Example sentences of "[n mass] [modal v] [adv] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four out of five applicants then leave their families for the supposedly better world , hoping that they will return remittances and that their kin may perhaps be able to join them later . |
| 2 | If the symptoms should start to show following an unavoidable change , say a power failure or similar , the fish will normally be able to rid itself swiftly upon return to normal conditions . |
| 3 | Remember that people may still be able to hear , even though all other senses have failed . |
| 4 | Even though open-market operations may be effective in reducing bank lending , people may still be able to borrow money from other financial institutions at home or abroad : institutions which may have surplus liquidity . |
| 5 | Ipswich people might soon be able to get their library books from the supermarket . |
| 6 | He justified the ‘ legal regulation of the problem ’ as the only way of heading off the likelihood of spontaneous ‘ defensive actions of the enraged population ’ , and claimed the German government had been compelled ‘ by the idea of being able , through a once and for all secular solution , of perhaps creating a basis on which the German people might possibly be able to find a tolerable relationship with the Jewish people ’ . |
| 7 | The media would still be able to cover current stories but within a longer-term , in-depth perspective so that Ethiopia or the Lebanon , Westland or nuclear disarmament do not simply occupy a few weeks ' worth of front page/main bulletin coverage per year . |
| 8 | A spokesman said : ‘ People will also be able to browse through a selection of books and games to while away dark evenings . |
| 9 | People will also be able to buy a copy of the list although a price has yet to be fixed . |
| 10 | This breaking-down of the time barrier could be extremely exciting ; at the same time , the very idea introduces so many paradoxes ( if you communicate with the past you change it ; you therefore change the present ; therefore , in this new present , you never communicated with the past ) that we must think it unlikely that people will ever be able to use tachyons in this way … unless communications were flitting between alternate universes , the existence of which would imply the simultaneous reality of all possibilities . |
| 11 | So unless you 're prepared to network the program , or invest in a colour printer , people will only be able to prioritize tasks if they see the schedule on your screen . |
| 12 | Northern Ireland people will now be able to check up on the levels of ozone , nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide from data compiled in monitoring stations throughout the province . |
| 13 | Dissatisfied people will then be able to query or appeal against the valuation if necessary . |
| 14 | So if you start saying there ca n't be any publicity where there 's been alleged malpractice or where there 's controversy er well you 're going to get into in into a ludicrous situation in which the media will never be able to discuss a situation of this sort . |
| 15 | If you do decide to call in at your own NatWest branch , our staff will normally be able to complete all the formalities on the spot and to discuss any particular aspects of the project . |
| 16 | Staff will now be able to participate in future free mail-in offers the same as other customers . |