Example sentences of "got [prep] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe the police has made me this way , but do you not see that if you 're going to come in here asking me questions about my family , if you 're going to want to know all these things , I 've got to be able to trust you ? |
| 2 | Describing the boredom of sanger duty , one policeman said , ‘ You 've got to be able to read in this job . |
| 3 | You 've got to be able to talk to people on their own level , you get the best out of people if you treat them a certain way . |
| 4 | You 've really got to be able to play all the keys on the piano on this one . |
| 5 | But they have got to be able to say : ‘ We will open ourselves up to a change agent ’ … and change is painful . ’ |
| 6 | But they have got to be able to say : ‘ We will open ourselves up to a change agent ’ … and change is painful . ’ |
| 7 | You 've got to be able to draw your own conclusions , that this was to an extent a personal vendetta . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But he is a professional and you 've got to be able to walk away from situations . |
| 9 | Personality is so important , you 've got to be able to project a mood . |
| 10 | And you 've got to be able to enjoy something with a bit of speed , excitement and controlled danger . ’ |
| 11 | You 've also got to be able to get comfy and take a breather when you can or you 'd never last a race . |
| 12 | You 've got to be able |
| 13 | ‘ They 've obviously got to be able to speak to people at all levels , ’ said a supervisor of his field men . |
| 14 | ‘ They 've got to be able to talk to workmen , and get things done during pollutions — find things out . |
| 15 | So you 've got to be able to talk to people . |
| 16 | You 've got to be able to put on a bit of an act |
| 17 | We 've got to be able to set out the implications of the decisions , that may or may not be made , and priorities at a given time . |
| 18 | And I mean the actual the U K market those in those areas is quite developed and has got quite a reputation but obviously it has got to be able to develop develop and adapt accordingly over time . |
| 19 | Now to be agile you 've got to be able to let your body give to gravity and then pull away from gravity , alternating very quickly er that gives you agility . |
| 20 | They 've got to be able to have a break . |
| 21 | I mean , they 've got to be able to quantify their own work besides yourself . |
| 22 | They have got to be able to understand what the script is about . |
| 23 | ‘ You 've also got to be able to express yourself well in writing — there are a lot of reports to compile . ’ |
| 24 | And people have got to be able to cope with the challenges . |
| 25 | Other companies prefer , you know , they 've got to be able to cope , but you , you , you know , you read various things that are said , and some companies are taking it much , much more seriously , and they 're realising the problems right the way down , right through the whole company that stress is causing , and trying to save money . |
| 26 | I 'm just a little bit concerned that if we do delay it while discussions are going on about the unitary authorities and such like , we 'll put restrictions on Mr running it as a commercial enterprise , and I think we have got to make sure that any long term deferral on this , we do n't inhibit him rationalising selling off the odd cottage and this sort of thing , and the farmhouse as we go along , and amalgamating ones because I think it 's , he 's got to be able to run it as a commercial proposition during the course of deliberations . |
| 27 | Okay , oh no I 've got to be able |
| 28 | No one else in the counry has the capacity for doing that ; you 've got to be able to take the acid away from the power station 24 hours a day , every day of the year . |
| 29 | I suppose you 've got to be able to do maths for most things have n't you ? |
| 30 | But with this one , think it 's an endowment or something , I do n't kn I do n't know what that means but you 've got to be able to give five to ten percent as a deposit . |