Example sentences of "able [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flow advances in a manner similar to that of pahoehoe flows on dry land , and the pillows are budded off so quietly that the cameramen were able to swim up to within less than a metre of the swelling pillows . |
| 2 | When snow many feet deep blankets the land and the lake is covered with ice , the beavers are able to swim out from their lodge beneath the ice , retrieve the green branches and feed on them throughout the winter . |
| 3 | This was so demonstrably unfair that SAVE was able to hit back by seeking leave for judicial review . |
| 4 | Only long-stay patients will be able to light up after May 31 . |
| 5 | Have the flexibility of being able to shop around for the best possible deals and get the best professional advice ; |
| 6 | Operating out of Rockswell and other quarries in the county , the three were able to carry up to five extra loads , worth between £40 and £50 , per week . |
| 7 | Operating out of Rockswell and other quarries in the county , the three were able to carry up to five extra loads , worth between £40 and £50 , per week . |
| 8 | Rule-following as a practice must therefore be able to carry on without anything to support it , and we must attempt to wean ourselves away from the feeling of vertigo which is engendered by our recognition of the lack of support . |
| 9 | I think I got it because of my local knowledge and the that gave him the facility of being able to carry on without interruption . |
| 10 | It soon became apparent to Lily that the wife and the young man were in the midst of an affaire , which by secret signs and language they seemed able to carry on during the journey . |
| 11 | If non-farming activities reach the VAT registration threshold , farmers will be required to register for all their activities , farming and non-farming , and will not be able to carry on as flat rate farmers . |
| 12 | Erm , I think I will give up being Chair this time , I 've done it too long , too long , and I 've had it John as Co-Chair during the year and I hope that he 'll be able to carry on as , as Chair Person , I think really I 've done it , done it for long enough erm , and we 'll have to ask , we hope , we hope the Treasurer just taken over will carry on |
| 13 | ‘ Hopefully I 'll be able to carry on as an amateur and help mum in the shop . ’ |
| 14 | During this period of numbness , people are perfectly able to carry on with the practicalities of living . |
| 15 | Mrs Critten has an invalid husband , so is unable to get out and about very much , but thanks to Denise and Julia she is able to carry on with her Machine Knitting . |
| 16 | Still , I suppose you would have to develop a certain detachment , otherwise you 'd never be able to carry on with what you 're working on at the moment . ’ |
| 17 | Yes , I c I was fortunate to be able to carry on at the same place . |
| 18 | So even now if you wake me at three o'clock in the morning and sing me one bar of Der Rosenkavalier I will be able to carry on from where you start ! |
| 19 | The Royal School for Deaf Children , Margate evacuated to Oxfordshire where three large houses were taken over in Goring-on-Thames and the school was able to carry on in a ‘ make-do ’ fashion . |
| 20 | The Minister warned : ‘ He may be able to carry on in the job but he can not do so effectively . |
| 21 | Otherwise you would n't be able to carry on behind the Führer 's back . |
| 22 | It is hoped that social scientists will not only be able to carry out with greater ease and rapidity those types of computation previously undertaken on mainframe computers but that they may also be able to take advantage of the machines ’ ability to handle graphical information . |
| 23 | Rev Eric Shegog , Director of Communication for the Church of England , said that he hoped the working party would be able to report back in the autumn of 1992 . |
| 24 | If it rains , do you think that doll will be able to sit up under the hood of the pram ? |
| 25 | When she returns from theatre she is rather sleepy but is allowed to take fluids as soon as she feels able to sit up in bed . |
| 26 | After a while , he was able to sit up in a chair , although he was still too weak to walk . |
| 27 | However , with regard to the follow-up of arrests , one of the research team was able to sit in on a Juvenile Case Referral Panel , which recommended whether juveniles should be cautioned , and another member made observations in the magistrates ' courts . |
| 28 | When you have understood the gist of this and talked to your inner teacher about what you need as an individual , you will be able to sit down with paper and write your own script . |
| 29 | Then he would have been able to sit down at the table , loosen his shirt collar , his shoelaces , and read the evening paper until Patsy was ready . |
| 30 | Ian , 49 , told friends : ‘ It may sound sloppy but the two of us will be able to sit down at home and have a jolly good cuddle listening to this . ’ |