Example sentences of "we [be] [adj] [prep] [be] able " in BNC.

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1 HCI has negotiated special rates for single guests and selected Clubs throughout this brochure , and we are delighted to be able to pass this benefit on to you .
2 A member of the community council , Mary Catherine Heaney , said : ‘ We are delighted to be able to raise our glasses , legally for the first time , to drink the health of the President . ’
3 Peter Rosie , Wimpey Plant & Transport manager says : ‘ We are delighted to be able to help in this important education liaison project .
4 We are pleased to be able to offer this well-run house , which enjoys a good reputation locally .
5 We are pleased to be able to offer an early bird festival saver for those wishing to attend all events within this year 's YEMF ( except Event 16 ) .
6 As a regular and valued customer at your local Shell station we are pleased to be able to offer you or your company the opportunity to apply for the Shell Account Card .
7 We are pleased to be able to add a further Two Centre holiday to our programme for Summer 1992 .
8 All in all , Tessa 's letter describes a family business that is well-run , up-to-date and very considerate of its customers so we are pleased to be able to give a Gold St*r to Ollerton Machine Knitting Centre :
9 We are pleased to be able to offer our in-house Mortgage Department which provides FREE EXPERT ADVICE : Please telephone for further information .
10 So , where appropriate , we are pleased to be able to relieve some of that burden by paying tuition and examination fees , and helping towards books and maybe any special materials .
11 We are pleased to be able to help Living Earth continue its valuable work and we are already looking at ways of continuing our association , ’ said Mike Lynch .
12 The physical survival of computer discs , and of the hardware and software appropriate to reading them , has been tackled by other organisations , including the Public Record Office , and we are grateful to be able to draw on their experience .
13 We are supposed to be able to turn the silver piece round , so that the plain side of the work is towards us , allowing the needles to lie in the grooves on the underside of the garter bar and replace the stitches on the needles .
14 But now we are happy to be able to announce that , at last , we understand that Scot Rail and British Rail are prepared to remove a seat to allow a wheelchair position in the main carriage even though the wheelchair will be unsecured .
15 ‘ On the very eve of going to press we are happy to be able to announce what promises to be a satisfactory solution of the lady member problem which has been troubling us .
16 A defence spokesman said : ‘ We are glad to be able to confirm at the request of the United States that the UK will participate in the operation . ’
17 By way of follow-up we are glad to be able to print an appreciation of cricket 's favourite communicator by another who knew him very well , former Guardian sports editor John Samuel
18 ‘ Well , we 're delighted to be able to announce that as from today Mr Calder will be joining the board .
19 We 're delighted to be able to use this van — a clear example of our commitment to an improved environment , ’ said Bob Maggs , General Manager of Bristol Energy Centre .
20 to another , which is what we 're supposed to be able to do .
21 With Ernest Morgan that made five and we were fortunate to be able to persuade a young Japanese student , on holiday from U.B.C. , to join our party as cook and housekeeper .
22 They used to ‘ baby-sit ’ for us at a time when teenagers resent a ‘ sitter-in ’ , for we were glad to be able to leave Shanti in their care without her realising it — they were there anyway .
23 And as it happened , we were likely to be able to go .
24 Although how we were supposed to be able to afford to rebuild , I had no idea , but whenever I queried anything he would just laugh and tell me to leave it all to him . ’
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