Example sentences of "so [pron] [vb base] [adv] be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | My home is 90 miles away , so I have n't been able to afford to go back very often . |
| 2 | The original bouquet for this picture was exceptionally large , so I have not been able to reproduce a life-sized replica but instead have scaled it down to fit into a picture frame . |
| 3 | It has been difficult while they 've been doing their exams , so we 've not been able to get them together as much as I would have liked . |
| 4 | To our disbelief it was really very much more abundant than we could ever have thought possible , so we 've actually been able to find molecules with eleven carbon atoms in a chain , floating around in space , and for which we really at the present time have no explanation . |
| 5 | ‘ We have the best trained , the best qualified law enforcement officers that can be found in any major city in the world so we have always been able to maintain solid protection for our community without having the comparable size departments that other cities have , ’ he says . |