Example sentences of "[modal v] enable [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 To meet senior executives ' needs , the information must enable them to monitor and control the organisation 's activities against its strategy and objectives , and contribute to an effective strategic decision-making process .
2 Similarly , detailed knowledge of bee physiology should enable one to predict that the bees ' locating a food source will have as a causal consequence ( even if only statistically ) the subsequent pattern of wiggles and tilts in the hive .
3 In a concession made without fanfare , Israeli officials said , they wanted to give the Palestinians a ‘ face-saving ’ gesture that should enable them to agree to resume negotiations over self-rule in April .
4 In theory at least , ownership should enable them to use their crofts as security in raising finance , for example to make a matching contribution in projects assisted by the HIDB , but in practice the situation is more complex .
5 This game should enable them to overtake Kings , who have completed their fixtures , on points difference and retain the men 's first division title .
6 As it is , the voters have confounded the pollsters by granting John Major a clear mandate , which should enable him to lead a reforming Conservative government until 1997 .
7 Its biggest hit , the Discovery , is now available as an automatic , a fact that should enable it to tap further new business .
8 So comparing alternatives which are alike save in the form of organisation , we see that the theoretical expectation that superior motivation , the plus-factor available to the co-operative form , should enable it to out-produce the conventional form is borne out in practice .
9 The policy-orientation of the research should enable it to identify the most productive approaches to equality .
10 Its lateral line should enable it to survive and eat , but even this may have been affected if it is bumping into things .
11 This project should enable us to say how far the characteristics of the individual ( their feelings of originality , efficacy , conformity , alienation , anxieties , and so on ) account for their political and economic values and activities and how both relate to social position .
12 The Government remains committed to using Housing Associations as the principal provider of rented accommodation and our long established links with both Local Authorities and Housing Associations should enable us to continue to enjoy a substantial share of this market .
13 Such a definition should enable us to provide fresh , more realistic descriptions of functioning democracies .
14 ‘ The actions we have taken and the benefits of sterling devaluation should enable us to increase profits in 1993 , but the prospects for a more substantial improvement are still clouded by the threat of recession in continental Europe and continuing uncertainty over the rate of recovery in the UK . ’
15 Nevertheless , the fact that these bound states arose from the well-defined N = 8 theory should enable us to make a number of predictions that could be tested at energies that are accessible now or will be in the near future .
16 I apologize for the fact that delays in obtaining some of the necessary information have made it impossible to produce detailed cost estimates , but the considerations listed below should enable us to determine whether such a change would be worthwhile .
17 In other words , the proposed research should enable us to discover whether the dark figure of crime is even larger than self-report studies reveal it to be .
18 While not pretending to be a comprehensive guide to all the aspects of central heating , this section should enable you to save considerable sums by installing your own central heating in all but the most complicated of cases .
19 In fact , ever since the beginning of the year you seem to have been toying with the idea of making a major career move or change of residence and what transpires sometimes between October 29 and November 3 should enable you to rebuild and reshape your life — and the past with all its traumas and dramas will be placed in their true perspective , if not forgotten altogether .
20 Your format should enable you to follow a pattern which falls into three parts :
21 Ideally , it should enable you to burn up a little more energy and help you to become fitter .
22 If you achieve this , then a record deal is just around the corner , and you will have earned yourself a strong negotiating position which should enable you to sign the deal you want and not the first deal that is offered .
23 Investigating register should enable you to develop a style that observes established conventions but is at the same time not too disconnected from your own voice or sense of self .
24 and that 'll enable me to get on doing what I 've got to do with spitfire and everything , spit spitfire 's fine , I 'll get that in
25 ( 29–30 September 1777 ) Having decided that he would like to remain in Munich Mozart reported a plan to Leopold which he thought might enable him to do so .
26 He might decide to cross-examine both of us in an attempt to detect inconsistencies in our replies , or hope for some slip-up on our part which might enable him to make the correct identification .
27 Will he consult with our right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Security about how the availability for work rule might impede people , particularly the adult unemployed , in obtaining useful training which might enable them to return to work ?
28 This might enable them to hold on to around 100 of their present 270 seats .
29 What they want to do next is to use deuterium and tritium together in the machine , since the dt reaction releases more energy per fusion than does the dd , and so Princeton hope that the faster energy release might enable them to cross the breakeven threshold .
30 ‘ And first of all , I 'm going to climb through the window , ’ she said and reached for a stack of sacking which had been thrown down near the wall and which , piled carefully , might enable her to reach the sill .
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