Example sentences of "able to make a [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might be able to make a decent cup of coffee but I hope for her sake that he is good at washing up afterwards too . |
| 2 | During the 1980s , the Conservative government was able to make a great deal of political capital from the activities of high spending Labour councils , many of which were branded ‘ Loony Left ’ councils . |
| 3 | And , if a subscriber for a single debenture wanted to sell half of it , he would not be able to make a legal transfer of that half . |
| 4 | Although Far from the Madding Crowd ( 1967 ) , which seldom got beyond being a plodding , picturesque illustration of Thomas Hardy 's novel , failed to make an impact in the USA , Picker somehow had confidence that the cultured , softly-spoken , bald 42-year-old Englishman would be able to make a good job of the essentially New York story of Midnight Cowboy . |
| 5 | When he was able to make a full number of appearances , or a large proportion of them , Palace did reasonably well — best was 7th in 1949–50 when Graham missed only four games — but when his back injury prevented him from appearing regularly the side suffered badly and we finished bottom of the League twice in three seasons with Graham making only 26 ( 1948–49 ) and 11 ( 1950–51 ) appearances respectively . |
| 6 | ‘ I may be against this on principle but I do n't see why I should n't be able to make a little bit of capital , ’ he added . |
| 7 | The user is then able to make a detailed search of the database , armed with the knowledge of its potential contents and the spelling of the terms involved . |
| 8 | Hermit crabs are able to make a rapid assessment of whether a particular shell is of an appropriate size or not , and how they do this has been the subject of much study . |
| 9 | The third practice had overspent because it had taken over a smaller practice after the preparatory work on budget setting had been completed , and it had not been able to make an accurate estimate of prescribing costs for the 1300 patients involved . |
| 10 | To be able to make an accurate replica of a sculpture without touching its surface has far-reaching implications , both for the museum replication industry and for open-air sites where stone sculpture is suffering from irretrievable decay . |
| 11 | With so many fast bowlers now suffering serious injury at some stage in their careers , coaches might be able to make an early identification of potential problems and eradicate them from the action . |
| 12 | The therapist 's objective at the end of the assessment period is to be able to make an approximate formulation of what is going on , and to suggest a provisional treatment plan . |