Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [verb] [prep] be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this neat division of labour is predicated on being able to distinguish traded and non-traded goods in a precise fashion . |
| 2 | But the processing capability is in itself , no matter how good the program , only half the benefit ; the other half is derived from being able to get the answers when they are wanted and not have to wait for them . |
| 3 | Paragram is claimed to be able to generate an executable representation of the application when the application definition is complete . |
| 4 | Competency-based teacher education — the requiring of teacher education institutions to specify and demonstrate what each teacher is expected to be able to do as a result of his/her training ; |
| 5 | The singer is expected to be able to realize and express the emotional and spiritual implications of what he is singing . |
| 6 | A human nose is reported to be able to detect and identify an organic sulphur compound at a concentration of one molecule per billion molecules of air , far lower than any present day instrumental technique . |
| 7 | ‘ A young lecturer is meant to be able to get friends without paying for them . ’ |
| 8 | Science is expected to be able to provide a guarantee that a bridge of some design will withstand various stresses and not collapse , but not that all bridges of that design will be satisfactory . |
| 9 | Fourthly , a mathematical model is needed to be able to calculate air pollution levels from an emission inventory of an area under varying meteorological conditions and to predict air pollution levels arising from proposed changes to emissions in an area . |
| 10 | Now expected late next month , the pen-driven handheld computer is said to be able to organise data such as an appointments diary and can communicate with other machines by dialling phone numbers and sending facsimile messages . |
| 11 | Either way , the chances are that there will be a very large number of people , possibly several million , depending on the subject of the research , and there is no way that the researcher is going to be able to deliver a questionnaire to them all , still less interview them face to face . |
| 12 | State the behavioural objectives to be reached at the end of the programme , i.e. what the learner is expected to be able to do . |
| 13 | The only obligations to transfer economic benefits which should not be taken into account are those which would not be considered in accordance with the going concern concept , that is , those which would only arise on the insolvency of the issuer and , where the issuer is expected to be able to comply with covenants on loan and similar agreements , those which would follow a breach of those covenants . |
| 14 | Half-way houses such as Agfa 's 400dpi and AM Varityper 's 600dpi printers are available and , certainly with the latter , no normally sighted reader is going to be able to tell the difference . |