Example sentences of "[noun sg] able [to-vb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , any interest group able to threaten in this way probably has a special relationship with a major political party , and is acknowledged as important in that sense . |
| 2 | In addition , since the CAB did not succeed when they pressed for the extension of legal aid to cover representation at industrial tribunals , there simply is no other organisation able to take on this work . |
| 3 | Exasperation often led him into acts of mischief for which he was quickly rapped by his rod-bearing aunt , but the atmosphere in which punishment was given and taken was a relaxed one , with his uncle able to laugh at some of his pranks . |
| 4 | If we are to improve our general education standards we must have funding for the system and an inspectorate able to comment on that matter . |
| 5 | Conversely , those not easily located like part-time farmers on Flotta in Orkney were dependent on a wife or neighbour able to deal with such emergencies . |
| 6 | And so children have got to leave school able to cope with these changes , and this means that we have to develop self-reliance in them , and general abilities for living . |
| 7 | Unlike other European countries , Britain has no national network able to cope with another Zeebrugge or Hillsborough . |