Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] be able " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that actors are expected to be able to control any regional or foreign accent which is natural to them , and deliver a text in what may best be called ‘ the classical style ’ . |
| 2 | Workers are expected to be able to deal with a range of tasks and managers to be able to respond to immediate changes in demand . |
| 3 | The three services differ in their ‘ substitutability ’ — that is , the degree to which informal carers ( other household members , relatives , and friends ) are expected to be able to substitute for the services which might be provided by formal carers ( paid professionals ) ( Arber et al. |
| 4 | Personal computer and workstation manufacturers are expected to be able to use the board to build powerful file servers in the $10,000 price bracket . |
| 5 | USL declined to reveal pricing until Univel Inc — joint-owned by USL and Novell Inc — rolls out the end-user shrink-wrapped Unixware version in September-October , but as Unigram reported last week ( UX No 389 ) , OEMs are expected to be able to get it out of the door for around $350 . |
| 6 | More generally , the fact that literary studies is sometimes thought of as a general training in thinking and writing means that you are expected to be able to control how you write — in particular , that you are able consistently to use a particular appropriate register . |
| 7 | Previously it had only been expected to be able to offer a 16-way system in its first go-round . |
| 8 | I say ‘ perhaps ’ because rhesus monkeys have recently been claimed to be able to make cross-modal associations . |
| 9 | The three VAX servers are said to be able to cope with 1,000 transactions an hour , though so far they have been tested to only a few percent of their capacity . |
| 10 | So it is by no means impossible that the kraken and the other legendary sea monsters that are said to be able to rise from the deep and wrap ships in their tentacles , really exist . |
| 11 | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has been asked to look at the allegations and to arrange for certain persons who are said to be able to shed new light on the case to be interviewed . |
| 12 | Erm as with many , many parts of the Gospel you 're expected you 're expected to be able to look more deeply than on the surface . |
| 13 | This is probably your best choice where space is limited : you need a minimum of about 2.4m ( 8ft ) of space if you 're going to be able to get out of your car without being a contortionist . |
| 14 | Right erm I 'm not sure actually whether you 're going to be able to see this because . |
| 15 | So again we do need to practise coordination it needs to have lots of practice , it is of course frequently affected by certain types of illnesses er and , and again that may be inevitable but again the more past experience you 've acquired and the more , the greater your ability to fight back , even though you 're fighting a losing battle if it 's an illness , can you see it 's going to delay the difficult bit the difficult part longer , you 're going to be able to cope . |
| 16 | I do n't know if we 're going to be able to print anything here , but let's have erm F one for help . |
| 17 | I do n't think we 're going to be able to get it through . |
| 18 | I mean the seventy fifth we 're going to be able to use the window to great advantage , it 's going to be a great display time . |
| 19 | And there 's no way that we are going to be in a position to change your world , but we 're going to be able to change it slightly , not change it totally , . |
| 20 | We 're going to be able to see her . ’ |
| 21 | so , so you are , you are encouraging that and presumably if anybody sets anything up they 're going to be able to keep it . |
| 22 | Mr Chairman we did tackle very successfully er under utilities where we employ an extra couple of officers , I even asked the question at for County Council what was going on , we , I think we 've got something further on the agenda elsewhere where we 're trying to keep our stand standards up , but I still feel that if we 're going to be able to deliver a promise we 've got to deliver it , if it means monitoring the erm utilities then I think we should do it . |
| 23 | er Chairman thank you for inviting me to come erm here today , er particularly as Mrs who 's the other member of erm , affected by the lorry ban on the A ten eighty eight it 's unfortunate unable to come , erm and thank you for including me in the er consultation process that you 're planning with Norfolk County Council , er Chairman obviously I wish to support this , but just erm if I could make a couple of observations on your paper , erm firstly particular relation to the discussion we just had about Brandon , erm , I am aware Mr Chairman you 've just described the er highways people in Norfolk as very reasonable , but I think that members will see particular if they look at problems like four point one that we do have to handle er working relationships with some care and I would want to express regret while I wo n't be less impolite than that , but Norfolk have not even seen fit to put up signs erm warning of the lorry ban erm in Thetford , erm , which shows er not exactly the spirit of co-operation , I hope we 're going to be able to achieve in the consultations about Brandon and I thought |
| 24 | They do n't know when they 're going to be able to drink their water without boiling it again . |
| 25 | They 're bound to be able to help . ’ |
| 26 | So it 's to be clear in what you 're saying to be able to explain yourself clearly so it 's about clarity |
| 27 | Now the Board of Practice and Procedure has a budget and w which we have already negotiated , and we 're hoping to be able to hold our presbytery clerks conference but there is nothing in the budget that could possibly cope with these additional conferences and these would therefore be new and additional expenditure , and this motion can not therefore be treated as competent . |
| 28 | And our other project will probably be in Malaysia , where we 're hoping to be able to fund lawyers to go and visit the indigenous tribes , and educate them about the Malaysian process of law , because at the moment I 'm sure you 'll know that various indigenous people have been blockading the logging roads that go on to their demarcated territory . |
| 29 | The schools are seem to be able to make them look attractive because of the photography and things like that . |
| 30 | And since this means that at least 20 per cent of the captive-bred animals ( with no experience of the wild ) have been shown to be able to hunt for themselves , find shelter from the freezing conditions and evade predators for more than a month , Bob Oakleaf of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department considers the release a success . |