Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] [prep] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | TODAY does not believe in merely telling the Government that something must be done without being able to suggest positive moves . |
| 2 | The client must be helped to be able to rationalize and accept their symptoms as natural bodily processes — a signal to reduce stress , rather than a signal of impending doom . |
| 3 | It should also be noted that at the beginning of an assignment , the composition of both vendor and purchaser must be known to be able to consider taking advantage of this exclusion . |
| 4 | Meetings therefore always took place at five-thirty in the evening , a time when a politician , a lawyer or a captain of industry might be expected to be able to get away from his office for an important private occasion . |
| 5 | Although the students had few problems in discerning a variety of viable strategies for presenting new lexis in such a way that learners might be thought to be able to perceive its meaning without the intervention of English , the areas of structure and discourse proved less tractable . |
| 6 | Age Concern would like to see this issue specifically addressed , so that elderly people will be assured of being able to register with a practice near their home . |
| 7 | The only Scottish parliament which will be guaranteed to be able to bring water services back into public ownership is an independent one . |
| 8 | The important thing to ensure is that the measure is done in the same way each year so that true trends can be discerned by being able to compare like with like . |
| 9 | For some people security and comfort can be derived from being able to anticipate events , for others ward routine can be a source of distress . |