Example sentences of "[noun] that enable him " in BNC.
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| 1 | To illustrate this , let us imagine Heinrich Hertz , in 1888 , performing the electrical experiment that enabled him to produce and detect radio waves for the first time . |
| 2 | Because the males ' reproductive success is probably limited by the number of females they can attract and defend from other males rather than their sperm supply , natural selection will favour any property in a male that enables him to mate with more females . |
| 3 | Resource-based learning can last as little as ten minutes : a child 's scrutiny of a repeating film-loop which teaches him a concept or skill he will need for the next part of his programme ; a short programmed exercise that enables him to test his grasp of an idea or piece of knowledge before embarking on a larger exercise ; a work-card unit giving practise in loading a projector or using a subject catalogue . |
| 4 | Or was it a surgical implant that enabled him to endure more terror than ordinary men , a supplementary hypothalamus ? |
| 5 | That heart is Welsh , and it is his Welshness which gave him an inner security that enabled him to come this far . |
| 6 | Convention , technique , and an empathy with the popular mind all went into the perfecting of the Chaplin act and it was these things that enabled him to become Sennett 's most accomplished pupil and which allowed him to create the cinema 's most appealing and most universal symbol . |
| 7 | Bias may creep in through the wording of questions ( which may be ambiguous , unintelligible or suggestive of a particular answer ) , through the careless recording of answers , through the interviewer 's ( perhaps unwitting ) influence over response-patterns and through a general failure of the interviewer to establish the kind of rapport with the respondent that enables him or her to give truthful answers on personal matters . |
| 8 | Certainly he never became an outstanding dancer , but as a performer he did have a feeling for movement and character that enabled him to make a theatrical impact in some roles not needing much technique or classical style . |
| 9 | The slide of bodies bathed in perspiration ceased as Luke shuddered and stilled momentarily before moving to kneel over her , surveying her with glittering eyes , his shadow cast over her , and Maria fell back against the pillows with a hoarse sob , wordlessly pleading with him to end the torment , aching for him , needing to feel him inside her , hating him for prolonging her agony like this and resenting the control that enabled him to do it . |
| 10 | ‘ This is my ghost ! ’ he would openly announce , in the kind of voice that enabled him to give an inimitable rendering of the handbag speech in The Importance of Being Earnest . |
| 11 | Within a month of the testimonial luncheon of 29 May 1911 which concluded his Congo activities , the Agadir crisis gave Morel a new cause that enabled him to develop his opposition to British and French policy . |
| 12 | He wrote a 30-second piece for a shampoo commercial that enabled him to buy a house in the country . |
| 13 | Unlike some of the young men attracted into Minton 's orbit , Bobby had a liveliness and curiosity that enabled him to respond and he was soon reading some of the American and Russian authors Minton admired . |