Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that year the Cohen Committee succinctly explained how this state of affairs had come about : ‘ [ t ] he illusory nature of the control theoretically exercised by the shareholders over directors has been accentuated by the dispersion of capital among an increasing number of small shareholders who pay little attention to their investments so long as satisfactory dividends are forthcoming , who lack sufficient time , money and experience to make full use of their rights as occasion arises and who are , in many cases , too numerous and too widely dispersed to be able to organise themselves ’ . |
| 2 | Others have a large enough budget to be able to retain their independence , these publications will probably ask for background material only or will send a journalist to cover the story on the spot . |
| 3 | Although Boardwalk was drawn on the inside , Kelly hoped to get a good enough break to be able to settle third or fourth . |
| 4 | A rich peasant is a peasant who works his own land but will employ some wage labour as well because he has a large enough plot to be able to , to need to do that . |
| 5 | I would very much like to be able to tell you how many species there are in the ‘ open water ’ group , but to be honest , in common with some scientists as well as other hobbyists , I 'm not sure . |
| 6 | ‘ They 've obviously got to be able to speak to people at all levels , ’ said a supervisor of his field men . |
| 7 | It all looked so carefree , so enticingly Mediterranean and relaxed , that Caroline suddenly longed to be able to forget her business , abandon all her years of hard work , hop on board one of those yachts and sail off indefinitely towards the hazy blue horizon … |
| 8 | The fact that the cold war lasted so much longer than the economic idyll meant that Americans never adjusted to the fact that , economically , their country had long ceased to be able to deliver the annual increase in prosperity they had come to consider a birthright . |
| 9 | Alix was not sufficiently numerate to be able to calculate the odds against such an apparently odd relationship , though she could not help but feel that its component , accidental parts were startlingly combined . |
| 10 | When involved in any kind of search we obviously need to be able to recognise what we are looking for , the goal state . |
| 11 | They not only have to be able to get there but they have to be able to get their words and pictures out . |
| 12 | ( You do not need to know much about the topic to do this ; you only need to be able to identify what you would need to know . ) |
| 13 | If you provide information about your organisation the teacher will be well enough informed to be able to detect those areas and activities which will be of value . |
| 14 | And now the rains had really come , so heavy and persistent that even the village rain-maker no longer claimed to be able to intervene . |
| 15 | ‘ I just want to be able to do what I like . ’ |
| 16 | I just want to be able to say I 've done it , that 's all . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd just like to be able to repay her generosity . ’ |
| 18 | Instead I would just like to be able to click a single button which means assigning a macro to an appropriate icon . |
| 19 | So whilst superuser still resides in Unix , it is no longer needed to be able to perform system administration , for example . |
| 20 | We do therefore need to consult with the health authority if we find ourselves in a position where we think we 're no longer going to be able to achieve those targets . |
| 21 | Yeah although the tape 's on I 'll still say I 'll still say I mean there are people within the company as within any company I 'm sure who you when you get to know their technical ability or lack thereof you think well how have they managed to get where they have but they just seem to be able they seem to have this ability to be able to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 22 | These contradictions will be marked in the work produced under these conditions in ways that we are only just beginning to be able to imagine . |
| 23 | Start by using each yarn for two rows of weaving — it can seem quite difficult to organise them at first , but you will soon start to be able to do this more quickly . |
| 24 | Because on this occasion the fame seemed such a foregone conclusion , there was less talk than usual about its progress , which was a disappointment to those on our side who desperately wanted to be able to display modesty about their achievements . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't want to be a superstar , I just wanted to be able to play well . |
| 26 | Aubrey was probably right — she just wanted to be able to number him among her many admirers . |
| 27 | ‘ You just have to be able to identify the good punters , ’ they say , ‘ the really big hitters , and be able to talk to them , and that 's it basically . ’ |
| 28 | There are things certain things I 'm committed to and to have time off means I still got to be able to do those things . |
| 29 | I would still want to be able to see and buy items of equipment , not to do so would be an opportunity wasted , but I can to my machinery stocklist to see most of what I saw at the show . |
| 30 | Effective managers usually want to be able to give an answer to it . |