Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There he pronounces Owenism 's insistence on the right of property to be its vitiating weakness and contrasts it unfavourably with those who ‘ could see that Socialism entailed the expropriation of the great land owners ’ ; and goes on to conclude that because Owen refused to face the problem of ownership and power , he was able to remain quite indifferent to political Radicalism and to lead the movement astray . |
| 2 | But a woman , who , when her own needs are n't met , and when she 's slowly disintegrating , is not going to be able to give very much to the children , or give as much as she could , so it makes sense , if she 's really concerned about those children , that she will put , quite often , her own needs above them in order to get her act together , so that she 's in control and feels good about what she 's doing so she 'll be able to give more . |
| 3 | Office ( or business ) software is now fast coming to be recognised as able to offer as much to education as to training . |
| 4 | Wild swans are very shy so you probably wo n't be able to get very close to them . |
| 5 | ‘ I may not be able to say very much to the mother and her kids , but I sympathise with them so much because of what my own family went through , ’ he says . |