Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you been able to gather together the whole of your father 's former collection ? |
| 2 | Franco repeated the message of his 2 December letter when he said that he did not " see any advantage in change " and that if he were ever to delegate the leadership of the government , it would only be when he was no longer able to carry out the functions of that position as well as those of head of state . |
| 3 | He received his certificate in July 1947 but the British coal industry had been nationalised in January of that year and his new bosses told him that in the changed circumstances they would not be able to carry out the undertaking he had been given . |
| 4 | However , this is all due to change with the proposed introduction of a new chain ferry which will be able to carry twice the number of cars . |
| 5 | Ten years from now I 'm gon na be 52 , and I 'm not going to be able to go down the Hacienda without looking a complete prat . |
| 6 | He says for safety reasons visitors wo n't be able to go down the tunnels . |
| 7 | She was supremely self-confident with the gift of being able to bubble whenever the camera was rolling . |
| 8 | They left Kabrit on 20 November and for the first stage of the journey were able to bowl down the coast road as far as Agedabia , by then firmly in British hands . |
| 9 | He slowed as he came to the first of the two rows , leaning across the dashboard in order to be able to see up the slope . |
| 10 | He is then able to see clearly the extent and depth of his wounds . |
| 11 | Feeling pleased for them , I lowered the binoculars through which I 'd been able to see even the tears on Mrs Unwin 's cheeks , and there below me and in front of the grandstand was the man with the gaunt face looking up towards the Clubhouse windows . |
| 12 | You are therefore able to see how the stitches at the edge of your shape will be increased or decreased . |
| 13 | Because she had been detached from it at the most traumatic moments , she had not been caused any distress but was well able to see how the combination of Daniel 's various experiences could have led to her phobia about water . |
| 14 | As well as learning about the house 's architecture and chequered history , Friends will be able to see how the interiors are being restored to their original splendour by Historic Scotland conservators on the basis of documentary and physical evidence . |
| 15 | Even before the debate took place , The Times was able to sum up the situation accurately : |
| 16 | It was her left arm , however , so she was able to write out the application to my dictation , and I got someone else to type it . |
| 17 | So I ought to be able to work out the difference between them . |
| 18 | Bach classified these bacteria into seven different groups , from each of which he prepared a vaccine , and he was able to work out the temperaments associated with each group . |
| 19 | It is probably too delicate to ask the principal the final question : How much of your time will you give to instructing me ? — but you may be able to find out the probabilities from any other articled clerks in the firm . |
| 20 | What is more , we are told unequivocally that only those who are fortunate enough to live for another 30 years will be able to find out the purchase price of those companies . |
| 21 | A company like BP has paid money to the Welsh water authority in order to be able to discharge through the authority 's outfall , and it will not be until later this year that the public will be able to find out the results of any testing . |
| 22 | Each subject was able to adjust both the height and the angle of a toilet seat by remote control . |
| 23 | You may well be able to foretell how the card may operate by examining it against the picture of the results on page 28 of the manual . |
| 24 | The committee had not been able to establish clearly the cost of nuclear power but agreed that it was at least 2@1/2 times the cost estimated before privatization was considered . |
| 25 | No research , not even that of Stillman Drake , the leading authority on Galileo , has been able to establish unequivocally the truth about the Scheiner claim . |
| 26 | The authority is wiser and therefore better able to establish how the individual should act . |
| 27 | Thanks to what Breeze had earned , they were able to rake up the fares — and now here they were , on their way to a remote Devonshire village with just enough money to keep them going for a fortnight or so . |
| 28 | But the institutions of the 1970s were too rigidly set within the competing duopoly ( BBC 1 + BBC2 = ITV ) to be able to meet fully the demands made upon them . |
| 29 | But until my anticipation turns into apprehension again I will be waiting , imagining what my life will be like in the new school and will I be able to remember where the toilets are . |
| 30 | ‘ We want him to be returning to a club which is guaranteed European football next season and , who knows , should we win the semi-final he might be able to lead out the team for the final . ’ |