Example sentences of "able [verb] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The motor industry is thus able to invest some risk capital in experimental projects in order to increase its working data base .
2 It is therefore important to be able to perform discrete sensitivity analysis and to handle lower bounds .
3 But the Americans have only been able to perform this leadership role because other people are paying , without demanding control of the operation .
4 Remarkably , he was able to evade long term imprisonment , and made his way to the West .
5 Twenty thousand pounds for information leading to the police being able to interview this Mr Kennedy .
6 The company is now hoping to be able to conduct further field trials in the US and Israel , both of which currently use pesticide sprays to control their pest problems .
7 In addition , customers will be able to conduct electronic information searches , complete financial transactions or choose interactive video services .
8 Too small to be able to carry massive winter insulation , they nevertheless survive ; it is remarkable to see such tiny objects maintaining normal avian body temperatures ( 39–40°C ) in ambient temperatures some 60–70°C lower , seeking shelter under eaves and in or under snow , and maintaining their high metabolic rate by constant foraging .
9 If you go for a Black Orc Mob you 'll be able to include Black Orc characters too and this is well worthwhile if you 're worried by animosity or by your army 's generally low leadership levels .
10 THE England women 's selectors have been able to include both Fatima Whitbread , the javelin world champion , and Tessa Sanderson , the Commonwealth champion , in the 48-strong team for January 's Commonwealth Games in Auckland , despite neither woman throwing at the trials in August .
11 We 'll be happy to survey your home to ensure that you can pick up the necessary signals … and that you really will be able to enjoy perfect Satellite Television reception .
12 SLOSH is able to estimate still water surge by grid cell for various hurricane intensities , angles of approach to the shoreline , forward movement speeds and landfall locations .
13 By 1979 , US fisheries scientists were able to estimate some dolphin numbers in the ETP .
14 There 's simply no excuse here , for Philips was perfectly able to accommodate three Haydn Symphonies onto a previous release featuring Sir Colin Davis and the royal Concertgebouw Orchestra !
15 The nomenclature adopted ( 13 ) has the advantage of being able to accommodate further band information if this should materialize , either through the development of higher resolution techniques or from more astute observations .
16 Peter Roberts , of Leeds Metropolitan University , nonetheless believes that Leeds is close to acquiring the critical mass in finance that would be able to support financial software specialists or niche banks .
17 Banks were able to acquire large time deposits with very low service costs and they were able to do so at very keen rates of interest since these were often negotiated for each individual deposit .
18 Measures announced on Aug. 13 with effect from Aug. 31 authorized Portuguese firms to borrow freely on foreign capital markets , while non-residents would from Oct. 31 be able to acquire Portuguese government bonds .
19 Fortunately , Jeanne and John live very close to Bradley 's clinic and were able to attend excellent puppy classes run by Jenny Williams ( owner of Moby 's Chinese Crested video cover colleague Chan . )
20 If their incomes are low — if , for example , a student nurse has a low income — there will be no difficulty ; she will be able to claim social security benefit , so there is no reason why she should be entitled to the exemption available to other students .
21 In Jobling , the plaintiff might have been able to claim social security benefits to partially compensate for his losses .
22 They will be able to plant wild bird cover , he said , and there will be plenty of options to choose from : headlands , whole fields or any mix of these .
23 Students will be able to see stained glass conservation in progress at the nearby Barley studio , a commercial conservation practice , and the York Glazers Trust , an independent trust closely tied to York Cathedral , both of which are leading centres for the restoration of stained glass in the United Kingdom .
24 But it is unlikely the court will be able to enforce any contact order .
25 How would you feel if you were able to designate more life cover for a selected period of your choice , er , and then , maybe alter , er , the cover later on , so that you can have higher cover at certain points in your life , to cover these critical things , like your children 's education , while they 're growing up erm , at any point in the future .
26 Now though , you have the flexibility of being able to try different shot orders , and to repeat the edits until you are satisfied that the best use has been made of the material available .
27 PC consumables suppliers will be able to provide suitable cleaning materials .
28 The BBC has always maintained that it needs more spectrum for each service to be able to provide more relay stations in remote areas .
29 Semantic analysis may also be able to provide some feedback mechanism concerning the domain of the sentence so far .
30 As our list on the right shows , plenty of high street chains now stock a range of leather items and you should be able to find good-quality leather jeans for around £100 .
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