Example sentences of "have to [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently no known tank force could break through a six-lane snarl-up , so the authorities have to be able to whistle up a traffic jam within minutes . |
| 2 | You have to be able to hold your heads as high as anybody else in Dublin . |
| 3 | ‘ You just have to be able to identify the good punters , ’ they say , ‘ the really big hitters , and be able to talk to them , and that 's it basically . ’ |
| 4 | But the snag is that first you have to be able to recover the GEMs to culture them to do the catechol yellowing test . |
| 5 | They not only have to be able to get there but they have to be able to get their words and pictures out . |
| 6 | They not only have to be able to get there but they have to be able to get their words and pictures out . |
| 7 | But , until then , I have to be able to sort out the confusion for my clients . ’ |
| 8 | To succeed , they have to be able to draw on their full resources , built up over a lifetime . |
| 9 | We have to be able to make distinctions between parents , usually mothers , who are not suspected of involvement and parents , usually — although not exclusively — fathers , who are . |
| 10 | We have to be able to make measurements of welfare ; when we have done that , and discovered how good or poor the welfare is , ethical decisions have to be taken , and individuals will have their own ideas about what is acceptable . |
| 11 | But there is a limit to how much can be done on these lines , because the sections have to be able to hear each other to maintain precise rhythm . |
| 12 | Sometimes you have to be able to handle the phone as well as you handle horses . |
| 13 | ‘ All VIA employees have to be able to speak French . |
| 14 | Have to be able to talk about it to the owners tonight . |
| 15 | ‘ You have to be able to judge the children 's moods , ’ says Sarah . |
| 16 | I SEE A COMPARISON BETWEEN yourselves and ‘ The Most Dangerous Band In The World ’ on the Letterman Show in America , in that you have to be able to back anyone who comes on the show . |
| 17 | We have to be able to trust someone out there , do n't we ? |
| 18 | You have to be able to prove you can do it . ’ |
| 19 | Apart from focusing your blow , you also have to be able to judge your distance , so that if you ever have to kick or punch somebody , you 'll automatically know whether you can reach them . |
| 20 | And as radio and television are largely concerned with talk , these aspirants have to be able to do it to succeed in their quest . |
| 21 | For others to regard you as having status , you have to be able to communicate it . |
| 22 | But in Pakistan , where the grounds are rough and hard , the ball soon loses its shine and you have to be able to perform with the old one . |
| 23 | More importantly , the company 's development people have to be able to handle simultaneously a wide range of projects , often at different stages ( feasibility , formulation development , process scale-up ) and generally on different major compounds ; it is experience which develops both scientific competence and real commercial awareness . |
| 24 | Obviously , these tigers have to be able to make regular contact with each other , yet there are very few reserves that satisfy this requirement . |
| 25 | The offspring have to be able to reproduce in their turn and this means that they must have sufficient food and space in which to breed . |
| 26 | When someone says ‘ Hey , you 're whining again' , you have to be able to say ‘ Thank you ’ , rather than ‘ Who the hell are you to talk ? ’ |
| 27 | They have to be able to think how long this or that will last , or when it will recur … . |
| 28 | In other words we have to be able to demonstrate that we can do better by some sort of synergy in the group ; if we ca n't do that then the group is better broken up and the individual parts allowed to fly free and attract their own shareholding . |
| 29 | According to Richard Feigen , ‘ It does the art dealing profession a lot of harm if they are perceived as traffickers of stolen merchandise … dealers have to be able to stand behind what they represent , and know that it was bought legally otherwise you lose your client 's trust ’ . |
| 30 | They have to be able to set aside their own intentions , purposes , experiences , and expectations . |