Example sentences of "were able to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | With benefit of the ‘ hindsight-ometer ’ , it can be argued that my own movement into a structural limbo contained aspects of the unconscious journey towards a new self-knowledge , when the old values were able to be adjusted if not discarded ; so that it was possible to break through the constraints imposed by the inculcated patterns of police culture , albeit in something of an unprogrammatic and fragmented manner . |
| 2 | Descartes believed firmly that universals were formed in the mind and that ideas possessed ‘ objective ’ and ‘ formal ’ reality ; that is , that it was an irreducible feature of ideas that they were able to be about a class of objects . |
| 3 | The blaze commenced one lunchtime when few people were in the premises , so there was no loss of life , but it took a long time for the blaze to be brought under control and some days before the firemen were able to be sure that there was no risk of further outbreaks of fire . |
| 4 | They were able to be original in their methods precisely because the Labour movement was weak and did not trap them in the confines of established institutions and procedures . |
| 5 | This ended the controversy and at last the Sutton villagers were able to be buried in their own churchyard . |
| 6 | They had come out of the Hearing without their children , and without knowing how long it might be before they were able to be together again . |
| 7 | It would be lovely if many of you were able to be present on that day . |
| 8 | The weather was beautiful and those who were fortunate to know that his special was operating and were able to be somewhere along the route were fortunate to share a most attractive experience . |
| 9 | Deficiencies , so far as British subjects were concerned , in the anti-slave trade laws were able to be documented through a network of correspondents in Liverpool ( particularly William Roscoe ) , Bristol and London and abroad . |
| 10 | By the 1730s they were able to be more active . |
| 11 | Er and these people er understood what could be got f er what little bits could be got out of the er various unemployment er acts , and er this knowledge , er plus the pressures and feelings that were able to be brought to bear , I 'm quite sure did er did benefit many er many people who who were unemployed . |
| 12 | Oswine 's power was clearly already weakening by January 690 for he refers in the grant to Abbess Aebbe at that time to those Kentish nobles who were able to be with him . |
| 13 | There they were able to be independent of the Iranian state authorities — a tradition that has continued since . |
| 14 | Upper gastrointestinal lesions that were able to be treated were often found at endoscopy and this should be the primary investigaton in such patients . |
| 15 | As you will see from the enclosed letter , it would be good if you were able to be in touch with Mawe de la Fuent . |
| 16 | That argument would I think be very persuasive if I were able to be confident that the levels of conversion is one which would be an adequate and proper one , it is relatively new , there is nothing wrong with that , it is not apparently been a conversion which has been put into practice , except in the last year because have only started conversion when the Nissan Serena was brought out . |