Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Common fears are : 1 not understanding or not being able to carry out technical procedures . |
| 2 | We are able to carry out proactive searches for clients . |
| 3 | There was no general ruling on what type of person was best able to carry out these tasks but the two most common groups were : ( a ) the older wife who had a great deal of experience , and ( b ) the young wife who had made a determined effort to acquire as much knowledge and skill as possible . |
| 4 | Basaltic magmas are normally expelled at the surface in a very hot and fluid state , and the resulting lavas are often able to flow over considerable distances . |
| 5 | Expectations that hospitals would be able to work up detailed costings had been revised . |
| 6 | Concentrate instead on studying your own behaviour , your interactions with your environment ; by working on external factors in this way you will be able to work out practical strategies to succeed , and strong will-power will appear to come about automatically without you having to work on it directly . |
| 7 | He carried an axe in order to be able to smash down illegal obstacles , but there is no mention of him having to use it in 1983 . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's because they were able to pick up extra tickets unused by other county boards . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sure you 'll be able to pick up some ideas . ’ |
| 10 | to do it and I think even , looking at the competencies of careers officers you 'd probably be able to pick out broad headings . |
| 11 | When a story is ready to go out the executive will be able to pick out those categories which are relevant to the material and then go through these sections to handpick those journalists who will really be able to use material . |
| 12 | As the conditions in a large tank are more stable , Robin would find it easier to learn about keeping his fish , and should be able to sort out any problems before they became disasters . |
| 13 | All that I have said in the last chapter about preparation and being able to sort out important issues is again not possible given this scenario . |
| 14 | Also throughout this period some members of the House of Commons , though their numbers steadily decreased , owed their election to the influence which the Treasury and Admiralty were able to exert over certain constituencies . |
| 15 | As a result of Kaszubian naivety Polish land-dealers and banks were able to buy up 35,000 acres of Kaszubian-owned land in the years 1896–1905 . |
| 16 | you will be expected to have done some research , done some preparation before coming along to the lesson , if you go along to the lesson not having done that , you will be able to play back certain tips from what the other people say , but you will not er , you will find that |
| 17 | Some of them may be able to start up new interests , but it 's usually best to start from their own experiences in life . |
| 18 | If we take this point of view , it seems that we will gain a better understanding of the history of what is usually called standard English , because we will be able to separate out those issues that primarily involve the development of standard ( prescriptive or codified ) norms from those that do not . |
| 19 | Ideally , research may be able to build up similar values for equine athletes which could be used by riders and trainers to avoid injuries . |
| 20 | Yet why should drug users in Bangkok be able to hold down steady jobs and be part of mainstream society whereas their counterparts in the USA who seek clean syringes are promptly imprisoned ? |
| 21 | I fear that there will be a natural tendency for suppliers such as Sony to turn to consumer electronics and recorded music outlets with whom they already have business relationships , and who are able to live off low discounts . |
| 22 | It introduces inflexibility and excessive bureaucratic controls at a time when the industry needs to be able to develop along economic lines . |
| 23 | I think they get fed up and I do n't think that a that language-wise they have the vocabulary in the school to be able to pluck out meaningful comments and you know , and go right across the curriculum there I think |
| 24 | In terms of financial intermediation it is only externally funded schemes that carry out an intermediary function , as the funds collected for future pension payments are invested in financial assets ( and a small proportion in real assets — property and works of art ) in order to earn a return on investments to be able to pay out future pensions , whereas in pay-as-you-go funds are merely transferred from present employees to present pensioners , with no financial intermediation taking place . |
| 25 | The days of being able to pay off small amounts are gone , Mrs Snowball said . |
| 26 | ‘ Of course , if you resist long enough you may be able to lay down all sorts of conditions to which , if he 's so keen , he 'll have to agree . |
| 27 | And perhaps it 's the case that police series are uniquely able to take over those questions because of the traditional link with crime . |
| 28 | Making a case for the complexity of woman 's position as spectator , both critics stated that spectators are not necessarily locked into identification with their own gender but are able to take up multiple identifications , whether simultaneously or in succession . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , it was able to take up various causes from Chilean refugees to the RUC complaints procedure . |
| 30 | The disadvantages are that informants are less likely to respond , or to respond seriously , and that the investigator is not able to follow up unanticipated developments . |