Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] [prep] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | Realizing I could n't hang around on the dole forever waiting for the Tate Gallery to offer me an exhibition , and also that my boyfriend , also on the dole , was not likely to be able to support me , I decided to go for further training . |
| 2 | Looking around her , she would see that while her brothers might follow their father 's trade or profession , whatever that was , or perhaps look for an apprenticeship in a traditional craft , or take advantage of the new opportunities in , say , transport — in short choose , within limits , a career that appealed to them — she was not likely to be able to indulge a personal preference . |
| 3 | This is not likely to be an especially serious problem for the assisted party , since if no contribution has been expected , he or she is not likely to be able to pay much in the way of costs to the opponent . |
| 4 | I 'm not likely to be able to make a run for it . |
| 5 | erm , and you 're not likely to be able to get into that line of work again |
| 6 | ‘ Chiggers are not supposed to be able to breed on human protein , but a year after the itching began again on my ankles , though not as bad as before . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah cos they 're not supposed to , you see there again , Down 's Syndrome children are not supposed to be able to float . |
| 8 | It is not essential to be able to answer these questions immediately . |
| 9 | Many people look back on a moment of conversion — though it is not essential to be able to point to such a moment — with awe and wonder . |
| 10 | Earlier we noted that , in the absence of cost changes , it was not necessary to be able to actually measure the abstract concept of surplus in order to form the conclusion that monopoly would bring about a reduction in it . |
| 11 | In English it is not necessary to be able to class a vowel as ( +front , +round ) , whereas this is necessary for French and German ; it could be said that the major task for the learner in this case is to learn the combination of these features , not to learn the individual vowels , and ( in French ) . |
| 12 | Oh you were n't supposed to be able to read it . |