Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been able to shed its loss-making operations without the need for lengthy legal procedures such as those which normally accompany the proposal to close a branch passenger service . |
| 2 | As the Party has grown it has been able to achieve representation in local government to the point of having controlling power on some councils , it has had a major voice in the first Assembly , the Convention , and the second Assembly , and it has elected representatives at Westminster and the European Parliament . |
| 3 | William Hammond Bartholomew was the Resident Engineer on this broad canal which was usual in that it has been able to resist competition from the railways . |
| 4 | Thus it has been able to overcome the major hurdle of the possibility of losing top contacts and clients when it was set up on its own . |
| 5 | Following the earlier reduction of similar size Amdahl says it has been able to restructure or consolidate a number of operations and the new cuts represent a further streamlining . |
| 6 | The company says it has been able to generate high levels of repeat income from long term contracts in the financial services area and is keen to collaborate with other suppliers to expand its service and product range . |
| 7 | Following the earlier reduction of similar size Amdahl says it has been able to restructure or consolidate a number of operations and the new cuts represent a further streamlining . |
| 8 | The best it has been able to achieve is loose , probabilistic associations which sometimes , in all but the terminology used , have treated individual offenders as at least partially free , rational and choice-making ( and in so doing , has to some extent converged with classical criminology ) . |
| 9 | A company 's competitive position no longer ( solely ) depends on its internal capabilities ; it also depends on the type of relationships it has been able to establish with other firms and the scope of those relationships . |
| 10 | Another strength of the initiative has been the sophisticated analyses it has been able to produce . |
| 11 | Even though it has been able to obtain relief for £16 billion-worth of foreign debt as a result of its participation in the multinational force , it still has £35 billion of remaining debt to contend with and an annual revenue shortfall of around £7 caused by the conflict . |
| 12 | One must wonder whether the book trade will continue to have the large and complicated distribution systems which it has been able to support in the past . |
| 13 | It has been able to obtain a third of the income that it needs from sponsorship , while a further third has been obtained from admission charges . |
| 14 | One of the reasons why it has been able to do so is its policy of charging for special exhibitions . |
| 15 | As the £38 million Redbridge District Hospital in Essex welcomes its first patients , WCUK can reflect on the first-class treatment it has been able to give to this important health care project . |
| 16 | The work which has , since 1986/87 , been achieved by Action for Governors ' Information and Training ( AGIT ) took its beginnings from a very wide range of agencies : both through its original base at the Community Education Development Centre in Coventry and through its non-governmental funding , it has been able to take account of differing interests and pressures . |
| 17 | However , a purchaser should not pay for tax losses until such time as it has been able to use them . |
| 18 | It has been able to anticipate requirements of operators around the world . |
| 19 | ‘ It means being able to count on time each week to deal with whatever the home priority is . |
| 20 | It means being able to put the language into action . |
| 21 | HP would know something about the exercise since it 's trying to do the same thing and the best it 's been able to come up with is the diskless 16Mb 715/33 for $5,700 or 525Mb 715/33 for $7,400 . |
| 22 | Virgin says that by expanding aggressively and bucking the trend it 's been able to get some really hard bargains . |
| 23 | It was already making such good progress that it 's been able to grow and improve in spite of so much petty interference as the Labour Group has been able to put on it . |