Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , as it was still only a quarter past twelve , there was no queue and Lady Selvedge and Mrs Grandison were able to walk straight up to the counter and take their trays . |
| 2 | It was very nice being there this afternoon and being able to walk straight on to the lawn . |
| 3 | To my surprise she felt able to walk right up to within a couple of feet of where the birds were . |
| 4 | And here was the bonus : the positive charge of the proton is so effectively shielded that it will now be able to encroach much closer to the nucleus of a neighbouring atom without being repelled ; the chance of bumping into it and undergoing nuclear fusion , ‘ cold fusion ’ , thereby became a real possibility . |
| 5 | Even when the police car was able to surge up on to the elevated section of the motorway at Chiswick , the stream of traffic moved no faster and the Jaguar continued to glow in Dexter 's headlamps . |
| 6 | Planning would be likely to highlight the need for an effective staff-development policy so that existing staff were able to contribute more actively to the implementation of the School Development Plan and thus to the changing needs of the school . |
| 7 | But Olive — who is in her 60s — was able to scramble back on to the platform . |
| 8 | The briefing pack accompanying Working for patients ( DoH , 1989h ) claims that at ‘ Regional and district level planning will be able to respond more effectively to the health needs of the population rather than being tied to details of the operational delivery of services ’ . |
| 9 | RBL hopes to be able to respond more imaginatively to changes in attitudes towards authority . |
| 10 | Racial nationalists and extreme anti-semites respected Leese 's fanaticism and dedication to the cause , but were not prepared to obey his commands or views without question , nor were they able to get personally close to him . |
| 11 | Taking a step forward , she saw that by crossing to the side of the compound and climbing the fence she would be able to get back round to the entrance . |
| 12 | But filmmakers were only able to rise so impressively to the challenge because of what had happened in the preceding decade . |