Example sentences of "be able [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why they 're able to go for these very precise figures of public spending , scientific precision about estimates for the years ahead and then say , ‘ All argument hereafter ceases . |
| 2 | Well , certainly this particular piece of work would have been held up , er the salary that we 're able to provide for this young researcher was absol , absolutely essential , and in Great Britain there is an enormous reliance on charitable funding for research , it 's absolutely essential . |
| 3 | In this way researchers are able to search for direct comparisons between reports and to isolate categories of phenomena . |
| 4 | We are looking for individuals who are able to strive for satisfaction , but who are also able to defend and protect themselves from disappointments and setbacks . |
| 5 | With the increase in the number of people having their own transport , those who have left the area are able to return for the show . |
| 6 | Please confirm that you are able to attend for interview as requested . |
| 7 | It would be helpful if you could confirm by telephone whether you are able to attend for interview on the date and at the time indicated . |
| 8 | developing the range and quality of collaborative activity which the children are able to initiate for themselves , by directly structuring and facilitating a variety of collaborative experiences , and modelling skills and strategies for pupils to take on for themselves . |
| 9 | In others ( Belgium , Finland , Italy and Switzerland ) voters are able to vote for candidates within the list , as well as casting a vote for the party . |
| 10 | Over many years we have together worked towards the day when all the people of South Africa are able to vote for a government of their choice and be in control of their own destiny . |
| 11 | The male guards the next , aerates the eggs and looks after the larvae until they are able to feed for themselves . |
| 12 | Lone mothers in other studies have described how their greater control of resources can offset the lower incomes they are able to secure for their families ( Evason , 1980 ; Graham , 1987b ; Bradshaw and Millar , 1991 ) . |
| 13 | When necessary , however , bees are able to compensate for it . |
| 14 | After a few minutes of practise , subjects adapt and are able to compensate for this distortion . |
| 15 | Like Debbie , Fay starts from the premise that the point of doing a degree is to get a job , as we can see in her statement that science students are able to apply for a wider range of jobs than arts graduates . |
| 16 | This has naturally led to a drop in the price receivers are able to get for a failed business , and thus a drop in the surpluses the receiver hands to the liquidator . |
| 17 | Fortunately , some transracial adopters are able to speak for themselves and are therefore able to correct in some ways the folly of others : |
| 18 | Some companies have successfully trained teams of staff based across the country who are able to speak for the company on everything but board level decisions . |
| 19 | The prices that different social groups are able to afford for land can be seen as an equivalent to natural species competing for space . |
| 20 | The ZIBF Bookshop , through which Zimbabwean book buyers are able to pay for imported books in local currency , is being expanded , and an application has been lodged with the authorities for a significantly increased foreign currency allocation . |
| 21 | Given the state of the war , the undeniable growth of anti-Nazi feeling , and the rising criticism of Hitler himself , which we have been able to document for the years 1942–4 , such reports can hardly have been an accurate reflection of existing attitudes . |
| 22 | If the general practitioner pronounces the patient fit enough , he may be able to start driving a car again , although he may need to retake a driving test if he has not been able to drive for several months . |
| 23 | Their speciality was tunes like In Sans Souci — to remind Twenties Berliners of that nice Sunday afternoon tram ride they could take out to Frederick the Great 's summer palace at Potsdam — a trip no West Berliner has been able to take for half a century . |
| 24 | For the past ten years , managers have generally been able to take for granted that nurses will be there to manage . |
| 25 | Prior to July 1 Soviet Jews had been able to leave for Israel with only a visa . |
| 26 | ‘ We have not been able to account for him and we do n't know where he is and we 're very much interested in talking to him , ’ he said . |
| 27 | His flight had left New York three hours after the Paris flight and by then the worst of the turbulence over the Atlantic had dissipated so he had been able to sleep for most of the journey . |
| 28 | Alix , who had no idea of what the gossip was to be about , but who could sense its ominous crackling in the distance , wanted to go home , but tiresomely Brian , the party-hater , had managed to find his old friend Otto Werner and was deep in conversation about English social class , European intellectuals , the German education system , public schools , and the appointing of JPs and magistrates , a rich vein which they might have been able to explore for another hour at least , had Alix not been at their elbow , murmuring of departure . |
| 29 | We want to wear some of those clothes in the wardrobe that we have n't been able to wear for ages . |
| 30 | It is possible to run all lifts on machine-made snow and this means that Killington has been able to open for skiing from October to June every season since 1982 . |