Example sentences of "[be] able [to-vb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has already been noted that interactions between infant and adult lead to the development of pre-verbal communicative exchanges in which adult and child are able to refer to objects and events ; successful joint reference makes it possible for these external objects and events to become ‘ topics ’ for further exchanges . |
| 2 | We will ensure that , following maternity leave or a career break , all women working in the NHS , including those returning to nursing on a part-time or job-sharing basis , are able to return to work of a similar status or level to that which they left . |
| 3 | Science-based departments are able to apply to Research Councils for studentships on behalf of some suitably qualified applicants : alternatively , they may be able to offer financial support from an industrial source . |
| 4 | In several respects the specialist library suppliers differ from general booksellers in the services they are able to offer to libraries . |
| 5 | We are able to get to rabbits in situations where they have few enemies , where they are generally safe — and they have no sanctuary if we do the work well . |
| 6 | Provided that parents are able to come to terms with the possible jealousy and envy of their children , there is more scope for the two generations to enjoy easy friendship and to accept one another . |
| 7 | She 'd never been able to lie to Candy — the other woman knew her too well , could see through her straight away . |
| 8 | Olga and Joe had been able to go to school , though they had plenty of farm chores as well . |
| 9 | Jenny gave me a house-warming present of a radio so I 've been able to listen to music while I write — and it 's been such fun ! |
| 10 | For surely he ought to have been able to explain to Colonel Hope , to persuade Colonel Hope , to arrive at a gentlemanly agreement — and what precisely had Colonel Hope said ? |
| 11 | However , this is not to say that many forms of life have not been able to adapt to life on slopes up to the 10,000-ft ( 3,050 m ) level , and in some cases higher . |
| 12 | Mr McGregor still suffers from a reduced function in his arms and has not been able to return to work . |
| 13 | because we 've not been able to talk to people |
| 14 | He had still not been able to talk to Majorie about the adoption . |
| 15 | She knew only the cream would have been able to get to Teacher Training College in the first place , and so many shared her desire and enthusiasm for education . |
| 16 | ‘ Never been able to get to grips with the difference between illusion and reality . ’ |
| 17 | If he had been able to speak to Jo each morning before he left for the Embassy , he probably would n't have been such a pain in the outer office . |
| 18 | my Lord I can I 'm sitting early tomorrow because a witness is being cross examined by Mr got to go off to so tomorrow he simply could not er , he si simply could not be released but er with your clerk er we 've been able to speak to Mr |
| 19 | At that time he had been able to write to Lanfranc to ask if he remembered anything about these transactions . |
| 20 | She had not been able to come to terms with her ‘ public position ’ . |
| 21 | If you have not been able to come to Q.T. Days for a while , please try to come during the new session . |
| 22 | Emmanuel Levinas , for example , whose career has been long enough to have introduced Husserl to Sartre in the thirties and to have been able to reply to Derrida in the seventies , proposes a rather different critique of such models of knowledge to those which we have encountered so far . |
| 23 | ‘ Because of Tory party policy I 'm able to come to Hummersknott rather than be forced to go to my local school , ’ he said . |
| 24 | It 's one of the delightful , I 've been recruiting for a long time and it 's it 's one of those erm delightful things to be able to say to people on the phone when they tell me they 're fifty or fifty four to say that 's not a problem . |
| 25 | Epictetus said , ‘ This is what I wish to be engaged in when death finds me , so that I may be able to say to God , ‘ Have I in any respect transgressed Thy commands ? |
| 26 | ‘ Ian is going to do my farm work , such as it is , but I 'll be sorry not to be able to attend to Mr Jarvis 's pigs . ’ |
| 27 | Alternatively , for around £2,000 , existing Deskpro/M users will be able to upgrade to Pentium . |
| 28 | Sales Desk staff would be able to talk to customers and simultaneously operate a VDU obtaining instant information . |
| 29 | We carry a little small radio that 's the local one so anyone in Harlow carrying a radio would be able to talk to Harlow police station , yeah ? |
| 30 | All visitors were exhorted to treat the poor courteously , but in general it was optimistically believed that women would be able to talk to women irrespective of social class : not until the 1900s were the difficulties of cross-class communication acknowledged more honestly . |