Example sentences of "be able [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we 're able to use it the cold may win us a few days in which to withdraw to bed and grieve gently for ourselves ; if not at least we can weep openly at work , blowing our nose and wiping our eyes , and get a little consideration and sympathy from others for our sad lot . |
| 2 | We 're able to give them the care they need . |
| 3 | If you 're able to lend us the entire amount of your covenanted donation at the outset ( e.g. £100 if you decide to covenant £25 a year ) we can invest your contribution as a lump sum and earn extra interest over the years and still reclaim the tax . |
| 4 | TRI-R hangers will not be available in the shops for some time , but we 're able to offer you a chance to try two different versions of this exciting wall-hanging system . |
| 5 | We are able to give them the independence they so badly need , and with it self respect and dignity . |
| 6 | We are able to give him the support necessary to ensure a comprehensive service for his broad base of clients . ’ |
| 7 | Britannia Airways , Britain 's leading holiday airline , is our sister company , and so we are able to give you the benefits of the airline 's long-standing experience and high standards of service . |
| 8 | By 1800 hours we are able to call it a day . |
| 9 | We are able to offer you a comprehensive letting and management service which was created to suit all needs . |
| 10 | We are able to offer you the choice . |
| 11 | They attach themselves to executable files and are able to load themselves every time the infected file is loaded . |
| 12 | ‘ Then I am able to give you a reassurance , madam , ’ he said . |
| 13 | It is with some pride that I am able to bring you a useful etiquette tip from the Denis Thatcher Handbook Of Handy Hints For Husbands . |
| 14 | Even in her semi-conscious state she had been able to give them the phone number of her sister Margaret in Australia . |
| 15 | They say they 're having to deal with more and more dogs owned by families who have n't been able to give them the exercise they need . |
| 16 | Her mother said : ‘ Those former foster parents , who she 's been once a year to Spain with , they have been able to give her the luxuries that I could not afford to give her . ’ |
| 17 | Only a handful of people , it had been established , had been near enough to the leading car of the funicular to have been able to give it the fatal extra push that had sent Woodleigh and Jilly Jonathan tumbling down the steep hillside . |
| 18 | I think that 's what Eve would have been telling you had she been able to give you a ring … . ’ |
| 19 | We hope that in this Lenten Appeal we 've been able to give you a sense of that . |
| 20 | Success in this field is going to become even more important as we move into the 1990s and beyond and I hope that in this book I 've been able to give you the benefit of my experience , to pass on the kind of backstage know-how that can make that vital difference between winning and losing . |
| 21 | But he was already a fallen idol in Patricia 's eyes , all because he had not been able to deny himself a sentimental gesture before leaving . |
| 22 | She was lucky she 'd been able to keep it a secret all along . |
| 23 | Oh I do n't think I 'm able to give you a specific answer . |
| 24 | That helps me a lot and I find I 'm able to assert myself a bit more . |
| 25 | However , I 'm able to offer you an alternative , in Faws Grove . ’ |
| 26 | Ah , ah , I wonder if we 'll be able to choose who the model is ? |
| 27 | ‘ Daft of me not to be able to remember who the girl was , ’ he said , ‘ but I tell you what I do remember . |
| 28 | And so I decided that this was rather an unfair situation — why should n't women be able to do what a man did ? |
| 29 | So you , you 'll be able to do it every Monday , but you 've planned for it on Monday , you know who 's going to do it , and they , you know , it 's set up . |
| 30 | The lights upstairs were still on ; if she could only get to a window she might be able to see what the men outside were doing . |