Example sentences of "that [vb mod] enable [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Different groups have different access to resources that may enable them to make such a move .
2 In a concession made without fanfare , Israeli officials said , they wanted to give the Palestinians a ‘ face-saving ’ gesture that should enable them to agree to resume negotiations over self-rule in April .
3 Its biggest hit , the Discovery , is now available as an automatic , a fact that should enable it to tap further new business .
4 Still , it is difficult to believe that either linguistics or psychology has achieved a level of theoretical understanding that might enable it to support a ‘ technology ’ of language teaching .
5 We do not distinguish experiences from non-experiences as we might distinguish oranges from apples , viz. by indicating certain characteristics that might enable anyone , including those who have never tasted either fruit , to tell one from the other .
6 There are relatively few points of difference between JC and the other Caribbean English-based Creoles that might enable us to pinpoint their focus as JC rather than some other variety .
7 Tom Scotland flew 62 ops from Italy with a Pathfinder squadron ( 614 ) ; his autobiography is a story of his search for truth , for something that would enable him to make sense out of all the destruction and chaos that was a part of wartime life .
8 His only possibility is to tap the latent anger , which he has to keep suppressed for the most part , and the social depression that would enable him and his peers to speak out from their own consciousness in order that a mature and civilized level of relationship can be attained between them and others .
9 Lecourt has pointed to the absence of ‘ a concept that would enable him to think together several histories with different statuses ; in short , the concept of a differential history ’ .
10 She moved away when he sat near her , went into town to change her library books instead of going home when he invented a string of excuses that would enable him to walk in her direction .
11 Of course , after my husband died , I had to find work that would enable me to look after her , and this did seem ideal . "
12 Now the veil of ignorance deprives the persons in the original position of the knowledge that would enable them to choose heteronomous principles .
13 It does not seem possible that such women just were not able to have part-time work that would enable them to keep house for an elderly parent , and do their own thing as well .
14 The libraries with the most extensive training programmes were most likely to be the ones who had clearly identified their training needs , and who were looking for ways of either increasing or maintaining the effectiveness of their training by developing methods that would enable them to get round the restriction of decreasing staff ‘ mobility ’ .
15 In each of the corners of the civilised world , men and women pondered the flawed and tragic conditions of human life and attempted to find solutions that would enable them to survive the suffering that flesh is heir to .
16 None of these animals have the sort of intelligence that would enable them to function as successful human beings ( ignoring the physical differences ) , but then we would not seem to have the kind of intelligence that would enable us to operate successfully in their environments .
17 Mr Fu , probably illiterate , can not get the kind of job with a township enterprise that would enable them to keep up with the Lis .
18 In Bill Larnach 's view , too many students came ( and perhaps still come ) to university to seek , as it were , a badge , a qualification that would enable them to be accepted for a job .
19 ‘ It has been suggested to me by the parents of Tomkiss and Wattling that their sons are skilled in … metalwork , and that the school should have an … option that would enable them to pursue their interest in this … field .
20 In not getting themselves designated , county councils cause problems for their local residents , as they are unable to achieve the powers that would enable them to deal with unlawful campers .
21 And she sought , faintly , for compromise , for some way of life that would enable her to see her mother as often as a sense of duty obliged .
22 He would n't feed her the line that would enable her to end her days peacefully in public view .
23 Secondly , a failure to perceive the pattern may also occur because we lack within our theoretical base the conceptual framework that would enable us to grasp the structure that is potentially available , given the observations that we have made already .
24 None of these animals have the sort of intelligence that would enable them to function as successful human beings ( ignoring the physical differences ) , but then we would not seem to have the kind of intelligence that would enable us to operate successfully in their environments .
25 If this fails to hold the situation then review the case and see if there have been any changes or new information come to light that would enable you to select a more similar remedy which could carry on the work of the first remedy .
26 So Dymo wanted a product that would enable it to consolidate the ledger output .
27 ( I am reminded of a passage in a book by Doris Lessing , where she says : ‘ I want this court to condemn Volyen utterly , root and branch , for failing to instruct its young in the rules that its own psychologists and anthropologists have extracted from research and study : for failing to arm its youth with information that would enable it — the youth — to resist being swept away with any system of ideas that happens to be available ’ . )
28 We seem to have heard it all before , but EIT Group Plc , trading in whose shares has been suspended at 9.5 pence since February , told the Sunday Telegraph that it was close to an agreement with its bankers that would enable it to put together a refinancing package ; it says its relations with its own bank , Midland Bank Plc , are good , but that Barclays Bank Plc , which had a £2.8m loan out to Sintrom Plc when EIT bought the firm for £1.7m , reckons it has prior claim on a part of any new money coming into EIT .
29 An Oslo court has decided to begin public debt negotiations for Norsk Data A/S at the request of the company 's board : Norsk Data has found it difficult to reach an out-of-court refinancing settlement with creditors that would enable it to secure funds to provide a 25% cash payout to unsecured creditors .
30 At the summit meeting last month between Bill Clinton and Japan 's prime minister , Kiichi Miyazawa , America insisted that Japan should come up with specific measures that would enable it to meet new import targets .
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