Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] [modal v] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Free People will be able to announce that being in a family is corrupting . |
| 2 | These are adequate for most purposes if they are used properly , since different people will be able to deduce from the answers information which is relevant to the job they want to fill . |
| 3 | Now Mill realizes that the objection to this is the last problem coercion , that if people 's votes are known , then some people might be able to put pressure on others to vote one way rather than another and as I said why the secret ballot was brought in in the first place . |
| 4 | The idea is simply not credible to me that the British people will be able to exert their will through a European Parliament on such matters as , for instance , how many people from beyond their shores will be able to settle here or whether taxes should be lowered — thus halting , perhaps , some road-building programme in Greece — or whether Britain should continue to maintain her close links across the Atlantic . |
| 5 | Unless the analyst produces a fine-grained phonetic transcription ( which very few people would be able to read fluently ) details of accent and pronunciation are lost . |
| 6 | Few people will be able to complete the route in one go , but luckily it is accessible by public transport at a number of staging points , so it can be split into chunks more manageable in a fortnight 's holiday . |
| 7 | Mr Peter Letley , finance director , said he hoped that 500 of the firm 's 800 staff would be able to resume normal working today at James Capel House in Bevis Marks . |
| 8 | If that space is a particularly rich environment , such as a coral reef , and food of many kinds is plentiful , many different species will be able to live there together providing they can tell one another apart instantly . |
| 9 | Such people should be able to fight well from a lagging position . |
| 10 | After 1991 people will be able to deposit £1,800 a year over five years in a special account in any bank or building society . |
| 11 | But more and more lucky people will be able to plan their retirement around the cash their parents leave them . |
| 12 | The plan is that none of these people will be able to purchase any of the seven thousand tickets available to England for the first round matches . |
| 13 | This also gives information and current figures for other types of allowances which elderly people may be able to claim , such as those for the registered blind , allowances for the cost of a resident housekeeper ( relative or non-relative ) , and allowances for elderly people who are maintaining a daughter who has to live with them to care for them because of their age or infirmity . |
| 14 | Just over 500 people will be able to see each performance — and Mr Rickman is expecting one very special guest . |
| 15 | Even the most sensitive-skinned people should be able to use it . |
| 16 | Even the most sensitive-skinned people should be able to use it . |
| 17 | ‘ If Mrs Thatcher had resigned out of the blue , then I think more people would be able to remember what they were doing , ’ says Dr Wright . |
| 18 | The recession has hit the printing industry hard and the Media Union says it 's unlikely staff will be able to find a similar job . |
| 19 | Older people must be able to take matters into their own hands . |
| 20 | Disabled people will be able to watch birds at Fishburn Pond , Bishop Middleham , from a hide built by construction students at New College , Durham . |
| 21 | Disabled people will be able to use a hand-held transmitter which will trigger an alarm to alert staff that there is someone outside who requires help . |
| 22 | Self-employed people will be able to purchase vouchers and receive similar tax advantages . |
| 23 | I still intend to train as a doctor , because I feel there is no more interesting and worthwhile way to spend my life , but how many other people will be able to or want to in the future ? |
| 24 | Such a new staff would be able to assist member governments in monitoring compliance with arms control and confidence-building measures in Europe . |
| 25 | I am sure that the Attorney-General will agree that it is important that women , blacks and other ethnic minorities , and working-class people should be able to get into the legal professions . |
| 26 | As well as providing study areas , the new building also has exhibition space which local people will be able to use . |
| 27 | Villages are expensive to live in and if they are to become vibrant communities again , local people must be able to earn enough to be able to continue living in them . |
| 28 | In this way , I hoped that most people would be able to share in the excitement and feeling of achievement in the remarkable progress that has been made in physics in the last twenty-five years . |
| 29 | The 600 dpi print resolution sets new standards for laser printing ( although whether most people would be able to tell the difference between , say , 400 dpi and 600 dpi is another matter ) . |