Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roger Martyn , churchwarden of Long Melford in Suffolk , for example , kept the reredos , organ , clocks , and bells of Holy Trinity Church in his own home , in the hope that his heirs would be able to restore them to the church sometime in the future . |
| 2 | He 's only groggy , not out , but you 're able to secure him to the bed with the other set of handcuffs and the leather straps from the same drawer the hood came from . |
| 3 | The surface of the brick was still gelid and adhesive , so that he was able to stick it to the side of a drum near the hull , separated from the fuel tanks only by a steel bulkhead . |
| 4 | The cement was freezing before we were able to apply it to the bricks . |
| 5 | Technical considerations are being completed , and I hope that we shall be able to put it to the House before long . |
| 6 | Whichever method you select you must be able to justify it to the company in order to recover your expenses . |
| 7 | Once we have landed on Mars we will be able to beam it to the galaxy , he said . |
| 8 | You may be able to keep us to the straight and narrow . |
| 9 | At first , you may still have accidents as you may not be able to get her to the potty in time , but she 'll gradually learn to hold on longer . |
| 10 | He is surprisingly slow to begin talking , but a good walker , and we were able to take him to the canal where there were ducks , swans , horses and icy puddles to interest him , so that was fine . |
| 11 | Once he hits on the right track he should be able to follow him to the place where he leaves the food and then watch who picks it up . |
| 12 | Yet if part of the problem at Ibrox in respect of injury has been caused by the addition of European Champions league matches to an already congested domestic schedule , it is only Vogts 's good fortune that no German side was able to make it to the last eight of the European Cup . |