Example sentences of "are more able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lower interest rates mean trading returns are more able to cover interest payments , ’ Mr Lowe added . |
| 2 | Fewer and fewer Labour people can any longer distract themselves from the common assertion that Mr Kinnock is surrounded by men who are more able and winning than he is . |
| 3 | They avoid the more complicated jobs , but within their limitations they are more able than they think and usually can be sure of being pleasantly surprised by the result of their efforts . |
| 4 | If the relatives are able to go to the mortuary or viewing room and be with the person who has died for as long as they feel it to be necessary , then they are more able to start absorbing the fact of their loved one 's death , because again they have the evidence in front of them . |
| 5 | Species with good jumping ability are more able to get out of pits than are species that can not jump ( Rackham , 1982 ) . |
| 6 | Many highly evolved species protect their fry from being eaten , as the parents are more able to drive away a would-be predator . |
| 7 | By this time they are more able to fend for themselves , and have a better chance of survival . |
| 8 | Livebearers usually have small broods , too , as the fry are quite well-developed , and are more able to fend for themselves than eggs or newly hatched egglayers . |
| 9 | Stepping gingerly on to more dangerous ground , I would also suggest that women are more able to give direct expression to the light principle through creative and artistic activity than through religious involvement . |
| 10 | In a curious way , women are probably more prone than men to changes of mood , but are more able to manipulate them . |
| 11 | Since class is generally defined by male socioeconomic status , it is often argued that women are more able to transcend class than men . |
| 12 | In these circumstances they are more able to realise their true ideological potential , which seems to mean taking on the characteristics of the most rapacious forms of capitalist entrepreneurship . |
| 13 | On to these pictures we attach behavioural predictions — attractive people are more able , but attractive women are perceived ( by men ) to be less intelligent ; fat people are lazy or jolly ; people whose eyes are close together are dishonest ; and so on . |
| 14 | Today we are more able to understand and appreciate the sound principles of diet , hygiene and medicine which these laws express . |
| 15 | If you think of it in relationship to the size of your cooker at home and the size of the convection ovens in the eighth floor kitchen or in they 're much larger and therefore you are more able to cook volume . |
| 16 | Thus priority is given to the statements of senior police and politicians , partly because they are more readily available and willing to be contacted than rioters or their grass-roots representatives ; and partly because they are more able to deliver quotable material — an invaluable resource when strict deadlines must be met . |
| 17 | They are more able to relax and enjoy the time with their baby when they have had a break from the everyday routine at home ; others find that having their own income gives them independence — and fewer money worries . |
| 18 | Using sound induction systems and assessment techniques , the prison authorities are more able to meet the educational/vocational training needs , aspirations and abilities of inmates . |
| 19 | Vernon ( 1971 ) argues that over a period of time , and particularly as a new technology matures , host countries are more able to drive harder bargains with the TNCs that wish to invest in them . |
| 20 | The multi-national corporations , the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are prolonging the process still today , and individuals have to , I believe , look at their own patterns of consumption and look at the way society in general works and work towards reducing levels of consumption in the rich countries so that we are more able to help the poor countries help themselves . |