Example sentences of "able to say to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ferranti source said : ‘ Lord Weinstock ( GEC 's managing director ) would like to be in the position where he was able to say to the Ministry of Defence , ‘ Look , I am the only person who can rescue Ferranti from collapse . ’ |
| 2 | Epictetus said , ‘ This is what I wish to be engaged in when death finds me , so that I may be able to say to God , ‘ Have I in any respect transgressed Thy commands ? |
| 3 | Knowing He would remove the sin barrier on the Cross at Calvary , Jesus was able to say to His disciples ‘ I am the way , the truth and the life : no man cometh unto the Father but by me . ’ |
| 4 | What and how much you feel able to say to your lover about safer sex depends on the degree of control you have over your relationship . |
| 5 | By combining these two exercises , teachers are in a much better position to be able to say to the demanders , whether parents , government or somewhere in between : ‘ Given the resources of time , material , support and expertise , we are able to do A , B and C or C , D and E , but not A , B and E , let alone all five . |
| 6 | While driving my car I am able to say to my passengers that I am about to turn right before I have actually done so . |
| 7 | In my whole life of collecting and I suppose it 's a little bit to assuage my conscience I 've always been able to say to myself that I 'm allowed to have these things and enjoy them , but eventually they 're all going to museums . |
| 8 | Because Derek will be able to say to me Look , do a letter to here . |
| 9 | Similarly a blind social worker commented : ‘ I 'm able to say to my clients , ‘ I 'll help you , but there are certain ways in which you are going to have to help me ’ , and the client does n't feel totally taken over or totally worthless . ’ |
| 10 | If there are any problems then we should be able to say to ourselves , well let's go and have look at the project quality plan , what 's that tell us ? |
| 11 | whether the colleges will be able to say to us we have got |
| 12 | Yes , we 're in competition and we want to be able to say to our members do n't go to that trade union because they will put you all in one lump , go to this one because we 've got sections , because we look at our members with individual needs and please support this motion . |
| 13 | I am able to say to my right hon. Friend that I raised that matter with President Yeltsin very forcibly indeed . |
| 14 | It 's one of the delightful , I 've been recruiting for a long time and it 's it 's one of those erm delightful things to be able to say to people on the phone when they tell me they 're fifty or fifty four to say that 's not a problem . |
| 15 | The hour may come within weeks , within days , to-morrow ; and then , before I take the field with the fate of Wales in my hands , I have a need of her and a use for her here ; and then I shall be loosed from this dumbness that binds my tongue , and I shall be able to say to her what needs to be said , and what as yet I can not say . |
| 16 | took me a lot of years before I could and I was so pleased when once I was able to say to you I 've Ben had been in the shop and we 'd had a chat had n't we ? |
| 17 | be able to say to you which I 'll have to say next term when I go in to do my inspections , I 'll have to say to the teacher er , one |
| 18 | Essentially what you 're saying is that a teacher who 's actually teaching you ought to be able to say to that teacher ‘ look , here 's a package , if you like , that you can insert into your range of skills , and these are of things that you can do with children which are worthwhile doing and fairly easily for you to acquire skills yourself , and they will be very good and helpful for the children ’ . |
| 19 | Essentially what you 're saying is that a teacher who 's actually teaching you ought to be able to say to that teacher ‘ look , here 's a package , if you like , that you can insert into your range of skills , and these are of things that you can do with children which are worthwhile doing and fairly easily for you to acquire skills yourself , and they will be very good and helpful for the children ’ . |