Example sentences of "able [to-vb] that [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later in the morning we were able to confirm that she was heading for a port in Southern Ireland . |
| 2 | Their mobile phone link had failed after just one call , and when darkness finally fell , they were no longer able to signal that they were well . |
| 3 | If Artai 's reign was marked by disaster or excess they would be able to claim that they were not responsible , and their influence over the affairs of the Khanate would not be diminished . |
| 4 | De Klerk was now able to claim that there was no longer any justification for violent protest , in view of his invitation " to all leaders who seek peace " , along with the lifting of restrictions on political groups , which he said now placed everybody in a position to pursue politics freely . |
| 5 | After my fourth or fifth lesson I was able to see that it was I who was causing myself the discomfort . |
| 6 | Walking as slowly as she dared , Penelope was able to see that there were two figures in the room-Rupert himself and a woman , not very tall and wearing a dark , tweedy-looking suit . |
| 7 | Certainly not as bright as here , er sufficient light for me to be able to see that there were people in there and to differentiate between a man and a woman but er at that time not enough to be able to clearly define anybody . |
| 8 | ( And , in case I muddled the halves and thought the lady 's name was Mary Marks , I decided that it would be a very windy day and that , as the skirt of her wedding gown was blown by the gales , I was able to see that she was wearing suspenders . ) |
| 9 | She found that deeply comforting and was mentally able to see that he was carrying her pain and helplessness . |
| 10 | It was only when I swung to the left and broke free for a moment that I was able to observe that he was wearing my dad 's grey towelling dressing-gown . |
| 11 | Minutes afterwards , Fabia was still sitting stunned and hardly able to credit that she was going to Prague with Vendelin Gajdusek — that he was allowing her to use a spare room in his Prague hotel suite ! |
| 12 | However , in 1944 the Rushcliffe Committee were still able to conclude that there was no organised provision for legal advice throughout the country . |
| 13 | Indeed , a soft conventionalist would be able to deny that there were gaps even if lawyers disagreed about these abstract conventions , even if many lawyers denied that statutes make law or that precedents exert some influence over later decisions . |
| 14 | There were moments during the Mass when the litanies and prayers , the censers swinging to and fro and the smell of incense made her feel lightheaded , and she was able to believe that she was not really present , not really being married at all , and that at any moment she might open her eyes and awake , to find herself back in Corcaguiney , with the wind ruffling the water across Dingle Harbour and the cloud shadows sailing over the mountain . |
| 15 | Tamar looked down at the child , scarcely able to believe that it was all over so quickly . |
| 16 | She stared at it now , hardly able to believe that it was two and a half years since it had been taken . |
| 17 | But Maria has been able to glean that they were forced to flee their home town in northern Bosnia when their house was occupied by enemy Serbs . |
| 18 | It would , however , be more advantageous for our purposes to be able to say that they were alternative manifestations of the same lexical unit obey . |
| 19 | ‘ He spoke about how he had appreciated the colleagueship of the Methodist pastor in Crackow and I was then able to say that there were indeed Methodists in Italy and the Protestant Church , although small in number is quite significant , particularly in its work among refugees and migrant workers . |
| 20 | ‘ Is that quite all right ? ’ he asked , and I was able to say that it was — it 's almost exactly the size of the poor old tray . |
| 21 | The 34027 Locomotive Group still retain the prestigious opportunity of being able to say that it was their locomotive which took the first train hauled by a steam locomotive into Waterloo after some 25 years . |
| 22 | He was sufficiently well-informed to be able to declare that it was a scandal that the town lacked any kind of orchestra , whereas Clara would have taken the lack of it as a simple act of God . |
| 23 | The Government took the view that the distinction between public and private was meritless , partly because in the course of the miners ' dispute , summonses brought under the 1936 Act , section 5 were dismissed because the persons charged were able to show that they were on National Coal Board or other private property , and no offence was committed even though the victims of the threats were on the public highway . |
| 24 | It was agreed that if it did , the disclaimer would have no effect because the defenders were not able to show that it was fair and reasonable to incorporate it in the contract . |
| 25 | In addition to showing simply that the factors occurred together , Weber was also able to show that there was an understandable connection between the Calvinists ' beliefs and their actions . |
| 26 | Eric Newton was able to show that there was no evidence of chemical explosion or sabotage , though his participation in the French investigation put the UK in the position of being a ‘ State providing information at the request of the investigating authority ’ and thereby , under the terms of Annex 13 , a State entitled to participate with a formal accredited representative . |
| 27 | The plaintiff was able to show that there was a real danger of confusion and damage to their reputation and goodwill . |
| 28 | It was only that now , having finally admitted that she loved him , that she 'd loved him almost from the moment they 'd met , she was able to admit that it was those very same qualities that made him the man he was . |
| 29 | Had the allegation been less specific — had it referred only to " certain police officers in Oxfordshire " , for example — the Banbury officers would not have been able to prove that what was published related to them . |
| 30 | You can tell him that if he wants to meet me , I 'll be able to prove that I was right all along . ’ |