Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he himself has not paid for them then the person who sold him the goods will be able to sue him for the price but will have lost any chance of recovering the goods . |
| 2 | But you belong at the Foundling Hospital and we were only able to borrow you for a little while . |
| 3 | You 'll be able to borrow it from the office downstairs and view it in the library . |
| 4 | Roger Martyn , churchwarden of Long Melford in Suffolk , for example , kept the reredos , organ , clocks , and bells of Holy Trinity Church in his own home , in the hope that his heirs would be able to restore them to the church sometime in the future . |
| 5 | He had never been able to lose himself in a crowd , or dash off somewhere suddenly on a whim . |
| 6 | She could have wished it otherwise — then she might have been able to lose herself in the crowd . |
| 7 | She wished that she had been able to spot him in the crowd . |
| 8 | And you 've got to be able to enjoy something with a bit of speed , excitement and controlled danger . ’ |
| 9 | Rather , while ageing is often experienced as a disruptive life event , some people find that they are able to accommodate themselves to the changes — both practical and emotional — in their lives . |
| 10 | If the Declaration of Rights gave the Tories the sort of legal assurances they wanted , to what extent were they able to accommodate themselves to the break in the hereditary succession ? |
| 11 | Such a statement is misleading , because it seems to imply that the Tories were Jacobites at heart ; in fact , most Tories were able to accommodate themselves to the break in the succession which had taken place in 1688 – 9 . |
| 12 | As we have already seen , Tories were largely able to accommodate themselves to the Revolution ; most could accept William at least as de facto ruler , and some , following Edmund Bohun , were even able to rationalise the events of 1688 – 9 in such a way as to conclude that William was also monarch de jure . |
| 13 | After six competitive games it became clear to me that the standard of football required in the Multivite/Singletons League Division Three was way beyond his ability and so , sadly , I felt the club was no longer able to accommodate him as a player . |
| 14 | But even if we are able to accommodate ourselves to the fact that our parents were not altogether " good " from the child 's viewpoint , we may still retain the ideal in our minds . |
| 15 | I fully appreciate and feel the force of the narrowness of the distinctions which are taken between what is admissible and what is not admissible , but the exception presently proposed is so extensive that I do not feel able to support it in the present state of our knowledge of its practical results in this jurisdiction . |
| 16 | Where he did have strong personal views , he proved less willing or less able to implement them over the opposition of others . |
| 17 | But , far from being able to greet him like a young girl when he came , she 'd have a job to hide how decrepit she was . |
| 18 | If it is not , and the root ball crumbles , you are not going to be able to plant it in the ground without disturbing the roots . |
| 19 | The stairs were cold and draughty and the light was n't good , but she 'd placed herself so that the agency 's receptionist would be able to see her through the glass-panelled door if she should happen to glance up . |
| 20 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 21 | Then her father and two brothers will be able to see her for the first time in seven months . |
| 22 | With the binoculars that they carried , they must have been able to see her from the moment that she set out . |
| 23 | Trouble is , I 'm not going to be able to see you as a jolly , good-natured tomboy any longer , ’ he said huskily . |
| 24 | ‘ You 're too short , Ryan wo n't be able to see you above the fence unless you do . ’ |
| 25 | I have never been able to see it with the naked eye ( as some observers claim to have done ) , but it is not hard to find with × 7 , and it is easy with × 8.5 . |
| 26 | It is more difficult to know whether an animal goes through the experience of at one moment not being able to see a food item , but then being able to see it at the next . |
| 27 | And even if I did have and had a mustard seed here , you still would n't be able to see it for a mustard seed is no bigger than a pin head . |
| 28 | The other companion , NGC 205 , is beyond binocular range ; at least , I have never been able to see it without a telescope . |
| 29 | One globular cluster , NGC 5466 , is said to be visible , but I have never been able to see it without a telescope . |
| 30 | It is said to be visible with binoculars , but I have never been able to see it without a telescope . |