Example sentences of "[be] able [to-vb] on [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By holding on to that possession , the people of this country would be able to hold on to the banners of freedom . |
| 2 | ‘ He tells me I wo n't be able to go on like this , but he knows how important it is to my life , ’ Edwards reasoned . |
| 3 | She just did n't seem to be able to hang on to men , he thought impatiently , not like his Angie , wherever she was . |
| 4 | If the receiver succeeds in his plans to sell the company as a going concern then most of them might be able to hang on to their positions . |
| 5 | In a sense Mao is , is adopting very much the position that he seems to have taken erm in nineteen forty five when he 's , he 's looking forward to land return but saying at the moment our policy of rent reduction , interest rate reduction will continue and at some stage we will then be able to move on into , to that reform . |
| 6 | Once you have become accustomed to selecting the needles , sliding the lace carriage and moving the main carriage in the correct order , you will be able to move on to rather more elaborate lace patterns . |
| 7 | Novices who learn quickly will find this a most satisfying resort ; by the second week they 'll be able to move on to intermediate classes . |
| 8 | If non-farming activities reach the VAT registration threshold , farmers will be required to register for all their activities , farming and non-farming , and will not be able to carry on as flat rate farmers . |
| 9 | Erm , I think I will give up being Chair this time , I 've done it too long , too long , and I 've had it John as Co-Chair during the year and I hope that he 'll be able to carry on as , as Chair Person , I think really I 've done it , done it for long enough erm , and we 'll have to ask , we hope , we hope the Treasurer just taken over will carry on |
| 10 | ‘ Hopefully I 'll be able to carry on as an amateur and help mum in the shop . ’ |
| 11 | Still , I suppose you would have to develop a certain detachment , otherwise you 'd never be able to carry on with what you 're working on at the moment . ’ |
| 12 | Yes , I c I was fortunate to be able to carry on at the same place . |
| 13 | Rule-following as a practice must therefore be able to carry on without anything to support it , and we must attempt to wean ourselves away from the feeling of vertigo which is engendered by our recognition of the lack of support . |
| 14 | The Minister warned : ‘ He may be able to carry on in the job but he can not do so effectively . |
| 15 | So even now if you wake me at three o'clock in the morning and sing me one bar of Der Rosenkavalier I will be able to carry on from where you start ! |
| 16 | Otherwise you would n't be able to carry on behind the Führer 's back . |
| 17 | So you wo n't be able to log on to Microfit ? |
| 18 | ‘ You 're forgetting about my interest in a bush walk , ’ she pointed out , thankful to be able to latch on to some aspect of the place . |
| 19 | So it looks as if cameramen ( rather than the proposed cameramans ) will be able to get on with their work in the Gulf ; the beloved accent on abîme will not fall into the abyss ; and the whole affair will have been a non-événement . |
| 20 | It can he useful to recap on the action you want taken after putting on pressure : ‘ If I call talk about it today , then I 'll be able to get on with the project — if I ca n't , the project is going to have to he delayed . |
| 21 | ( a ) ‘ If I can talk about it today , then I 'll be able to get on with the project — if I ca n't , the project is going to have to be delayed . |
| 22 | She will be able to get on with her independent life knowing at last that everyone is aware of the truth . |
| 23 | Above all , account people must be able to get on with everyone — colleagues as much as clients . |
| 24 | We realized that each of us would be a big story for a few days , but that would pass and then we 'd be able to get on with the real work of getting to know our families and friends again . |
| 25 | Soon it would be completely behind her , and she would be able to get on with living again , untroubled by the cataclysms of her emotions . |
| 26 | If there was trouble he 'd have to spend the rest of the day putting it down and would n't be able to get on with the arms search at all . |
| 27 | And if that 's gon na happen then how are women gon na be able to get on into higher education |