Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new employee does not have to be an exact replacement of the former employee , but may be able to perform a more productive and better defined role . |
| 2 | Later , the project was able to borrow a more advanced flux-gate magnetometer and the preliminary conclusions from Rodney Hale , an experienced electronics engineer , as a result of further work , are that there is a magnetic field within the circle which fluctuates relative to that outside over a period of hours . |
| 3 | At first glance it also looks like the perfect market of classic economic theory , where all potential buyers and sellers are simultaneously in touch with each other and able to agree the most acceptable price to meet their requirements . |
| 4 | If the bereaved is your mother-in-law you have the problem of trying to help someone with whose personality and reactions you may not be entirely familiar ; but you will have the advantage of being able to remain a little more detached from the throbbing centre of her pain and therefore freer to be objective in the help you give her , without in any way reducing the flow of sympathy and affection she will hope to receive from you . |
| 5 | Even so the British were able to dilute the more extreme American demands for their integration into Western Europe , for the introduction of American managerial methods , and for trade liberalization . |
| 6 | And the families of those in the forces will be able to breathe a little easier , instead of fearing the worst every time their loved ones go out to work . |
| 7 | Some bold people had contrived to take away so much stuff that later , when clothing became very short , they were able to conduct a very lucrative business on the black market . |
| 8 | Genette 's Narrative Discourse , by contrast , is able to include a much wider range of narrative elements and to use the linguistic analogy in the most flexible way . |
| 9 | As a result of the advances being made in veterinary medicine our dogs are healthier , live longer and are able to enjoy a more active life than their predecessors . |
| 10 | Thus you will already be aerobically fit , that is able to sustain a relatively low work-load over a long period . |
| 11 | By 1870 Europe was able to sustain a rapidly rising population , largely from its own resources : the agricultural revolution , including the critical part which drainage had played in it , had worked . |
| 12 | Shooting can be effective and sporting too , but I think it vital that everyone who shoots in these situations should be a very capable gun and able to kill a very large proportion of what he fires at . |
| 13 | Indeed , because of its aesthetic claims — the lie of the land , the thatched cottages , the grazing livestock — there is a belief that life in the countryside must be meaningful , worthwhile , and able to support a socially desirable pattern of life for all people , whether rich or poor . |
| 14 | He was thus able to acquire an unusually extensive knowledge for his day of ancient literature , including the works of St Augustine and the scientific writings of the elder Pliny . |
| 15 | By eliminating the formal codes of obedience which in the conventual life she would have owed to her mother superior and to the canons of her order and to episcopal authority , she was able to claim a more radical obedience , an obedience to God alone . |
| 16 | The landlords were able to enforce the somewhat broadly worded covenant and after due notice evict the tenants for breach of covenant . |
| 17 | But not even Barnes could break down a Springbok side able to absorb the most intense pressure and punish every error . |
| 18 | Even so , an employee with a quick-moving and imaginative lawyer may occasionally be able to launch a surprisingly effective counterattack when he learns that his job is on the line . |
| 19 | We would therefore be able to provide a much better service . |
| 20 | Concepts such as proportionality or legal certainty may be able to provide a more finely tuned approach . |
| 21 | Er a bus system however is more able to provide a more diffuse pattern of access to those areas , from outside , wherever the new settlement is located . |
| 22 | Mr Lloyd said yesterday : ‘ My duty is to get the management able to provide the most constructive and positive regime for prisoners and to secure the best value for money . |
| 23 | JOHN Major 's income tax cut which Labour described as a bribe should be in the people 's pockets in mid-May , but he should be able to provide an even greater post-election thank you for the majority of voters in the form of a stabilised housing market . |
| 24 | In the health service , for example , doctors have been able to secure a very full involvement in policy making within the service as one of the prices for participation . |
| 25 | The person who creates a crisis in a relationship which is not going well such that the two part company and he or she is able to establish a more suitable and rewarding partnership may do much better than the person who avoids crises and settles for a far from ideal partner . |
| 26 | ‘ We have now been able to establish the most efficient operational procedure to be followed , ’ said Natasha , ‘ and this has been set up to ensure the highest standards of quality and productivity . ’ |
| 27 | Short-term memory seems able to contain a fairly constant number of chunks , regardless of who much or how little information each contains . |
| 28 | Word spread that he was producing custom-build detectors able to meet the most demanding requirements , and the foundations of the Garrett legend had been laid . |
| 29 | However , as MacPherson and others have pointed out , such a formulation fails to come to terms with the central dilemma confronting liberalism , which is that in an unequal society , where some people come to depend on provision made by others in order to pursue their livelihood , all are not equally able to lead a fully human existence . |
| 30 | Bella is a well known artist in her 60s , her husband is almost 25 years younger , an actor and less successful , but together they are able to lead a very attractive life . |