Example sentences of "are [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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The schools are seem to be able to make them look attractive because of the photography and things like that . |
| 11 | Often the attraction of broader approaches like counselling is that they are thought to be able to tackle many massive problems at the same time . |
| 12 | What is controversial about functionalism is its claim that we are going to be able to make significant generalizations about behaviour only if we think about what is going on in the brain at a particular level of description . |
| 13 | If that is so I wonder how members of the public who have to go to the magistrates court are going to be able to travel to either Alton or Aldershot to have their cases heard ? |
| 14 | This group also has a sitting-in service , which is often necessary for carers if they are going to be able to get away and attend meetings at all . |
| 15 | The more successful it is , the more we are going to be able to offer subscribers , and that in itself should make it even more successful . ’ |
| 16 | Teachers need to be able to understand and manage their own stress , to be able to deal with it effectively and intelligently , before they are going to be able even to think about what changes they would like to make , and to form realistic appraisals of what is possible . |
| 17 | State officials are dependent upon capitalist economic development and growth if they are going to be able to pursue their interests and sustain themselves in office , so they are constrained to act in the interests of capital , although not necessarily in its optimal interests ( Offe , 1984 ) . |
| 18 | Many of the Asian designers the US trade weekly talked to were worried about the 66MHz clock frequency , because at that speed , stray radiations become a serious problem and it is unlikely that garage operations are going to be able to knock up boards using the chip that will work . |
| 19 | You need to know where your blind spots are if you are going to be able to use the wing mirror of your intuition successfully . |
| 20 | The general concern expressed about the approach is whether the county courts are going to be able to cope with the significant extra workload . |
| 21 | PISCES Whether or not you are going to be able to fully exercise your ability to earn a high income is likely to be revealed this week ! |
| 22 | The difficulty I think that we 're facing , is that it 's happening in year two of a four year transition period , before we 've really got to grips with what the long-term position is , what the overall demands are , and to what degree we are going to be able to model , change , control and , and influence those demands . |
| 23 | Would the minister like to say , like to welcome that initiative but also to ensure that the money which the South Thames tech are going to be able to put into that will be able to continue and not only continue in that one but to allow the increase of this after school provision so that those many women in my constituency and who , the many women in South London who are unemployed , will have the opportunity to get back to work and get back to training with that very necessary provision for child care . |
| 24 | And er now the group are beginning to be able to take a lot of pride in what they 've done , you know , changing it from a jungle into a productive allotment . |
| 25 | In particular , as outlined below , one area of potential dissension and difficulty in the modern small private company is the very fact that some of the relevant legal rules and remedies are based on being able to distinguish the capacity in which a particular individual may be acting at a given time . |
| 26 | River insects develop wings in the last stage of their life cycle , and dragonflies are known to be able to fly many miles . |
| 27 | In most species of birds , a male reared apart from other singing males will not develop a proper song at all ; this is not true of simple bird sounds , such as the cock crow , but no ‘ song birds ’ are known to be able to develop their elaborate songs in isolation . |
| 28 | Some frugivorous birds that have been tested ( four species of tanager , which crush fruit ) are known to be able to detect differences in sugar contents of 8,10 and 12% in their diets and prefer the sweetest , though it must be pointed out that others like manikins , which swallow fruits whole , are less sensitive to sugar content . |
| 29 | Women are presumed to be able to cope domestically in circumstances where men are presumed to be unable to manage : they can cook , clean and care for themselves even if they are physically impaired ( Wenger , 1984 ) . |
| 30 | Student pilots need plenty of practice at dealing with both these kinds of situation during their basic training if they are to learn to be able to spot them developing . |