Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [prep] be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | The retailer needs to be able to plan how she uses her money , to work out how much profit she needs to make to stay in business — and to grow . |
| 2 | In America of course the privilege runs to being able to shoot on sight . |
| 3 | The industry wanted to be able to use the funds that it had generated to invest in youth training . |
| 4 | It introduces inflexibility and excessive bureaucratic controls at a time when the industry needs to be able to develop along economic lines . |
| 5 | I think I must make the ordinary orders to costs , well what I will do is erm doctor must I think pay the costs of the appeal against the order of master erm both here and below on the other hand the defendant seems to be able to bear the costs of the appeal against the September order , that 's the order , that 's the order of , is that Mr ? , er sorry when I say the doc doctor bears the costs must er in fact he must , right , it is the August , that 's the August decision both , both before erm the taxing officer and on this appeal and er the , I dismiss the defendants appeal against the September board with costs |
| 6 | The first decision to be faced is whether the institution needs to be able to make its own recordings . |
| 7 | These salts need to have a high ‘ Biological Availability ’ ie the horse has to be able to efficiently digest and absorb the minerals . |
| 8 | The wicketkeeper needs to be able to bat , and for all Alan Knott 's innovative ability and competitiveness , the vote has to go to Les Ames . |
| 9 | At this stage of his development the karateka seems to be able to sense the movements of his opponents before they occur , enabling him to react with blinding speed and absolute control . |
| 10 | It is their secret knowledge that the child wants to be able to share . |
| 11 | Not only should the parent feel able to express upset at the child 's behaviour but equally the child needs to be able to do this towards the parent . |
| 12 | In the primary attachment to the mother , infants experience some of the most intense physical and emotional experiences of life — the satisfaction of a full belly , the warmth of bodily closeness , the security based on being able to trust other people , the survival of hatred and release from fear . |
| 13 | Alright , I mean there 's I think we 've got more responsibilities where the husband tends to be able to go away and do that a lot easier than what a woman would be able to do . |
| 14 | We are offering an enterprise-wide solution , so the product needs to be able to access a variety of ledgers . |
| 15 | Furthermore , whilst the audited accounts may provide comfort in relation to the overall financial position of the Business , the Purchaser needs to be able to rely on the past records of the business for all sorts of other reasons — e.g. past levels of turnover , proper recording of information , etc . |
| 16 | Thus , the body appears to be able to respond more to raised blood glucose early in the daytime and this is in spite of the fact that we normally take in larger amounts of glucose later in the daytime . |
| 17 | The voter has to be able to assess the benefits from public spending ( typically ex ante ) and to form a view of the implications for taxation . |
| 18 | By engaging in some instances in dialogue directly with local and regional authorities and by-passing national governments , the Commission hoped to be able to co-ordinate the allocation of the Structural Funds and direct aid more effectively to the problem areas , thereby also implicitly weakening the influence of national government upon the use of EC funding . |
| 19 | The student has to be able to say : I understand this for myself ; I can assent to this , but not that . |
| 20 | The student has to be able to take yet a further step , and to be able to take up stances , hold to particular theories , or simply to act . |
| 21 | Using other data sources , such as the New Earnings Survey , the investigator hopes to be able to make comparisons between career profiles of designers and other broadly comparable groups ( eg all graduates , engineering graduates etc . ) |
| 22 | And yet the train seems to be able to pass it by , symbolically , by her passing by the graveyard , and to almost frown upon and transcend it . |
| 23 | Apart from raising taxes , the Government hopes to be able to curb its spending programmes , and a review is already under way . |
| 24 | In particular , the subject has to be able to recognize these externalities as intrinsic aspects of itself . |
| 25 | As in the past , this normally involved a process of barter : to obtain information the ambassador had to be able and willing to give it in return . |
| 26 | The counsellor has to be able to extract from the words being used the feelings and meanings which often lie just beneath the surface . |
| 27 | Focusing upon problem emotions means that the counsellor has to be able to pass back information to the counsellee . |
| 28 | The special treatment that concessions represent removes from older people the dignity associated with being able to function independently without the need for subsidy or support . |
| 29 | When more or less alone at night in the casualty ward , the doctor needs to be able to make up his or her own mind , and exercise judgement about the particular features presented by the accident victim just wheeled in . |
| 30 | Rather than all the rare qualities discussed , the person serving young people in the latter part of the century needs to be able to work in a no-nonsense way with young people , to be a good manager prepared to fight for a fair share of the funds , to ensure that staff are able to devote a generous amount of time to users of the services in groups and as individuals , and to ensure that there is a good stock of books and other materials to explore . |