Example sentences of "able [verb] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In response , the Laotian government , with the support of a number of environmental organizations , has set up a fund by which fishermen will be able to claim compensation for nets destroyed to free dolphins . |
| 2 | the extent to which the teams would be able to preserve space for development work rather than be drawn into a crisis oriented casework load ; |
| 3 | Two outer zones are to be jointly managed by the forestry department and local people , who will be able to plant trees for timber and firewood and harvest fruits and other produce . |
| 4 | ( 1980 ) and Wood , McMahon and Cranstoun ( 1980 ) in relation to the nursery , must make us question the claims that schools provide a linguistically rich environment , able to provide compensation for children believed to be linguistically deprived at home . |
| 5 | He was able to find time for study and he preached regularly to the soldiers and the local people . |
| 6 | Even though it has been able to obtain relief for £16 billion-worth of foreign debt as a result of its participation in the multinational force , it still has £35 billion of remaining debt to contend with and an annual revenue shortfall of around £7 caused by the conflict . |
| 7 | This paper presents an improvement of this technique in which we have used voluntary , respiratory gating and have been able to obtain images for periods of 2–3 hours . |
| 8 | Given that many rural schools do not even have properly equipped science laboratories , it is hard to see how they will be able to afford equipment for carpentry , metalwork and building . |
| 9 | A parent company has the additional facility of being able to surrender ACT for use by its 51% subsidiaries . |
| 10 | You will not be able to buy Windows for Pens off the shelf as it is only available to original equipment manufacturers and licensed vendors for distribution as part of specific pen-based hardware products . |
| 11 | In addition , the system manager should be able to assign priorities for processor utilization when this is desirable . |
| 12 | The next tier would be seen as a legitimate point for appeal , and superior managers would not be so able to deny responsibility for action . |
| 13 | Full members are able to submit paintings for inclusion in the twice-yearly exhibition held for two weeks each Spring and Autumn . |
| 14 | To be able to recognize opportunities for self-actualization is a basic skill that can be carried through life ’ ( 1978 , p. 170 ) . |
| 15 | He had n't been able to raise Manolo for minutes . |
| 16 | Recent research has shown that well-informed mothers who have been able to take responsibility for decisions in pregnancy and labour feel happier after the event , even when their plans did n't work out as they had expected them to . |
| 17 | The insecurity that the interviewer experiences may cause them to smile manically ; to talk too much , when he or she should be able to take responsibility for pauses ; to do a really hard sell on behalf of the company ; to over-react with approval to the interviewee , giving them , unfairly , the impression that they 've got the job . |
| 18 | I mention this because it brought me into favoured touch with the Commanding Officer for Wales , and through him I was able to gain admittance for Richard to Exeter College , Oxford , for six months prior to his joining the Royal Air Force , a privilege granted to very few cadets . |
| 19 | If people get the impression that the education system is in a thoroughly depressed state , erm I would want to argue against that in general , but I think it is true that the short-term cutbacks have made everybody erm thoroughly anxious and miserable , anxious about their jobs , miserable about not being able to produce resources for education . |
| 20 | It was said that if the defendant took employment as a milk roundsman he would not be able to solicit orders for milk from any of the customers who had had their chairs renovated by the plaintiff company . |