Example sentences of "able [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sure , Lewis , that Mrs Downes will be able to arrange a private consultation with Mrs Lewis at some convenient point . |
| 2 | We should be able to arrange a temporary overdraft with a special low rate of interest on amounts up to £1,000 . |
| 3 | Local volunteer schemes may be able to arrange a regular visitor or you could contact an employment agency or advertise for a kindly ‘ sitter ’ . |
| 4 | The House of Lords accepted evidence that the NSPCC relied on anonymous informants for much of its work in child protection and held that the public interest in informants coming forward with information outweighed the parents ' interest in being able to sue a malicious busybody . |
| 5 | You may be able to sue a negligent surveyor or go to arbitration , but you are likely to be the loser , though your interests are now ( since April 1989 ) better protected in law . |
| 6 | To be able to perform a full schedule of aerobatics in a range of winds from 8 to 40 km/h ( 5–25mph ) , some bridle adjustment is essential for ‘ tuning ’ . |
| 7 | Now and then , he was able to perform a special service for one of his clients and there was a little secrecy involved . |
| 8 | It is much easier to talk about something or explain if you have it in front of you and even though the listener can not actually see it you will be able to paint a mental picture for him . |
| 9 | By this stage the airlines had been able to restore a basic service by recruiting new pilots , persuading pilots out of retirement and persuading some to return to work on individual contracts . |
| 10 | What a guide IF YOU are thinking of a driving holiday in France this year it is well worth being able to parle a little motoring Francaise and the AA , along the National Tyre and Autocare have come up with ways of helping to make yourself understood . |
| 11 | She pushed the Valium aside , observing that she did prefer not to take drugs , a reaction so typical of her age and class that McLeish decided he might after all be able to conduct a useful interview . |
| 12 | Being a ‘ great power ’ meant being able to conduct a big war . |
| 13 | Looking around her , she would see that while her brothers might follow their father 's trade or profession , whatever that was , or perhaps look for an apprenticeship in a traditional craft , or take advantage of the new opportunities in , say , transport — in short choose , within limits , a career that appealed to them — she was not likely to be able to indulge a personal preference . |
| 14 | Here he was able to indulge a growing passion for literature , but not poetry , he recollects . |
| 15 | Though no political movement could safely rely on one source of financial support , Joyce was able to issue a steering-wheel badge to members with the motto ‘ Steer Straight ’ as the emblem of the Nazi creed in England . |
| 16 | No matter how well experience goes , it is only able to confirm a non-observation sentence in the light of the theory that surrounds it ; alter the theory , and the non-observation sentence might not be confirmed by experience at all . |
| 17 | Do n't apologise ; I think that is fantastic and I hope — I pray — I am able to enjoy a similar style of retirement . |
| 18 | I think it 's wonderful , the strives are to be made in medicine and they should make in all their research into making the people who who are here able to enjoy a good life and fulfilled life |
| 19 | ‘ For the first time , people with a disability [ sic ] or print handicap will be able to enjoy a guided tour of the event without leaving their homes . ’ |
| 20 | At present it would be unrealistic to think in terms of every parish being able to sustain a catechetical programme for all its parishioners . |
| 21 | You will be able to sample a refreshing glass of lager or a soft drink in the Visitors ' Department afterwards . |
| 22 | I like the freedom of being able to wear a crazy jacket instead of the two of us stepping out , all long faces and big , sloppy dresses . ’ |
| 23 | How anything physical — a brain - should be able to support a mental life is beyond the reach not only of our science but of our imagination . |
| 24 | The most important feature of a field of enquiry with respect to the distinction between science and non-science , Kuhn claims , is the extent to which that field is able to support a normal science tradition . |
| 25 | By pooling their respective resources , plus help from the bank , they were able to acquire a 15-year lease on a small factory and purchase enough equipment to enable them to commence production . |
| 26 | You 'll be able to drive a hard bargain by : Keeping your motor in a garage if possible . |
| 27 | If you can not organize people to come into your home to look after the patient , he may be able to attend a local Day Centre run by the Local Authority . |
| 28 | Council officials in Hartlepool have stepped in to ensure that members of the town 's branch of the Durham Light Infantry Association are able to attend a special reunion of wartime comrades . |
| 29 | You will remember that , some time ago , we expressed the hope that we would be able to mount a small display of your work in the Library either this autumn or next year . |
| 30 | … for an aspiring educational ideology to be able to mount a serious challenge at the national level it has to link three concepts together : the desired society , the type or types of educated individuals necessary for that society , and the educational means to fulfil these two ends . |