Example sentences of "[pers pn] are [verb] [prep] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | You need to know where your blind spots are if you are going to be able to use the wing mirror of your intuition successfully . |
| 2 | PISCES Whether or not you are going to be able to fully exercise your ability to earn a high income is likely to be revealed this week ! |
| 3 | More generally , the fact that literary studies is sometimes thought of as a general training in thinking and writing means that you are expected to be able to control how you write — in particular , that you are able consistently to use a particular appropriate register . |
| 4 | We are hoping to be able to subtitle further bulletins shortly . |
| 5 | What is controversial about functionalism is its claim that we are going to be able to make significant generalizations about behaviour only if we think about what is going on in the brain at a particular level of description . |
| 6 | The more successful it is , the more we are going to be able to offer subscribers , and that in itself should make it even more successful . ’ |
| 7 | The difficulty I think that we 're facing , is that it 's happening in year two of a four year transition period , before we 've really got to grips with what the long-term position is , what the overall demands are , and to what degree we are going to be able to model , change , control and , and influence those demands . |
| 8 | Student pilots need plenty of practice at dealing with both these kinds of situation during their basic training if they are to learn to be able to spot them developing . |
| 9 | This group also has a sitting-in service , which is often necessary for carers if they are going to be able to get away and attend meetings at all . |
| 10 | Teachers need to be able to understand and manage their own stress , to be able to deal with it effectively and intelligently , before they are going to be able even to think about what changes they would like to make , and to form realistic appraisals of what is possible . |
| 11 | State officials are dependent upon capitalist economic development and growth if they are going to be able to pursue their interests and sustain themselves in office , so they are constrained to act in the interests of capital , although not necessarily in its optimal interests ( Offe , 1984 ) . |
| 12 | Often the attraction of broader approaches like counselling is that they are thought to be able to tackle many massive problems at the same time . |