Example sentences of "able [verb] [prep] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe , if she had been a little older or more sophisticated , she might have been able to cope with what had seemed at the time to be a never-ending series of disasters . |
| 2 | But it will make you feel better able to cope with what the world is throwing at you and it will give you a better feeling about yourself . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He does n't think the world will be able to agree on what should be done on global warming . |
| 4 | What Marshall and Clock did was to vary certain aspects of text structure , and look at the effect in terms of how well subjects were able to write about what they recalled from the passage in question . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | The County Council as I 'm aware was not actually consulted on these particular applications , and therefore I 'm not really in a position to be able to comment as what the County Council 's position . |
| 7 | And it 's not until that economic climate changes that people are l are able to relate to what the politicians say . |
| 8 | As they work with poetry , children are able to reflect on what they know , to extend their understanding and to make new discoveries . |
| 9 | It should be possible to develop a system of categories whereby management is able to state at what grade of consultation a certain issue will be dealt with . |
| 10 | It was a nagging frustration for Mary to go up to the Ryans and not be able to talk about what was going on at Riverstown . |
| 11 | Perception , therefore , at least in the human domain , seems to involve being able to talk about what we see , hear , or smell , and thereby to entertain beliefs about its objects . |
| 12 | Talking in Leicester this week and last week to groups of black women , some black women are saying I have never thought before about being able to talk about what I am and making up my own mind . |
| 13 | Once men were released from trying to defend them as scientific documents they were able to listen to what the text was actually saying . |
| 14 | For only when one is able to discriminate between what must be discarded and what still remains as valuable for the future will one also be able to decide whether one is ready to strike out in the new direction consciously and positively . |
| 15 | The Office for Fine Arts has not made definite plans about the procedure to be followed but it is thought that those institutions which already have some of the works of art on loan will be allowed to keep them , while the museums will be able to choose from what is left . |
| 16 | Just as each child has to learn a series of lessons and skills as he passes from class to class until he is ready to enter the senior school , so I believe that the spirit too is given a series of lessons to learn before it is free of earthly life altogether and able to progress in whatever is the equivalent of its senior school . |
| 17 | When you return you are able to detect under which cup the coin is placed . |
| 18 | Eventually every electricity user will be able to buy from whichever supplier offers the best deal . |
| 19 | For our analysis , however , we need to be able to differentiate between what we call a village and those places which are hamlets . |
| 20 | I think you will have found that this exercise produced more thoughts , images and ideas than you were able to use in what you finally wrote . |
| 21 | On St Valentine 's day ( 14 February ) viewers with sets that can receive the Prestel teletext service will be able to vote on which ending they prefer to see to a Valentine love story . |
| 22 | He really became able to deal with whatever insecurities he had as an artiste or I hope that 's what it was . ’ |
| 23 | We related to her how everything happened ; she exulted and gloried and was now blessing you ( O God ) who are able to do above what we can ask or conceive , because she recognized that with regard to me you have given her so much more than she used to beg for when she wept so pitifully before you . |
| 24 | If all went well with the Air Services package agreed in June 1992 , EEC airlines would be able to fly between whatever airports in different countries within the Community they chose ( subject only to complying with safety and noise standards and assuming the availability of ground and air space ) and charging the economic fares they chose . |
| 25 | He would then be able to judge to which of the latter he could most advantageously give his second preference , and this informed choice could well not be the same as the " blind " choice the STV obliges him to make . |
| 26 | Your solicitor will be able to advise on what your will needs to include . |
| 27 | It is important to be able to think about what has taken place once the session is over and to know that all the things you said were a product of your own subconscious and therefore likely to be extremely relevant to your own development . |
| 28 | Ah well I 'd like to be able to pay for what I want too you know . |
| 29 | The heavy expense of furnishing a home and then supplying the needs of a young family is difficult to meet straight out of income : but a long working life should give reasonable expectations of these young couples being able to pay off what they owe . ’ |
| 30 | It mean that we may not be able to rejoice in what is happening now . |