Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she returns from theatre she is rather sleepy but is allowed to take fluids as soon as she feels able to sit up in bed . |
| 2 | I admire them for being able to sit there in front of everybody and say they actually , what they 've been through because it must have been sheer hell er , trying to come off and withdrawal symptoms , I mean , I do n't know much about it cos I 've never taken well I smoke |
| 3 | When at last she was able to stand upright in safety , her knees buckled and her body was drenched with sweat . |
| 4 | All pupils should pursue the programmes of study and attainment targets if they are to be able to participate fully in adult life and employment . |
| 5 | I was in just such a trance , going through the motions of doing what I was told , but without being able to do so in reality . |
| 6 | He is firmly established in the half back line , which allows him the luxury of being able to press forward in support of his attacking colleagues . |
| 7 | While emphasising the interdependence between semantic expres-sions and underlying cognitive concepts , this approach also implies that not all of a child 's understanding of a particular experience may be expressed in language , and that a child may intend to express more than she is actually able to encode formally in language structures . |
| 8 | Of all the places to choose , they picked the retirement capital of America , the Sunshine State of Florida , to hold the company 's annual meeting next week , which suggests that the blue rinse brigade , beside themselves with rage at the way the company has frittered away the value of their investment in it — and cut their dividends , will be able to turn out in force without having to travel and give poor Loius Gerstner the handbagging of his life . |
| 9 | Would they be able to get away in time ? |
| 10 | A lot of these deaths might have been prevented if people had been able to get out in time . |
| 11 | I think , yeah , well he rang me , so erm , I think she was expecting , I think they , when they left the house this morning , he was thinking , he 'd be able to get home in time for it , and erm , then he got to work and the day was n't , had n't worked out the way he expected . |
| 12 | Soon , though , Horsewoman Clair Dalton will be establishing a regular service around the town and for a couple of pounds , you 'll be able to step back in time and view the famous architecture in the same way that the Spa Towns Regency Founders did . |
| 13 | His ‘ unconditional ’ release , by which it is understood he will be able to operate freely in politics , represents a risk for Mr de Klerk , since it is clear Mr Sisulu will have a capacity to generate mass political gatherings , as well as give a revitalised direction to anti-apartheid politics . |