Example sentences of "able [to-vb] in [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often the timbers were no more than columns of sort of dampish dust because they had n't been able to breathe in this kind of brick envelope . |
| 2 | ‘ From now on , the infant will be reared as I explained , and not for at least twenty years will we be able to report in much detail on the results of our investigations , although preliminary papers will be published in the professional press from time to time . |
| 3 | I would n't be able to sit in this room talking without someone 's hand up my back , moving my mouth for me . ’ |
| 4 | So that although these are er fairly different relatives in terms of bacteria it 's striking that the ETEC organism has been able to acquire in some way almost exactly the same gene that 's present in choleri . |
| 5 | Oh you wo n't be able to come in any day with me next week will you ? |
| 6 | If a capillary joint leaks , you may be able to feed in more solder ( after draining the system ) . |
| 7 | First of all , we must delimit the form of a lexical item syntagmatically ; that is to say , we must be able to state in any sentence where the boundaries between lexical items are ( we shall assume that any well-formed sentence consists of a whole number of such units ) . |
| 8 | Some children are able to discriminate in this way between people they know and people they do not ; while it has been noted that institutional children tend to show less anxiety at a strange face since there is no regular " caretaker " . |
| 9 | It seems to us to contravene all normal rules of equity that they should be able to behave in this fashion . |
| 10 | UK architects will be able to participate in this competition which officers 54 sites in ten European countries . |
| 11 | I am glad to be able to participate in this debate . |
| 12 | Anyone able to help in any way should contact Alton Police on 0420 82244 . |
| 13 | Please contact Mr Davies at 5 , Woodside , Harrogate , N. Yorks , HG1 5NG if you are able to help in any way . |
| 14 | If any reader is able to help in any way I would be pleased to hear from them . |
| 15 | When you 've completed the RYA Level 1 course you 'll be able to sail in any direction in light winds . |
| 16 | If you want to be at all selective about what is recorded or about what is viewed , you need to be able to edit in some way . |
| 17 | What I was able to do in that instance was play all the symphonies through with the orchestra and then forget about them for three months . |
| 18 | I suppose the appeal to me has been making things happen and changing things and feeling quite British about it and proud of what in my very small way I have been able to do in this country and being able to export that abroad and make it a success there . |
| 19 | Describing the boredom of sanger duty , one policeman said , ‘ You 've got to be able to read in this job . |
| 20 | Please pray that many viewers may be able to share in that worship and find it helpful and that some who would otherwise ‘ switch off ’ will be drawn in to the programme and more importantly to the Lord Himself . |
| 21 | And they are able to contribute in this way precisely because they are not determined by social factors , but possess the trait generally labelled autonomy . |
| 22 | Perfect or absolute Truth , which is known by faith , is beyond our empirical grasp which means that we must act in the knowledge that we are holding on to such truth as we are able to apprehend in this world . |
| 23 | ‘ We are confident of being able to live in that climate . |
| 24 | Sadly the last call , I think we 'll be able to squeeze in this morning on our programme . |
| 25 | So there 's an economic development argument to all of this as well and I do hope er county will be able to co-operate in that respect . |
| 26 | It takes a lot of skill to be able to learn in this way , although it is the way often taught at school — the old talk-and-chalk method of ‘ You listen while the teacher talks ’ . |
| 27 | The local Marine Surveyor should be able to assist in this connection . |
| 28 | There 's also a close correlation by not just the erm the size of the number for G , but how long can it go on pulling that G given the thrust and the aerodynamic capabilities of the machine and we are essentially building this aircraft so that it can sustain nine G and we are providing the pilot with the sort of equipment he requires to be able to survive in that kind of environment . |
| 29 | In order to be able to bind in this way the sequence of nucleotides in the synthetic piece of DNA or RNA needs to be complementary to the viral sequence . |
| 30 | Scotland , suggested my mother , and Syl said at least he would be able to get in some shooting , but I do n't think he ever did anything about it . |