Example sentences of "able [to-vb] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Fallon said many disabled people wrote to him concerned that they would not be able to shop at convenient times . |
| 2 | In November he was able to lecture at Central Hall , Westminster , on " The Three Voices of Poetry " — in the recording of that address , his clipped and precise speech , almost professorial in character , can be heard — but it was to be his last major engagement for many months . |
| 3 | By allowing Tepilit to engage in the formalities of gift exchange , she may have been able to observe at close quarters how it worked , but she was also entering into the drama . |
| 4 | Once that happens council officers would then be able to look at specific ways of reducing the risk of accidents in Darlington and help make the borough a safer place . |
| 5 | They would , in fact , be local people , able to look at local problems with local knowledge , and deciding on that basis , individual treatment in the best interests of the child . |
| 6 | This is because to convey all the information — whether by analogue or digital means — it must be able to flash at great speed . |
| 7 | While the nuclear power of the Royal Air Force ( RAF ) would always be dwarfed by that of the United States , Britain needed to be able to strike at Soviet targets of prime importance to herself . |