Example sentences of "going [prep] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Walshes had been caught in a strange yet powerful trap and it was difficult to see how they were going to be able to break free . |
| 2 | This meant that there was now effectively a time limit on how long I was going to be able to stay in my broom cupboard . |
| 3 | ‘ How are we going to be able to get in touch with her ? |
| 4 | What is controversial about functionalism is its claim that we are going to be able to make significant generalizations about behaviour only if we think about what is going on in the brain at a particular level of description . |
| 5 | That summer I thought I was going to be able to work in the shop full-time up until I started at St. Martin 's School of Art in the autumn . |
| 6 | If the Prince was going to be able to live off it when he finished his naval career and support the wife that everyone seemed so desperate for him to acquire , something radical had to be done . |
| 7 | Although Gaumont-British also declared a loss in 1937 , of £98,000 , Balcon 's departure from the company was precipitated by the prospect of Maxwell , a man whose production philosophy he abhorred , taking a stake in the company , and a general sense that he was n't going to be able to continue the same broad-based production policy as before . |
| 8 | Frannie 's going to be able to bring Tristram home pretty soon , apparently . ’ |
| 9 | It seemed to Charles , waiting his turn at the public telephone box on the corner by his billet , that they were never going to be able to meet again . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm never going to be able to control it , am I ? ’ she said . |
| 11 | This is probably your best choice where space is limited : you need a minimum of about 2.4m ( 8ft ) of space if you 're going to be able to get out of your car without being a contortionist . |
| 12 | When Sarazen saw him , he decided he gently had to tell Dan that he did not think he was going to be able to carry his bag . |
| 13 | Sometimes Henry wondered whether the junk food industry was going to be able to take the kind of demands Maisie was going to make on it in the years ahead . |
| 14 | If he did , was Henry going to be able to avoid serving him with any ? |
| 15 | If that is so I wonder how members of the public who have to go to the magistrates court are going to be able to travel to either Alton or Aldershot to have their cases heard ? |
| 16 | This group also has a sitting-in service , which is often necessary for carers if they are going to be able to get away and attend meetings at all . |
| 17 | While no one is ever going to be able to focus a SAM on a human heart operating in the ordinary way within the body , many researchers are interested in exploiting this special ability of the acoustic microscope in other ways : to detect otherwise invisible defects inside silicon chips and other microelectric assemblies . |
| 18 | Reg Butler sat beside a roaring gas log fire , smoking a fat cigar and wondering when he was going to be able to retire , relax , play golf , take in the odd West End show like other successful men of seventy-two . |
| 19 | We 're not going to be able to go on as we are . |
| 20 | So there was no way I was going to be able to step out as well . |
| 21 | ‘ Are you going to be able to do it ? |
| 22 | I thought that we were going to be able to love without fear . |
| 23 | You 're not going to be able to pick this up very easily , so fingers on buzzers and no conferring . |
| 24 | If you are still using a standard radio system and only wish to execute the occasional loop or roll , then you can continue with your existing equipment , but you should realise that you are not going to be able to perform round loops or axial rolls . |
| 25 | You 're just not going to be able to maintain your rugby at the highest standard otherwise . |
| 26 | ‘ There are some things that are too subtle for television advertising and you are not going to be able to tell the whole story in 30 seconds . |
| 27 | ‘ I realised he was n't going to be able to stop and all I could do was watch him come closer and closer to me . |
| 28 | If we go into the New Year in 10th place , we are not going to be able to do it . ’ |
| 29 | If the Government decides to regulate a particular area of activity , whether because of public pressure following financial scandals or because of an EC directive , the profession is not going to be able either to make it go against public opinion or to relieve it of its responsibilities under the Treaty of Rome . |
| 30 | The more successful it is , the more we are going to be able to offer subscribers , and that in itself should make it even more successful . ’ |