Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [indef pn] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And will you be able to leave somebody in charge of the animals ? ’ he asked Edwin . |
| 2 | His work demonstrates that an older person was much more likely to be taken into the household of a relative if they were able to contribute something in return , for example doing domestic work , or looking after children while their mother went out to a job . |
| 3 | Yet according to classical concepts no such equilibrium is possible , since the black hole would absorb any thermal radiation that fell on it but by definition would not be able to emit anything in return . |
| 4 | Children who 've been given at a far too tender age , the terrible power of holding a loaded gun and be able to command everything in sight as a result of that , have actually got to get back and rediscover childhood . |
| 5 | erm I 'd like to be able to present something in front of me which prompts me a bit better than I do at the moment I tend to get lost in what 's in front of me . |
| 6 | Police in South Yorkshire were never able to charge anyone in connection with the Doncaster dopings , and their Surrey colleagues face a similarly difficult task . |