Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them may be able to start up new interests , but it 's usually best to start from their own experiences in life . |
| 2 | Everyone must be able to see and hear , and the seating must also be comfortable . |
| 3 | A day 's hard work can produce a no-kill result and it is important that everyone should be able to recognise the visible differences between a good and an impossible situation . |
| 4 | After that , ideally , everyone should be able to do the same . |
| 5 | Everyone should be able to post as normal very shortly . |
| 6 | Outgoing chairwoman Malika Bediako , publishing the annual report , said : ‘ One of the pillars of a civilised society must be that everyone should be able to have equal access to its legal system . ’ |
| 7 | I wonder if you can tell me what breeds run on the moor so I may be able to work out her breeding . |
| 8 | ‘ If I fly up high I may be able to see just where they are . |
| 9 | That I may be able to go down into the Saxon crypt of a cathedral , a tiny , exquisitely rude little chapel , where a thousand years ago my forefathers knelt in prayer , is a draught of pure oxygen . |
| 10 | Epictetus said , ‘ This is what I wish to be engaged in when death finds me , so that I may be able to say to God , ‘ Have I in any respect transgressed Thy commands ? |
| 11 | With luck I may be able to sleep tonight , without dreaming , without lying awake in sweating fear , listening to the sounds creeping up the house . |
| 12 | I may be able to speak the languages of men and even of angels , but if I have no love my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell . |
| 13 | So , roll on January 1992 , then I may be able to do some knitting . |
| 14 | ( Just occasionally I may be able to say with reasonable confidence that a particular advertisement or campaign is quantifiably better at generating sales than another . |
| 15 | I think I may be able to help like . |
| 16 | He hopes that I may be able , in some way , to plug the gap in his family history . |
| 17 | that I work for erm being the Q S has its main headquarters in Derbyshire , so it 's just possible I may be able to get some business contacts in Derbyshire . |
| 18 | I mean I may be able to get some money from my parents a little bit |
| 19 | I may be able to keep you here as my mistress . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's just possible that I may be able to help you . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I may be able to arrange something . |
| 22 | ‘ I may be able to help . ’ |
| 23 | I think I may be able to help you . |
| 24 | ‘ I may be able to obtain some proof . |
| 25 | I may be able to get a good lead-in shot before we even arrive at the hacienda . |
| 26 | I may be able to institute discreet enquiries . |
| 27 | I see no problem in your raising this at Whitley , but I hope I may be able to answer some of your specific points in advance , without in any way prejudicing your right to raise this in Committee . |
| 28 | But you will be receiving notification of the said meeting taking place and my colleague from Northern Irela Wales Northern Ireland , perhaps if you could have a chat with me in the corridor , I may be able to do something which can help you alleviate the sa situation between us . |
| 29 | ‘ I may be able to do better than that , ’ said Tracey . |
| 30 | I may be able to get you one . |