Example sentences of "able [verb] [conj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was also able to report that under the new chief executive , David Michels , the group had regained control of its runaway balance sheet position by selling its Ashbourne nursing home division , launching a well-received rights issue and restructuring the banking arrangements with a considerable reduction in the number of banks . |
| 2 | Some of the patients with a curve in excess of 100° were no longer able to sit because of the pelvic obliquity consequent on the scoliosis ; they were bedridden not because of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy itself but because they had been allowed to develop such extensive spinal curves before referral to an orthopaedic muscle clinic . |
| 3 | ‘ I have to play with pain-killing injections and I 'm not able to train except for a short time doing set-pieces on a Friday . ’ |
| 4 | I am writing to request any information you may be able to give as to the key 's history and value . |
| 5 | Except for the two years after Martin drowned I 've always been able to believe that at the heart of the universe there is love . ’ |
| 6 | They were also able to survive because of a large freshwater pond . |
| 7 | Out of 10 who said their style was 9,9 at the beginning of the week , only one is likely to be able to say that at the end , affirms Penfold with relish . |
| 8 | But how sad that she had not been able to say that to the one person who really longed to hear it . |
| 9 | will we be able to bring that into the essay |