Example sentences of "[prep] be able " in BNC.

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1 And obviously if you playing cards close to your chest , you need something like this to sort of be able , you know ,
2 I do n't think you , you 've , you 've got to try in a way not to shut it off too much erm and yet it , i you 've just got to sort of be able to not shut it off but sort of create different areas
3 Professional staff , including your GP , hospital consultant or midwife , with be able to provide you and your partner with immediate support and advice .
4 And at the same time you 've got ta be able to talk to the managing director and have lunch with him and talk about what was on television and what the state of the country is and the economic situation and everything , you know .
5 You 've got ta be able to trust the man . ’
6 See , Sue has n't come back to me , the science department has n't come to me so I 'm not , I may leave that and say , and do something like that next year in a module or wait until I 've finished again I do n't mind , that 's still something in my mind which I would like to do but because talking to the form tutor 's , what I had written down as a fait a complet erm they 're not too keen so therefore I opened up and say you know , which particular things they were interested in the banking one they are very interested in the environment one , yes , within the school tidy upping area that they would like to do but I 've got ta be able to , and I do n't when planting season is or if I wan na put , be able to put flowers in etcetera , you see what I mean ?
7 I 've got ta be able to tell him that .
8 Well , Colin 's got ta be able to do a lot of office work , he 's gon na be out doing quotes , you know what I mean , so he 's going have to have somebody there .
9 Can you see , that ball weighs about a pound , so got ta be able
10 You 've got ta be able to run a little tidy up programme , we should just get rid of all these stubs and things !
11 You 've got ta be able to not live in fear to say state your opinion .
12 Right , so I mean obviously if there 's anything that comes up as you go along I 've got ta be able to you know you and I , I 'll just chat it through , but when it comes to things like er me talk to you , sales talk to you for instance about a comparative question , you would n't know what I was talking about would you ?
13 We hope to be able to increase its reach even further in the coming year .
14 In the future we hope also to be able to assist further with practical care .
15 This means that actors are expected to be able to control any regional or foreign accent which is natural to them , and deliver a text in what may best be called ‘ the classical style ’ .
16 For the Roman catholic social teaching of the day laid down certain things as of natural law which anyone who was reasonable and honest was supposed to be able to recognize .
17 This is part of the Catering & Allied philosophy of ‘ link manning ’ — people need to be able to pick up their colleagues ' responsibilities if necessary , so knowledge gets passed on .
18 The Walshes had been caught in a strange yet powerful trap and it was difficult to see how they were going to be able to break free .
19 ‘ I 'm terribly sorry , I do n't seem to be able to find mine . ’
20 I 'd really like to be able to speak like you , you know .
21 This meant that there was now effectively a time limit on how long I was going to be able to stay in my broom cupboard .
22 ‘ How are we going to be able to get in touch with her ?
23 Ages ago I saw on television someone using a special space with a lever action behind it , to help people with bad backs to be able to dig the garden .
24 Student pilots need plenty of practice at dealing with both these kinds of situation during their basic training if they are to learn to be able to spot them developing .
25 For example in a 232 , Puchacz , or the older Bocian and Eagle , it is usual to be able to get a full spin of several turns without using any rudder .
26 It is important to be able to recognise all the symptoms of the approach of a stall in order to be able to prevent it .
27 It is important to be able to recognise all the symptoms of the approach of a stall in order to be able to prevent it .
28 With many aspects of flying , we need to have reached a certain stage or standard to be able to appreciate the problems , or to understand and take in the facts .
29 If it becomes obvious during the base leg or final turn that you are far too high to be able to get down in the chosen field , it is often possible to make an S-turn to use up some of the height .
30 Plenty of dual instruction is needed to be safe , and then it requires constant practice on high approaches to be able to sideslip effectively .
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