Example sentences of "be able [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We might be able to do something with licensing agreements in Europe , but we want to be able to market our own products . |
| 2 | What I what I 'd really hope for is to be able to do it without having to go to college and just do it by experience but that 's I 'd have to be awful awful good . |
| 3 | Catherine or St Catherine 's Hill itself constituted a Pandora 's box of small-town trades and occupations at the time : everything from a gingerbread maker to a hairdresser , a staymaker , a breechesmaker , Charles Tucker the coalminer , John Golledge the blind schoolmaster , Mrs Allen at the Castle public house , and even John Ward , who seemed to be able to support himself by practising the noble art of a ‘ horse jockey ’ . |
| 4 | Perhaps I might be able to stop them by exposing them but I do n't think they will allow that to happen . |
| 5 | If we are quick , we may be able to stop him from desecrating the site . ’ |
| 6 | Besides , now that she had stopped walking she did n't seem to be able to stop herself from shivering . |
| 7 | Once you add water and gravel you wo n't be able to move it without emptying it again . |
| 8 | She did n't think she would ever be able to forgive him for keeping that information from her . |
| 9 | A co-consultant already in touch with the school as part of his traditional remit may in this way be able to extend it through remaining in regular group consultative contact long after the initiating consultant 's commitment has ended — and may of course himself become an initiating consultant with his other schools . |
| 10 | Most importantly , when you meet work colleagues and friends , your springy step must be able to bluff them into believing that you could have managed two laps of the course . |
| 11 | He had no doubt that his mother was in her bedroom and that if she heard him she would come into his room and it would start , he knew it would : the upbraiding of Martin , and he would n't be able to stand it without checking her . |
| 12 | What they 're actually asking for is that whether we would be able to help them by arranging for a loan on their behalf , they would service the debt at this time , so I might suggest chairman that we revert it to the finance committee for |
| 13 | Even if someone believes the most secure and pernicious lies , he will not be able to help himself from doubting them at some time . |
| 14 | The first thing we 're going to think of though , are the roles of people that you have in your team and how they might be able to help you in solving the problems . |
| 15 | An Inspector from the local water company may well visit your house if you intend making extensive alterations or additions and may be able to help you by spotting any bad practice or likely contravention of the bye-laws . |
| 16 | The duty , which was to have been phased out over a nine-month period to March 1991 , was dismissed as ineffective because shoppers would be able to circumvent it by buying in the West after July 1 . |
| 17 | Purchasers in future will be able to safeguard themselves by ensuring that permission to develop is forthcoming before they pay more than current existing-use value or , where a claim on the fund passes with the land , current existing-use value plus 1947 development value . |
| 18 | NOTE Osteoporosis can not be cured once it is present , but younger women from the time of the menopause may be able to prevent it from developing through hormone replacement therapy . |