Example sentences of "[adv] able [to-vb] to [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Consequently , such marketing boards have frequently found themselves in a price squeeze , unable to offer a price high enough to producers , but only able to sell to consumers at a loss .
2 In addition , firms will be more able to respond to changes in demand by innovating and providing new products , once they are released from the bureaucratic requirements of state control .
3 Weaver and his colleagues ( 1985 ) found that residents most able to come to terms with admission were those who had exercised some degree of control or choice in entering residential care .
4 Yet it is often those who have been told of their own imminent death who are most able to come to terms with the idea .
5 We must establish a dynamic industry that is readily able to adapt to changes in the market .
6 I hurt her pride and she was never able to come to terms with that .
7 Robert had earlier won the 250cc race but in the superbike he was forced to make up ground after a bad start and was never able to get to grips with the leader .
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