Example sentences of "[to-vb] been able [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fish are likely to have been able to detect sound from a very early period . |
| 2 | Mr Major won enough useful points in support of Britain 's well-advertised aversion to punitive sanctions to have been able to brief Sunday papers about a ‘ British victory ’ . |
| 3 | Mr Major won enough useful points in support of Britain 's well-advertised aversion to punitive sanctions to have been able to brief Sunday papers about a ‘ British victory ’ . |
| 4 | On selling players , I 'm sure he would like to have been able to keep Sheridan , Hendrie , Batty , and Cuntona , as well as keep all the current players and spend smoe millions on defenders . |
| 5 | Mehetabel , or ‘ Hetty ’ as she was generally known , received the same education as her brothers , and is said to have been able to read Greek at the age of eight . |
| 6 | LAST YEAR the Conservatives were telling us how clever they were to have been able to cut taxation and to increase public spending at one and the same time . |
| 7 | We are fortunate to have been able to offer opportunities to Scottish Amicable staff as a result of setting up the dedicated administration unit . |
| 8 | IT IS amazing how few critics seem to have been able to recognise Dennis Potter 's Blackeyes for what it is , just another Anglo-Australian copy of Neighbours . |
| 9 | Cotton weavers hardly existed before the 1770s , during which decade they do not seem to have been able to command wages above the low norm of weavers in general , for although on some types of cloth as much as 12s ( 60p ) could be earned , the average , like that of bleachers and dyers , seems to have been around 7s ( 35p ) . |
| 10 | In some areas , however , customary tenants seem to have been able to obtain security comparable to that enjoyed by copyholders . |