Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [prep] its [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why the industry was able to cope with its highest work load ever in real terms , and did not suffer the labour shortages experienced in the 1960s . |
| 2 | I do not need any lead because the size 6 hook will hold a lobworm which is quite capable of being cast a short distance , and able to sink under its own weight . |
| 3 | Take away this knowledge and the appeal would vanish , for the music is rarely able to stand on its own merits . |
| 4 | Notwithstanding accusations that they had imperialist designs on Europe , Americans hoped that the Continent would soon be able to stand on its own feet , free of US support . |
| 5 | The concept that AEA is now able to stand on its own feet as a business is a huge achievement , based on where we were in 1988 . |
| 6 | The relationship in both cases with the opposing image is both subtle and sensitive , but surely each image should be equally able to stand in its own space , on its own merit . |
| 7 | It , too , was able to expand its following in London and among new working-class sections like the London busmen , while still able to benefit from its loyal followings in South Wales and Central Scotland . |
| 8 | He sees the business class in particular as exercising a crucial role in the economy , and he argues that it is able to draw upon its social contacts with a wider establishment to try to ensure that its interests are not fundamentally damaged . |
| 9 | In continuing to address the potential conflict between conservation and access , the Trust is able to draw upon its considerable management experience . |
| 10 | Each group would be able to campaign for its particular obsession in public . |
| 11 | That is not to say it is n't perfectly able to compete with its own kind , often aggressively , and in fact at times rabbits inflict serious injury to one another . |
| 12 | The dynamic driving-force of the ‘ Hitler myth ’ allowed , in fact , no stabilization or ‘ normalization ’ , but rather conditioned circumstances in which the traditional ‘ ruling class ’ became ever more subsumed in and dependent upon the ‘ behemoth ’ of the Nazi State which it was no longer able to control in its mad rush to destruction . |
| 13 | Pointing the way : A road sign of the future would be able to change from its normal wording ( left ) to give advice ( right ) on alternative routes in the event of traffic problems developing Cockpit-style driving : How a motorist could be able to beat the traffic jams by using an in-car display unit |
| 14 | The moral to be drawn is that if we are to give an account of knowledge which does not include a requirement of certainty , our account should make room for the notion of certainty somewhere ; if it sees certainty as a requirement for a knowledge claim it needs to be able to explain in its own terms why that should be so . |
| 15 | The masses are usually characterised by Class 2 residues , which the governing elite has to be able to manipulate for its own purposes . |
| 16 | This species circles the porcupine like a mongoose dealing with a cobra , and confuses it enough to be able to strike at its only vulnerable zone — its head . |