Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | The retailer needs to be able to plan how she uses her money , to work out how much profit she needs to make to stay in business — and to grow . |
| 2 | This presents a major obstacle , in so far as the would-be acquirer needs to be able to calculate the attitude of a target company 's owners to an offer , given that the management will often be uncooperative . |
| 3 | The masses are usually characterised by Class 2 residues , which the governing elite has to be able to manipulate for its own purposes . |
| 4 | Pareto is clear that political activity is not necessarily a moralising activity ; on the contrary , the governing elite has to be able and willing to use violence , corruption , guilt and deceit to ensure public order , national independence and social conditions for the growth of national prosperity . |
| 5 | These salts need to have a high ‘ Biological Availability ’ ie the horse has to be able to efficiently digest and absorb the minerals . |
| 6 | The first decision to be faced is whether the institution needs to be able to make its own recordings . |
| 7 | Sergeant Major , you 've been in the Army for about nigh on twenty years now , do you think that a soldier has to be able to cope with that sort of taunting and name calling when he 's on the streets of Belfast for example . |
| 8 | It introduces inflexibility and excessive bureaucratic controls at a time when the industry needs to be able to develop along economic lines . |
| 9 | A horse needs to be able to use its different senses of sight , hearing , touch , smell , and taste , and to perceive change and variety . |
| 10 | Indeed , a good strong stock needs to be able to get rid of all it has to push into the scion , without any hindrance . |
| 11 | ‘ We feel a defender has to be able to defend well first and foremost and that was n't the best part of Jeff 's game . |
| 12 | ‘ We feel a defender has to be able to defend well first and foremost and that was n't the best part of Jeff 's game . |
| 13 | Much of the expertise of a museum curator or an archaeologist lies in being able to offer a reasonably accurate identification of an object just on the basis of looking at it and handling it . |
| 14 | The first essentials for any cloud flying in large cumulus are that the glider must be properly equipped for serious flying , and the pilot must be competent and experienced enough at instrument flying to be able to regain control from any attitude without having to use the airbrakes . |
| 15 | I think I must make the ordinary orders to costs , well what I will do is erm doctor must I think pay the costs of the appeal against the order of master erm both here and below on the other hand the defendant seems to be able to bear the costs of the appeal against the September order , that 's the order , that 's the order of , is that Mr ? , er sorry when I say the doc doctor bears the costs must er in fact he must , right , it is the August , that 's the August decision both , both before erm the taxing officer and on this appeal and er the , I dismiss the defendants appeal against the September board with costs |
| 16 | With a motor and tyres made from plumber 's tubing , their entry had to be able to travel three metres and to carry a weight — and they proved to the judges that it could and it completed the distance in a time of 8.5 secs . |
| 17 | The industry wanted to be able to use the funds that it had generated to invest in youth training . |
| 18 | However , in our modern industrial world , few women have sufficient exposure to moonlight to be able to synchronise with the lunar rhythm . |
| 19 | It is their secret knowledge that the child wants to be able to share . |
| 20 | Not only should the parent feel able to express upset at the child 's behaviour but equally the child needs to be able to do this towards the parent . |
| 21 | The wicketkeeper needs to be able to bat , and for all Alan Knott 's innovative ability and competitiveness , the vote has to go to Les Ames . |
| 22 | In the base camp , 12,000ft below the summit , equipment has to be able to work at -20°C inside tents and — 40°C outside . |
| 23 | The Open Day Committee hope to be able to present a substantial cheque to local charities later in the year . |
| 24 | The cells in the progress zone seem to be able to measure how long they remain in the progress zone and this enables them to , ‘ know ’ their position along the proximo-distal axis . |
| 25 | Although the Yerkes-Dodson law appears to be able to make more detailed predictions than the simple inverted-U relationship , a major problem in testing the Yerkes-Dodson law is to decide a priori which of two tasks is the more demanding . |
| 26 | At this stage of his development the karateka seems to be able to sense the movements of his opponents before they occur , enabling him to react with blinding speed and absolute control . |
| 27 | Actual quantities , which exceed internal expectations of only a month ago , boil down to between 100,000 and 200,000 units a quarter , which in turn means that by the end of the current quarter Sun expects to be able to fill all the back orders it has for Model 41 Sparcstation 10s plus the orders it receives in the intervening weeks . |
| 28 | Actual quantities , which exceed internal expectations of only a month ago , boil down to between 100,000 and 200,000 units a quarter which in turn means that by the end of the current quarter Sun expects to be able to fill all the back orders it has for Model 41 Sparcstation 10s plus the orders they get in the intervening weeks . |
| 29 | I 'm not sure it 's a bad thing for a specialist to have to be able to explain his problems in terms which erm and intelligent and reasonably informed layman can understand , but erm I think perhaps in Britain we go too far erm in not integrating the two and putting them together and erm this is somewhere where the French in many cases have got the balance a bit better . |
| 30 | Equipment had to be able to travel outside without damage being caused to electrical and refrigeration support gear by vibration or ingress of water . |