Example sentences of "[was/were] able [to-vb] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Platelet aggregation induced by endoperoxides appeared to be greater than that which could be accounted for by the endoperoxides alone , and Hamberg et al ( 1975 ) were able to demonstrate that in platelets endoperoxides are further metabolised to a very unstable compound , thromboxane A 2 . |
| 2 | They were able to show that at least one of the reasons for their failure was the immigration of insects from surrounding , untreated areas . |
| 3 | In that debate I was able to say that in Croydon in 1991 there were more than 40,000 enrolments for higher education , representing 20,000 to 30,000 students . |
| 4 | At Speech Day in that year the Headmaster was able to announce that from September the School would be fully co-educational , in fulfilment of the plan announced five years earlier . |
| 5 | Knowing the time the dot was in any particular position , Libet was able to calculate that on average the experience of the conscious intention to act was reported as beginning about 200 msec before the movement began . |