Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [be] able [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When employees are accompanied by their families , they may be able to use company housing at Pilkingtons ' expense but employees are entirely responsible for lighting , heating and the maintenance of their families . |
| 2 | Accidents at work can often happen , yet many people do not realise they may be able to claim compensation . |
| 3 | If persons holding such views are sufficiently powerful in a state , they may be able to prevent ratification of the ERA by that state |
| 4 | In one sense , of course , all creatures , ‘ hot ’ and ‘ cold ’ blooded , maintain constant temperatures within a certain bearable range , and this means in turn that they must be able to conduct heat away from their bodies . |
| 5 | Regulations stipulate they must be able to withstand heat of up to eight hundred and fifty degrees for at least half an hour . |
| 6 | They should be able to present research findings in terms that are relevant and understandable to the client . |
| 7 | They 'll be able to make safety checks without even leaving the office . |
| 8 | The latest version of the SDI concept , originally introduced in 1983 , centred on the " brilliant pebbles " idea , which proposed that up to 100,000 small space-based rockets would be placed in orbit , where they would be able to track enemy missiles and to destroy them through direct collision . |
| 9 | They would be able to claim benefit in their own right and for their husbands as their dependants . |
| 10 | The German Communists believed that , after a temporary victory for Hitler , they would be able to gain power in the ensuing confusion . |
| 11 | Although both ‘ Bomber ’ Smith and the engineers hoped that in time they would be able to bring construction times down nearer to three years ( from the beginning of work on site to the commissioning of the first sets ) , the time actually taken was typically five or more years . |
| 12 | Non-working wives with incomes from savings or investment will be among the main beneficiaries as they will be able to receive tax free income or interest equivalent to their personal allowance . |
| 13 | of all participatory sports facilities , unless we get more capital for our local authorities they will be able to spend money only on basic repairs ? |
| 14 | After just 12 months ' training , they will be able to teach nursery and infant pupils . |
| 15 | A joint venture between the American Mobile Satellite Corp and Cruisephone Inc is bidding to provide cheap telephone service to marine users : using American Mobile 's 70-foot satellite , to go up next year , the companies say they will be able to provide service at around half the price of Intelsat . |
| 16 | Like everyone else , they will be able to pass judgment by means of the ballot box . |
| 17 | By awarding themselves hefty Christmas bonuses now they will be able to pay tax on the extra money at the current rate and save themselves thousands of pounds . |
| 18 | Given that many rural schools do not even have properly equipped science laboratories , it is hard to see how they will be able to afford equipment for carpentry , metalwork and building . |
| 19 | Although staff will be fully trained , they will be able to seek specialist advice to answer more complicated inquiries . |
| 20 | It is not , however , necessarily the case that they will be able to influence policy decisions or even specific proposals ; that , as we have said , depends on the institutional and political arrangements and access . |
| 21 | If future technological societies ever learn to harness tachyons and modulate them ( in the same way that we modulate radio waves ) they will be able to communicate information from the future to the past . |