Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when Sir Alfred enlisted the help of his sister , Jean Stanley ( wife of Louis ) was BRM able to proceed for the 1962 season . |
| 2 | Although initially research was often focused upon a single pollen site , the subsequent research was able to proceed towards the regional assessment of past vegetation not only in Britain but also in overseas areas such as the tropical rain forest ( Flenley , 1979 ) . |
| 3 | Some experts maintain that these molluscs were able to swim in the open ocean , or that they were attached to floating seaweed : some such mechanism has to be invoked to explain how these bivalves came into an environment that lacked bottom-living animals . |
| 4 | He will be able to arrange for a private clinic , so there will be no problems with the police . ’ |
| 5 | Now , you 'll see that it has a tendency to go all over the world wherever it is invited but whoever invites the World Council of Churches now must , in fact , be able to cope with a great number of people ! |
| 6 | You ought to be able to cope with a small invasion of your privacy now and then . |
| 7 | The programme was of limited value to the people of Bangladesh owing to its failing to be able to cope with a poor infrastructure and a large population . |
| 8 | After a few months off , your main worry may be that you wo n't be able to cope with a full-time job , which will probably put you off returning to what you were doing before the baby . |
| 9 | ‘ Third , and most important , there are parents who are not able to cope with a handicapped child themselves . |
| 10 | Whereas an opponent may be able to cope with a single technique , it is much more difficult when the attack is continuous , incorporating both linear and circular blows delivered to different , often widely separated targets . |
| 11 | But think about whether you would be able to cope with a positive result , and would a negative result really stop you worrying ? |
| 12 | Alternatively , it may be the strategy with which teachers feel most able to cope with the wide range of pupil attainment . |
| 13 | However , it is not clear from the information presented by Burr how well he has been able to cope with the irregular morphological structure of English . |
| 14 | Slightly overcrowd your tank , but not to the extremes otherwise your filtration system may not be able to cope with the extra loading placed upon it . |
| 15 | They will simply not be able to cope with the increased tax burden planned by Mr Smith . |
| 16 | The local project manager had warned of the danger because the partially completed new barriers would not be able to cope with the increased flow . |
| 17 | Only the planning department was able to cope with the total analysis of the situation . |
| 18 | In order to be able to cope with the increasing enquiry rate at the bureau , an emergency appeal to NACAB for special funding led to the appointment of a fixed-term welfare rights officer . |
| 19 | The general concern expressed about the approach is whether the county courts are going to be able to cope with the significant extra workload . |
| 20 | He would n't have been able to cope with the larger trunks . |
| 21 | An even distribution has an added advantage , the institution will be better able to cope with the Unpredictable . |
| 22 | Only a few , such as the highly adaptable wild pigs , have been able to cope with the changed and still changing landscape . |
| 23 | We needed to take with us clothes that were comfortable for travelling in , were easy to care for and were able to cope with the worst of the conditions . |
| 24 | The average farmer should be able to cope with the explanatory booklet , the form to fill in , explanatory notes to help fill it in , and a letter from Sir Hector Monro , Scottish Agriculture Minister . |
| 25 | However , if you have not reached a good ‘ A ’ level standard in mathematics , then it is very unlikely that you will be able to cope with the actuarial examinations . |
| 26 | The SunAccount software was able to cope with the networked set-up without modification . |
| 27 | SALLY Gunnell reckons she now knows what it feels like to be a marked woman but Britain 's golden girl insists she will be able to cope with the new-found pressure when she launches her world championship campaign in earnest in Rome tonight . |
| 28 | Do n't try messing around with ordinary control units , by the way , as they may not be able to cope with the different wattages . |
| 29 | She came to realise that any woman who aimed to share his life would always have to be self-sufficient and able to cope with the day-to-day problems of life without bothering him with the minutiae of domestic detail . |
| 30 | But in Pakistan , where the grounds are rough and hard , the ball soon loses its shine and you have to be able to perform with the old one . |