Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [been] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thanks to the cooperation of the Austrians in Flanders , the French had been able to extend the embarkation area and the main assault would now be delivered second , not first . |
| 2 | The problems mostly arose from lack of capital and only in a few cases had any action been taken — two had recently purchased houses in nearby villages for their sons and some had been able to purchase or rent some more land . |
| 3 | Undoubtedly , the essentially non-problematic process was aided by the fact that the Six had been able to agree upon the basic objectives in advance — the economic objective of a common market and the political one of some kind of supranational authority — as it was also by the fact that the discussions were mainly conducted by experienced bureaucrats in closed sessions . |
| 4 | Attlee during his Washington visit of 4 – 5 December 1950 had been able to elicit no more than a promise that Britain would be kept informed of any developments which might lead to the use of nuclear weapons . |
| 5 | The author of The Cloud of Unknowing had been able to overcome a deep historical prejudice in his enthusiasm for Greek spirituality . |
| 6 | Previously the rents from landowning had been able to support them , but an accumulation of land reforms since liberation had drastically reduced revenues . |
| 7 | Out of a total of 196 constituencies nationwide , 193 had been able to announce ( on April 16 ) some or all of their winning candidates . |
| 8 | Neither had been able to get home for her funeral , but they had telegraphed a big wreath and paid their fair share of the undertaker 's bill , after which the letters and dollars stopped and Vi and Mary had grown even closer . |
| 9 | And to add to her joy , Hilda took her to meet sister Lena as the two had been able to keep in touch . |
| 10 | The CER had been very successful for New Zealand , which since 1983 had been able to increase by 170 per cent its exports of mainly agricultural products to the relatively large Australian market , as well as to correct a large bilateral trade deficit . |