Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [verb] [adv] been able " in BNC.
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| 1 | At school leaving age , parents who had previously been able to cope with a child attending or possibly boarding at a special school are faced with the continuing prospect of full time life with their mentally handicapped son or daughter who may be unable to find a place in a training centre or enter full time education . |
| 2 | The Westernizers and Slavophiles who had hitherto been able to voice their opinions only with extreme caution embarked upon a deliberate policy of circulating handwritten memoranda . |
| 3 | In six years she had never been able to cultivate that devil-may-care attitude that seemed to characterise the gentleman at the Feathers . |
| 4 | The only two dates I have ever been able to remember are the date of my birth and 1066 , the year that William the Conqueror first visited England . |
| 5 | Scientists themselves have always been able to work in laboratories during the week , and to pray in places of worship at the week-end , by accepting the separation of the domains . |
| 6 | ‘ I was a Classic in my youth , madam , and although I have always been deeply interested in the works of the Roman poets and the Roman historians I have never been able to summon up much enthusiasm for Roman architecture . |
| 7 | From Pepita 's symptoms he had rapidly been able to diagnose what kind of spider had bitten her and administer the antidote to its poison . |