Example sentences of "would enable " in BNC.

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1 Secondly , a failure to perceive the pattern may also occur because we lack within our theoretical base the conceptual framework that would enable us to grasp the structure that is potentially available , given the observations that we have made already .
2 The £54million package now authorised included the cost of forty six four-car dual-voltage electric units , the introduction of which would enable a greater number of existing units to be withdrawn because of more efficient use .
3 I merely want to make the limited point that many of these students — who may be highly intelligent — do not have the existing familiarity with poetry , not to mention the general knowledge and cultural literacy , that would enable them to engage as equals in genuinely critical discussion .
4 The offence of hacking with intent to commit serious crime — including all serious forms of dishonesty , serious offences against the person and blackmail — would enable criminals to be apprehended earlier , he said .
5 Tom Schuller , senior lecturer in continuing education at Warwick University , says that this ‘ third-age entitlement ’ would enable the over-50s to switch careers , to continue working longer and to preserve their independence .
6 These include a government cash injection by way of loan stock , linked to an equity participation which would enable the Government to recoup some of its money if the line is a success .
7 Her husband said the extra 1,100 dollars a month would enable her to go into a private nursing home .
8 Tom Scotland flew 62 ops from Italy with a Pathfinder squadron ( 614 ) ; his autobiography is a story of his search for truth , for something that would enable him to make sense out of all the destruction and chaos that was a part of wartime life .
9 Others such as George Cadbury , who initiated Bournville Village in 1897 , and Joseph Rowntree who started New Earswick Village , York , in 1904 , experimented in creating model communities of houses built at prices which would enable them to be let at rents within the reach of working-class incomes .
10 ‘ . Eliot 's thoughts on civilization would be developed in America , where his longing for the scenes of his youth would also be satisfied and would enable him to return to London to minister , witch-doctor-like , to his civilization , to purify the dialect of his adopted tribe .
11 In a way it functioned for us like window shopping : a random five minute slice of a feature would enable us to decide whether to see the whole thing at the Shoals , Princess or Majestic in Florence , when it resurfaced there .
12 The British realized during the war years that they could never reap the benefits of the expected postwar boom in international civil aviation without a coherent national programme that would enable Britain to compete on equal terms with the United States .
13 He reiterated that the USA had a huge advantage in aircraft , and a combination of the escalator clause with fifth freedom rights ‘ would enable American aircraft to carry most of the traffic between the UK and the Dominions of India and all foreign countries , as well as between all nations of the Commonwealth ’ .
14 For Marx this historical work was also political , because he believed that understanding the workers ' condition through the study of history would enable them the better to fight it .
15 You might argue that such an investigation , though time-consuming , would enable you to build up the picture you want .
16 Both treatments would enable patients to be awake and so to receive light at their earlier ‘ critical period ’ .
17 Consumer groups claimed full and clear labelling of food products would be preferred , which would enable customers to choose between similar products and ‘ to decide for themselves as to what constituted the best quality at a given price . ’
18 Too few filmmakers have recognized that the argument for a British cinema could only begin when they showed a readiness to listen to people 's dreams and nightmares , and play them back to audiences in exciting narratives that would enable those watching to know themselves a little better , and to feel a widening sense of possibility in the way they shaped their lives .
19 The development was welcomed by exhibitors , who felt that stage adaptations would enable them to attract a better class of customer , but they were n't to know what they were letting themselves in for .
20 Mr Ronald Williams of the Forestry Industry Committee of Great Britain said the land being released would enable foresters to grow a greater variety of trees in a more attractive way .
21 Mr Derek Jackson , Smiths ' managing director , said that the agreement would not increase unit costs and would enable the company to ‘ bid prices ’ which won business .
22 It would enable better planning and performance .
23 ‘ Sealink shares the view that scope for higher fares may now be greater but the economies of pooling would enable the ferries to offer a superior , uniform product and have a better chance of survival if the tunnel competition proves to be severe . ’
24 A points scheme would enable a maxium of 50,000 heads of households , plus their dependants , to be awarded full British citizenship without having to leave Hong Kong .
25 For the Liberal Democrats , Mr David Steel said the scheme would fail to provide the assurances that would enable people to stay in Hong Kong and would ‘ involve so many arbitrary choices , where X will be chosen instead of Y ’ which would be ‘ very unacceptable ’ .
26 But Admiral Turner pointed out that any mention in court of money would enable the dictator to cite in his defence secret payments from the CIA and the Drug Enforcement Agency .
27 Though some of the President 's advisers wished to use the crisis to drive Britain out of the nuclear deterrent business altogether , Kennedy had no intention of doing so , and insisted on a formula being found that would enable Britain to buy Polaris without jeopardizing the US policy of working towards a NATO Multilateral or Multinational nuclear force .
28 This would enable Hongkong Bank to avoid paying a packet for goodwill and for it to remain a Hongkong bank while Midland remained British .
29 His international reputation would do credit to Soviet music ; state support would enable him to compose without having to earn his living on the concert platform .
30 It could not get hold of me and stifle me ; for it would employ only my hands and a certain section of my knowledge ; the rest of me would be free : after office hours my escape would be absolute ; and then the holidays would enable me , according to my powers and my wishes , to live another life as different as that of Jekyll from that of Hyde .
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