Example sentences of "[pron] [be] able [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That argument would I think be very persuasive if I were able to be confident that the levels of conversion is one which would be an adequate and proper one , it is relatively new , there is nothing wrong with that , it is not apparently been a conversion which has been put into practice , except in the last year because have only started conversion when the Nissan Serena was brought out . |
| 2 | I 'm not patting myself on the back — it 's a highly competitive business and one needs selfish , single-minded dedication to succeed , but because female comics were rare in my day , competition was negligible , and I was able to be generous . |
| 3 | It would be lovely if many of you were able to be present on that day . |
| 4 | But this she found easier to bear , partly because Mrs. Mounce had so many troubles herself that she was able to be kind back to her , and partly because Mrs. Mounce 's world and Mrs. Mounce 's advice seemed even more remote and unreal than Jannie 's . |
| 5 | There they were able to be independent of the Iranian state authorities — a tradition that has continued since . |
| 6 | They were able to be original in their methods precisely because the Labour movement was weak and did not trap them in the confines of established institutions and procedures . |