Example sentences of "[is] [adv] able [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend the Minister who is responsible for health in Northern Ireland is not able to be here today because he is on duty in the Province . |
| 2 | Madam Deputy Speaker there is course another matter of er of er broader significance and that is that er whilst these orders er er er cover erm certain financial institutions , they do n't erm they do n't cover others , they do n't cover Lloyds of London in so far as I could see , erm I 'd half expected to see the honourable member for Gloucester West er in his place to pursue his campaign that apparently he er he he is not able to be here and indeed er others who sit on the benches opposite who lost a large sum of money in Lloyds , er but they might have had something to say about it as it does seem odd that Lloyds has not been covered , no doubt the minister would tell us that needs primary legislation and I I 'm quite sure this government would move heaven and earth not to introduce another Lloyds bill er because of er the problems that that would no doubt attract . |
| 3 | Speaking of young men , erm I have a letter here from Mr John who is our local M P , who is not able to be with us today , but erm he in fact would not of , I think , been born at that stage , but erm he did write to me a little letter I 've got this morning from the House of Commons in London and he asked me to read it out . |
| 4 | That which a remedy is capable of causing ( that is , the picture of the remedy ) is also able to be cured by that remedy . |
| 5 | The part of the churchyard which was closed in 1883 has been levelled and re-seeded with grass and is now able to be mown and kept generally tidy . |
| 6 | The document is basically a briefing document in order that every piece of information erm that is available to the police is then able to be passed on to the officers who are actually going to do the job . |