Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [adj] to [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm In principle it should be possible to be able to speak into a microphone , or to write on a pad , with a pencil , and the computer would be connected to the microphone or the pad and would take in and interpret what you 've done , without having to learn this rather clumsy method of putting things in one letter at a time . |
| 2 | I know they 're very clever , it must be wonderful to be able to write like Alan Sillitoe . |
| 3 | I do n't know it must be wonderful to be able to mend . |
| 4 | But he 's got to strip the bonnet so Dave said well I 'll get my lad to strip the bonnet this afternoon and er you know , few hundred quid for the day we 'll be glad to be able to finish off doing them and He 's got too many |
| 5 | It would be pleasant to be able to say that , as a result , the existence of all automated personal data handling systems is known , even if not much has been vouchsafed of what they do . |
| 6 | ‘ I would be delighted to be able to tell you , ’ Mr Kinnock began . |
| 7 | Heseltine/Kinnock : Yes , well I would be delighted to be able to tell you . |
| 8 | It would be satisfying to be able to list examples of phonological differences between accents in the area of stress and intonation , but unfortunately , straightforward examples are not available ; we do not yet know enough about the phonological functions of stress and intonation , and too little work has been done on comparing accents in terms of these factors . |
| 9 | It would be nice to be able to ride . |
| 10 | When a pet cat has started scratching the fabric of a valuable chair , for example , or has begun to make messes on an expensive carpet , it would be helpful to be able to sprinkle or smear some hated odour there to keep the animal away . |
| 11 | It would be useful to be able to separate patients into good and poor prognostic groups . |
| 12 | In one sense , in a report about ‘ environmental scanning ’ , it would be good to be able to report that those engaged in that activity had solved this problem of making the information that they deliver , directly usable by those to whom it is delivered . |
| 13 | It would be convenient to be able to write an instruction to add into the accumulator the contents of store address 99 , and to have some automatic means for modifying the instruction just prior to its execution , so that it refers successively to addresses 100 , 101 , 102 , and so on . |
| 14 | This time he did not mention giving lessons but said it would be lovely to be able to play to me . |
| 15 | ‘ It would be wonderful to be able to do pictures . ’ |
| 16 | This is a serious problem , for defects like these have a dramatic effect on the functioning of an electronic device , and it would be desirable to be able to predict their properties . |
| 17 | It would be desirable to be able to discard those candidates which are too short or too long to be the correct word — this would reduce the number of candidate words to be considered for further processing . |
| 18 | Secondly , individual health authorities would enter the ‘ internal market ’ with different historical endowments of facilities and would be unlikely to be able to compete equally for contracts . |
| 19 | A nine year old whose father had just left the family home would be unlikely to be able to concentrate upon mathematics or science if he were beset with worries about his mother . |
| 20 | Erm , George and I had that class shared between us , he took them for an hour a week and I did and i if there is a class that any of us had ever taken that would be unlikely to be able to write something meaningful of this kind |
| 21 | In addition , individual health authorities would enter the ‘ Internal Markets ’ with different historical endowments of facilities and would be unlikely to be able to compete equally for contracts . |
| 22 | Opponents of this proposal , who included the Comptroller General , Charles Bowsher , argued that a borrowing limit above that of $25,000 million originally sought by the FDIC would threaten to draw the federal government further into debt , because the FDIC would be unlikely to be able to honour such a high level of debt on its own , and could itself be compelled eventually to turn to the government for rescue funding . |
| 23 | It would be interesting to be able to weigh these against the costs of over 34000 blood tests , pretest information , and more sophisticated analysis and counselling in those in whom the result of the test was positive . |
| 24 | It would be interesting to be able to monitor educative efforts by Alcor etc. to see if moderation of attitudes ensues . |
| 25 | Mercer added : ‘ We are one of six clubs in the Premier Division whose shirt sponsorship deal expires at the end of the season and I will be delighted to be able to make an announcement about this in the near future . ’ |