Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [art] first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Unfortunately , Wesker was struck by another ( albeit minor ) disaster : Teomi was not able to attend the first day of rehearsals because Wesker had forgotten , when writing his schedule , that it was also Yom Kippur . |
2 | We can say with certainty that we would be able to mount the first kind of display ; but at the moment we can not be so certain about the travelling display which , although the more attractive proposition , has much more significant resource implications . |
3 | I 've been lucky to be able to launch the first concept of dread disease insurance , in South Africa you might have heard about us . |
4 | We might thus be able to provide the first step in assisting a school to maximise any award which it receives . |
5 | The postponement of the opera ( it eventually opened on 13 January ) meant that Nannerl , who reached Munich on 4 January 1775 , was able to hear the first performance . |
6 | So one has to actually learn erm an entirely new alphabet before even being able to read the first word on the first page that you see in the archives . |
7 | so I wo n't be able to pay the first payment cos , you know ai n't got no money . |
8 | So I wo n't be able to pay the first payment cos you know I ai n't got no money . |