet ministers or elected Diet members who were able to represent the national interest or consensus . |
4 | Table 4.6 takes all those who were able to give an answer at both first and second assessments ( third assessment is omitted as numbers able to give an answer on all three occasions were very small ) , and compares the action and control samples on : the number who admitted to worrying in the past month ; said they had been sad or depressed ; said they had often been lonely ; and admitted to being not very or not at all happy ( for analysis of all items in the depression scale used in the interviews see Lindesay & Murphy , 1988 ) . |
5 | The resulting knock-down sale at the end of the day was eagerly awaited by many people , who were able to buy a basket for 6d . |
6 | Fortunately I had heavy duty minders in the form of my sister , Karen , mum and aunt , who were able to keep the kids in line while I translated the menu and discovered it came down to largely burgers , chicken , steaks and ‘ flipper friendly ’ fish . |
7 | Where the knowledge depends upon special circumstances of which not everyone is aware , the plaintiff has to prove that the article was published to persons who were able to make the identifying connection . |