Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they fail to win 50 per cent this time , they are not expected to be able to rebuild the alliance . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sure you know ’ , Miss Honey said , ‘ that children in the bottom class at school are not expected to be able to read or spell or juggle with numbers when they first arrive . |
| 3 | It is acceptable to ask them over for a meal they are not expected to be able to manage without a caring woman . |
| 4 | In addition to being good teachers able to motivate their students they are also expected to be able to plan and present a scheme of work , write a syllabus with clear aims and objectives . |
| 5 | David Atkin , for example , was particularly interested in the issue of leisure opportunities : ‘ I want to find out how leisure activities can be improved because from what I 've seen most disabled people in Hexham are fairly limited in being able to get out . ’ |
| 6 | One of the initial purposes of the World Bank was to aid post-war reconstruction through the provision of finance , since private capital markets were not expected to be able to cope with the scale of the problem . |
| 7 | We girls were only the workhorses really — we read the instruments , plotted the charts , made the tea and kept the office clean , and were not meant to be able to give a weather forecast . |
| 8 | Alan Bleakley tells of some very fruitful rituals including working with archetypal images which have taken place at various stone circles in Cornwall where individuals were considerably helped by being able to tune in to the spirit of the place . |