Example sentences of "able [to-vb] on [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Derbyshire , North Wales and South Wales had about three-quarters of the working wives able to cope on their own . |
| 2 | Often it is girls from already deprived backgrounds who end up in such circumstances , and who are less able to cope on their own . |
| 3 | The sparkle was back in Diana 's eyes as she was able to concentrate on her favourite issues — visiting children , the sick and the elderly . |
| 4 | And the more these artists are able to work on their own , or become very powerful , then the more precious and ungrown-up they tend to become . |
| 5 | Such beliefs are able to stand on their own feet , without support from others . |
| 6 | It is ludicrous that the council should subsidise with public money , my money , your money , someone 's housing provision simp if they are quite able to stand on their own two feet . |
| 7 | Able to stand on her own feet . |
| 8 | Take away this knowledge and the appeal would vanish , for the music is rarely able to stand on its own merits . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He calls himself a ‘ stopper , ’ with his greatest ability being able to pounce on anything earthbound that should cross his territory , but he also has a fine pair of catching hands , and he took many full-blooded cuts and slashes through the expansive point area during the World Cup . |
| 12 | In the same period , kin links were an important mechanism for recruiting labour , and so living in the parental household would have given young people increased chances of finding work , as well as providing them with accommodation which they might not have been able to afford on their own . |
| 13 | In both of these jobs she proved to very hard-working and reliable , well able to function on her own but always working as a member of a team . |
| 14 | To succeed , they have to be able to draw on their full resources , built up over a lifetime . |
| 15 | This teacher afterwards remarked that she could not just ‘ set ’ activities such as problem-solving or project work of this kind and expect the children to be able to manage on their own . |
| 16 | All the tools that you need are there and with intelligent use you should be able to manage on your own most of the time . |
| 17 | We can be in danger of saying or feeling that bereavement is something that happens to everyone else , and that ‘ those people ’ need support , but we are perfectly able to manage on our own . |
| 18 | In this situation it will be difficult to generate manufactured or processed exports since the expertise to produce competitively for international markets will be in short supply , though some countries such as Zimbabwe will be able to build on their existing export base . |
| 19 | The only way in which we can be convinced that the situation in South Africa is getting better is by abolishing all the racist laws , doing away with the whole system of apartheid , allowing every adult to be able to decide on their own future , in other words universal adult suffrage . |
| 20 | King George thought his sons should be able to live on their official incomes which he was not prepared to augment so they could indulge their more frivolous pastimes . |
| 21 | Although he was never able , despite his ‘ utmost endeavours ’ , to find the actual nest and eggs of the satin bower-birds , the new light he was able to throw on their bower-building habits caused a considerable stir back in England . |
| 22 | When , calmer , he went to her room , Katelina was awake , and he was able to expend on her all that Diniz thought he was capable of . |