Example sentences of "to have been able [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not beyond the wit of any surgeon worthy of his calling or apothecary worthy of his phial to have been able to perform superficial embalming , and it is highly unlikely that assistance was asked for at the London end . |
| 2 | Mr Prescott said yesterday : ‘ For the authority not to have been able to answer these sorts of questions , without going to Eurotunnel at that late stage when rolling stock had already been ordered , is totally unacceptable . ’ |
| 3 | I have been extremely fortunate to have worked in three scientific spheres : botanical , paleontological and malacological , over 19 years and even luckier to have been able to do scientific illustrating for publication , on subjects as diverse as grass flowers and tiny rodent jawbones ! |
| 4 | ‘ But surely we ought to have been able to find some sort of compromise … ’ |
| 5 | The timing of this rejection was unfortunate for Franco , for nothing would have suited him better than to have been able to announce Spanish membership of the international winners ' club on the morning of the ninth anniversary of the 18 July rising . |