Example sentences of "able [to-vb] [adv] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , whether employed by a large , medium or small establishment , the receptionist will be required to have a sound general knowledge of business practice , and , if called upon to do so , must be able to perform competently and efficiently the following tasks : |
| 2 | The part of the increase due to its ‘ privileged ’ position of being able to borrow cheaply and invest profitably abroad must have been rather small , let alone the part which could be in any way attributed to direct pressure on foreign central banks to provide this finance . |
| 3 | I was now able to breathe properly and started to feel over my body with both hands . |
| 4 | Having uncovered so much that is praiseworthy so far it is nice to be able to carry on and commend the sound . |
| 5 | With luck you 'll be able to carry on and enjoy your holiday . ’ |
| 6 | She was lying full length and was helped back on the platform and she was able to sit up and talk . ’ |
| 7 | His lace assumes a natural look he 's able to sit up and breathe more normally and for a time seems well My dear Dr Dunstaple , perhaps you could explain to us why , if the symptoms are caused , as you seem to believe , by damage to the lungs or by a poison circulating in the blood and depressing the action of the heart … why it 's possible that these symptoms should thus be suspended by an injection of warm water holding a little salt in solution ? " |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a shame , ’ he shrugs , ‘ cause I came out here thinkin' we 'd be able to sit down and talk . |
| 9 | If a character manages to take the wand he 's not going to be able to sit down and figure out what it does in the heat of battle , so it 's not usable immediately . |
| 10 | That was quite nice , to see somebody that I 'd been in prison with and still be able to sit down and talk the same old way . |
| 11 | With small gardens the work should not be excessive — you should be able to sit down and enjoy the fruits of your labour . |
| 12 | In the wake of the War of Independence , Americans were able to sit down and generate a political system from first principles . |
| 13 | You know , just so you know what it is , so when you come into the lesson next week you 'll be able to sit down and attempt it . |
| 14 | She wanted to be able to sit there and be like them , to sit there and sip Coke and not to have to worry about whether she would laugh at the right moments . |
| 15 | But , instead of being able to sit back and enjoy this baby , she has also to look after the other children who may only just have left the baby stage themselves . |
| 16 | With this new approach we are able to sit back and enjoy the delightful escapades of young kittens at play without any moral posturing . |
| 17 | It was n't jerky , just a little unsettling , and Maxim might not have been asking so many questions if he 'd been able to sit back and watch the countryside flow past . |
| 18 | The occupational therapist had asked Esther 's husband to prepare a downstairs bathroom and toilet for Esther , as she thought she would never be able to go up and down stairs on her own . |
| 19 | With the High Court 's decision , the golf course is now able to go ahead and the Park authority is liable for the costs of both the original appeal at Public Enquiry and of the hearing in the High Court . |
| 20 | Another reason to be grateful for all the publicity and discussion about child abuse is that former victims are seeking treatment at a far earlier age than was previously the case and therefore are able to go on and live a normal life once that treatment is complete . |
| 21 | Alright , I mean there 's I think we 've got more responsibilities where the husband tends to be able to go away and do that a lot easier than what a woman would be able to do . |
| 22 | I have accepted part of it , and I 've amended it to ensure that we can overcome the criticisms er that would have been involved if we 'd left it er as it was , er and above all , and I think this is the most important thing , we 've made sure that it will work , er and that it will meet our objectives of getting competition into the franchises , if we 'd just ended up with one great monolithic British Rail , after all each franchise remember will be coming gradually , they wo n't be doing them all at once , there will be one next year , several the year after , and so on , if British Rail had been able to go around and pick them off , and say , Well we can run this now in the future much better than we 've done it in the past , so we 'll bid , and we 'll bid a low bid , that really would n't have been getting fair and proper competition into the system , so what i what I 've done is ensured , as I 've done all the way through in this bill in accepting amendments , that we make sure we achieve our objectives , and that above all it 's workable , the , as it was it would n't as it was the Paignton amendment would n't have been workable , because there would have been total chaos and confusion |
| 23 | He had not been able to go out and be at ease with people . |
| 24 | Mercifully , by the third day Nigel got some time on his own and was able to go out and buy a meal . |
| 25 | They are able to go out and market the product they 've got , and farmers are traditionally bad at marketing . ’ |
| 26 | It may , for example , be necessary to undertake more home visiting than is thought usual , at least until the time when the bereaved person feels more able to go out and face the world again . |
| 27 | Wiv all the money we 'll make from the match day market and the find the lady stall in the boardroom — oh sorry , no , you 've already got one — we 'll be able to go out and buy a few proper players . |
| 28 | ‘ All we ever wanted was for for Laura to get back to health and be able to go out and play with Louis , ’ said Fran who is expecting her third child . |
| 29 | With four minutes left I was worried — worried whether I would be able to go out and eat for the next week or so . |
| 30 | ‘ All I want is to be able to go out and play with my friends , ’ she says . |