Example sentences of "[noun] had [prep] be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Potential candidates had to be able to spell ‘ train ’ . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Equipment had to be able to travel outside without damage being caused to electrical and refrigeration support gear by vibration or ingress of water . |
| 4 | The parents had to be able to present a full defence , he said , and if the whole case had been heard in Inverness , it would have been almost impossible to fully safeguard their interests and get everybody in the right place at the right time . |
| 5 | It should be pointed out that they were nearly always pressed into the disc at the time of manufacture , not pasted on afterwards ; so the paper and inks had to be able to withstand high temperatures . |
| 6 | A prospective husband had to be able to afford a wife , children and their educational expenses , and the trappings of domestic life . |
| 7 | There was only one criteria for entry into the scheme : would-be owners had to be able to look after their personal care needs . |
| 8 | A king had to be able to create a sense of solidarity among his men . |
| 9 | Such a government had to be able to carry a programme of economies through the House of Commons : this immediately ruled out the possibility of a Labour minority government led by Henderson , as suggested by Moodie in an otherwise illuminating article . |
| 10 | As in the past , this normally involved a process of barter : to obtain information the ambassador had to be able and willing to give it in return . |
| 11 | This approach had to be able to explain the way in which events since 1930 had unfolded — a matter , said Carr , of analysis rather than normative commitment . |
| 12 | There was no doubt in my mind at the time that Ferrari wanted him and that negotiations had reached a fairly advanced point : perhaps exactly the point Mario wanted , the point where he could go to Chapman and say that he 'd like to stay at Lotus but that Chapman had to be able to match Ferrari 's money . |
| 13 | In a speech on July 29 Aristide announced that all official papers would be written in both Creole and French and that all ministers and state and government employees had to be able to read and write Creole , " in memory of all the peasants who had died for the country 's sake " . |
| 14 | Technically the production had to be able to cater for precisely lined-up inlay shots , half-silvered mirror shots , glass shots and back-projections to overcome the great hurdle of having the travellers and the ‘ giants ’ in the same shots . |