Example sentences of "[noun] has [prep] be able " in BNC.

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1 The masses are usually characterised by Class 2 residues , which the governing elite has to be able to manipulate for its own purposes .
2 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 .
3 These salts need to have a high ‘ Biological Availability ’ ie the horse has to be able to efficiently digest and absorb the minerals .
4 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 .
5 ‘ 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 .
6 ‘ 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 .
7 In the base camp , 12,000ft below the summit , equipment has to be able to work at -20°C inside tents and — 40°C outside .
8 K2 director Simon Andrews observes : ‘ Anybody who is anybody in Intergraph has to be able to speak English .
9 In addition , textile effluents are very variable in flow and composition , so that the treatment process has to be able to cope with all the fluctuations that can occur from day to day or month to month .
10 The voter has to be able to assess the benefits from public spending ( typically ex ante ) and to form a view of the implications for taxation .
11 A project manager has to be able to look over people 's shoulders electronically to check the work is going to meet specification and if not , will it affect the deadline .
12 The student has to be able to say : I understand this for myself ; I can assent to this , but not that .
13 The student has to be able to take yet a further step , and to be able to take up stances , hold to particular theories , or simply to act .
14 In particular , the subject has to be able to recognize these externalities as intrinsic aspects of itself .
15 The complete human being has to be able to combine both these kinds of mental function , the rational-semiotic-orderly on the one hand and the sensory-emotional-disorderly on the other .
16 The discourse analyst working in the real world has to be able to extract , see as relevant , just those properties of the features of context which are relevant to the particular communicative act which he is describing , and which contribute to the interpretation ( or intended meaning ) of the utterance .
17 The counsellor has to be able to extract from the words being used the feelings and meanings which often lie just beneath the surface .
18 Focusing upon problem emotions means that the counsellor has to be able to pass back information to the counsellee .
19 The community interpreter has to be able to juggle this kind of information all the time .
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