Example sentences of "able [to-vb] that it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they are nevertheless able to agree that it is sometimes possible to elaborate functional relations of the sort we have considered . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman and I might be able to agree that it is not unadjacent to the fact that so many inner London authorities are controlled by the Labour party . |
| 3 | I I think I 'm quite able to confirm that it is within the district power to determine that erm the I five allocation should be separate from the I twelve . |
| 4 | The sad truth of the matter is that Group 4 has such low levels of performance to live up to that already , despite its much publicised failures , the Home Secretary is able to claim that it is outperforming the public services it is replacing . |
| 5 | Thus a member that protests from the outset of institutional action that is not sanctioned by the constitutive treaty should be able to claim that it is not bound by that action . |
| 6 | After my fourth or fifth lesson I was able to see that it was I who was causing myself the discomfort . |
| 7 | Only by defining it in some such manner as suggested will you be able to recognise that it is , or is not , correct . |
| 8 | Tamar looked down at the child , scarcely able to believe that it was all over so quickly . |
| 9 | She stared at it now , hardly able to believe that it was two and a half years since it had been taken . |
| 10 | If you want er , the pressures have to be carefully thought out , er , and I think you have to be able to demonstrate that it is , it is self interest , and I think one continues to actually use these words . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | You do not need to be on income support to get a crisis loan but you must be able to show that it is the only means of preventing serious risk to you or your partner 's health and safety . |
| 15 | Even if we are able to show that it is not possible for there to be people who feel as we do but have no disposition to behave as we do , or vice versa , the behaviourist way of doing this seems too extreme . |
| 16 | Accordingly , if the interim government is to be treated as the Government of Somalia , it must be able to show that it is exercising administrative control over the territory of the Republic . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |