Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | The retailer needs to be able to plan how she uses her money , to work out how much profit she needs to make to stay in business — and to grow . |
| 2 | This presents a major obstacle , in so far as the would-be acquirer needs to be able to calculate the attitude of a target company 's owners to an offer , given that the management will often be uncooperative . |
| 3 | The masses are usually characterised by Class 2 residues , which the governing elite has to be able to manipulate for its own purposes . |
| 4 | Pareto is clear that political activity is not necessarily a moralising activity ; on the contrary , the governing elite has to be able and willing to use violence , corruption , guilt and deceit to ensure public order , national independence and social conditions for the growth of national prosperity . |
| 5 | Each round the character must make a T test to be able to hold his breath . |
| 6 | A French company wishing to build a plant in West Germany needs to be able to turn its French francs into D-marks . |
| 7 | These salts need to have a high ‘ Biological Availability ’ ie the horse has to be able to efficiently digest and absorb the minerals . |
| 8 | The first decision to be faced is whether the institution needs to be able to make its own recordings . |
| 9 | Sergeant Major , you 've been in the Army for about nigh on twenty years now , do you think that a soldier has to be able to cope with that sort of taunting and name calling when he 's on the streets of Belfast for example . |
| 10 | It introduces inflexibility and excessive bureaucratic controls at a time when the industry needs to be able to develop along economic lines . |
| 11 | Many people and firms want to borrow money for long periods of time , and yet many depositors want to be able to withdraw their deposits on demand or at short notice . |
| 12 | A horse needs to be able to use its different senses of sight , hearing , touch , smell , and taste , and to perceive change and variety . |
| 13 | Indeed , a good strong stock needs to be able to get rid of all it has to push into the scion , without any hindrance . |
| 14 | ‘ We feel a defender has to be able to defend well first and foremost and that was n't the best part of Jeff 's game . |
| 15 | ‘ We feel a defender has to be able to defend well first and foremost and that was n't the best part of Jeff 's game . |
| 16 | ‘ Drivers want to be able to put the same smart card in a holder ( or a different card in the same holder ) whether driving in the Netherlands or on a French autoroute , ’ says Ian Catling , a member of an EC group which is ensuring that electronic Babel is avoided on the roads . |
| 17 | The Christian mind which he revered was then and ever after the mind of William Temple , whom Hoskyns thought to be able but superficial . |
| 18 | The first essentials for any cloud flying in large cumulus are that the glider must be properly equipped for serious flying , and the pilot must be competent and experienced enough at instrument flying to be able to regain control from any attitude without having to use the airbrakes . |
| 19 | I think I must make the ordinary orders to costs , well what I will do is erm doctor must I think pay the costs of the appeal against the order of master erm both here and below on the other hand the defendant seems to be able to bear the costs of the appeal against the September order , that 's the order , that 's the order of , is that Mr ? , er sorry when I say the doc doctor bears the costs must er in fact he must , right , it is the August , that 's the August decision both , both before erm the taxing officer and on this appeal and er the , I dismiss the defendants appeal against the September board with costs |
| 20 | Depositors ceased to be able to withdraw their money . |
| 21 | Potential candidates had to be able to spell ‘ train ’ . |
| 22 | With a motor and tyres made from plumber 's tubing , their entry had to be able to travel three metres and to carry a weight — and they proved to the judges that it could and it completed the distance in a time of 8.5 secs . |
| 23 | The kids need to be able to learn how to say no . |
| 24 | Units need to be able to offer the highest standards of hygiene while maintaining a homely atmosphere . |
| 25 | Within their own scale of operations all animals need to be able to impose an appearance of order upon their environment ; they need to be able to discriminate favourable ( normal ) from unfavourable ( abnormal ) situations . |
| 26 | The industry wanted to be able to use the funds that it had generated to invest in youth training . |
| 27 | Organizations need to be able to attribute credit and responsibility just as historians do . |
| 28 | However , in our modern industrial world , few women have sufficient exposure to moonlight to be able to synchronise with the lunar rhythm . |
| 29 | It is their secret knowledge that the child wants to be able to share . |
| 30 | Not only should the parent feel able to express upset at the child 's behaviour but equally the child needs to be able to do this towards the parent . |