Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [prep] the [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 | Alternatively , it may be the strategy with which teachers feel most able to cope with the wide range of pupil attainment . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They will simply not be able to cope with the increased tax burden planned by Mr Smith . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Only the planning department was able to cope with the total analysis of the situation . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The general concern expressed about the approach is whether the county courts are going to be able to cope with the significant extra workload . |
| 12 | He would n't have been able to cope with the larger trunks . |
| 13 | An even distribution has an added advantage , the institution will be better able to cope with the Unpredictable . |
| 14 | Only a few , such as the highly adaptable wild pigs , have been able to cope with the changed and still changing landscape . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The SunAccount software was able to cope with the networked set-up without modification . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Imagine , for a moment , the situation that could arise if one was taken ill and was not able to perform to the required levels of the Bank 's Targets ? |
| 24 | Individuals believe that they are able to perform at the desired level ( effort performance outcome ) . |
| 25 | When they started to let us out of the house we were able to rummage amongst the appalling pile of rubbish strewn around the University campus nearby . |
| 26 | He 'd done his bit , and at least felt able to agree with the Prime Minister on one matter . |
| 27 | Undoubtedly , the essentially non-problematic process was aided by the fact that the Six had been able to agree upon the basic objectives in advance — the economic objective of a common market and the political one of some kind of supranational authority — as it was also by the fact that the discussions were mainly conducted by experienced bureaucrats in closed sessions . |
| 28 | The decision means the children will remain physically close to the queen and Princess Beatrice will be able to remain at the same school . |
| 29 | Last year the general assembly gave to the Board of Social Responsibility a task of coordinating the work of the church in this field and we are proud now to be able to report to the general assembly that the work done by the assembly 's various Boards and by numerous local initiatives make the Church of Scotland the nation 's leading provider of services to the victims of H I V and to their families delivering both the most extensive and the most comprehensive service to these people within Scotland . |
| 30 | I am pleased to be able to report to the hon. Gentleman that we have just had the first results of the monitoring arrangements for the implementation of community care and we are impressed with the practical schemes already being advanced to ensure that the frail and vulnerable , and particularly the chronically sick and disabled , receive the support that they need . |