Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] to be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd made her feelings towards him abundantly clear , of course , and common sense decreed that he leave this little drama to fizzle out , but he 'd glimpsed too many enigmas tonight to be able to shrug off his unease and walk away . |
| 2 | So I hope you see , that this Aldershot method which several people have mentioned is is a very effective way of structuring what you do here it can also be used very simply in in a meeting just to be able to put your point across simply but effectively . |
| 3 | So we need to identify to what extent the o the quotes problem erm is cau is , is skewing the figures primarily to be able to get a forecast view of , okay what 's the overtime likely to do over the year ? |
| 4 | It may train its advisers sufficiently to be able to give para-legal advice in those cases which do not require professional assistance ; it may refer the client to a solicitor ; it may arrange a rota scheme whereby a solicitor attends at the CAB office to see clients ; it may try to appoint its own solicitor . |
| 5 | If you have embarked on this decision , entertaining friends at home may became increasingly difficult too , for your parent may look forward always to being present on these occasions , without realising for one moment that her daughter needs the opportunity sometimes to be able to relate to her friends alone , so that she can project her personality freely and share confidences and opinions with people of her own generation . |
| 6 | Rather , its purpose is to simplify the issues sufficiently to be able to put a coherent structure on the following discussions about some of the ways in which the various factors interrelate , and the possibility of intervention . |
| 7 | Too often she had seen her mother frowning with anxiety as she divided the contents of her father 's wage packet up between the jars labelled ‘ Rent ’ and ‘ Electric ’ and ‘ Coal Money ’ , too often at the end of the week she had watched her count out the pennies for a pound of sausages only to be able to buy just a half-pound , two for her father , one each for Paula and Sally , and only the scrapings of the pan to go with her own potatoes . |
| 8 | And that I mean is one of the major criticisms against a functional approach , that sometimes you need to know what 's going on inside the box fully to be able to fully appreciate the behaviour anyway . |
| 9 | In so far as they do , they are troubled : they try to find a way for women to be represented in a religion where the Godhead is conceived in male terms , and a way indeed to be able to associate themselves with a male God or Christ . |
| 10 | A power for nobody to determine or for one party only to be able to determine is inconsistent with the concept of a term from year to year : see Warner v. Browne , 8 East 165 and Cheshire Lines Committee v. Lewis & Co . , |
| 11 | Because it seems that erm it 's a luxury for the middle class really to be able to afford Traidcraft erm prices . |