Example sentences of "able [to-vb] their [noun] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The broadcasters were able to enliven their reports by incorporating actuality clips from the Chamber in about one-third of their parliamentary news stories , and these clips averaged between 25 and 77 seconds in duration , depending on the programme , which usually comprised about a quarter of the story ( exceptionally , BBC2 's Newsnight had longer stories , averaging eight minutes , and its average actuality length of 49.5 seconds comprised only 10% of these items ) . |
| 2 | It is hoped that most governors would spend the whole of their service without having to face such an unwelcome decision as the dismissal of a member of staff and would be able to concentrate their efforts on engaging and supporting the best people to carry out the educational tasks for which they were responsible . |
| 3 | The Social Democrat and Labour Parties of western Europe were able to establish their respectability by emphasising their distance from the communists . |
| 4 | They do n't know when they 're going to be able to drink their water without boiling it again . |
| 5 | But if he does n't trust them then they 're not then the Communist Party is n't gon na be able to fulfil their expectations of trying to change the peasants ' mentality to increase production . |
| 6 | He considers attempts by county councils to set up ‘ industrial liaison groups ’ through which firms were able to express their concerns over planning processes and procedures , and planners tried to influence the behaviour of firms . |
| 7 | the great bulk of community care is provided by friends , family and neighbours … it is right that they should be able to play their part in looking after those close to them … service providers should make practical support for carers a high priority . |
| 8 | DEC reckons that more than 90% of today 's VAXcluster customers will be able to enhance their systems by adding an Alpha AXP system.DEC 's clustering technology enables allows multiple systems to operate as a single system to provide fault resilience and high availability for applications : each machine in the cluster runs its own copy of the operating system with the clustering software under the control of one of them . |
| 9 | Others suggest that the birds are able to use their sense of sell over longer distances by remembering the scents of the prevailing winds . |
| 10 | There are many gifted teachers who are extraordinarily successful in this way , who are not just animated interpreters of complex concepts and theories , but who are able to galvanize their students into grappling with the issues for themselves . |
| 11 | Those who come as partners , patient and ready to learn and therefore better able to adapt their contribution before giving it , stand a better chance of going back happier and with a feeling it was worth it . |
| 12 | They are that the rains are going to cease falling and , because of the restrictions placed on their movement , the Masai will not be able to follow their tradition of moving on . |
| 13 | Men and women whether single or married who have been unable to work regularly because they have had to stay at home to care for children and/o-r a disabled or elderly person may be able to safeguard their pension by claiming Home Responsibilities Protection . |