Example sentences of "we [modal v] [prep] [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | This particularly applies in the case of professionals such as doctors and teachers who we ought to be able to trust . |
| 2 | ‘ Really , it just follows the principles of long-term contract accounting , but we ought to be able to do it better than SSAP 9 practitioners because , while they apply the theory to a handful of different contracts , we are applying it to 20m policies . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose I thought we ought to be able to help ourselves . ’ |
| 4 | We ought to be able to creep out easily when they 're all asleep , ’ he added and Fenella frowned at him , because they could not risk the giants guessing what they intended to do . |
| 5 | I feel we ought to be able to give you a better idea of the performance of different planning authorities . |
| 6 | " Unless it 's bolted on the inside we ought to be able to get in with these , " he said . |
| 7 | We ought to be able to cope , we feel bad about things , and so we come right down here , withdraw and ca n't cope . |
| 8 | Yeah well come on I mean we ought to be able to be a little bit more creative than that . |
| 9 | Erm , I 'm quite sure that we ought to be able to spend this money , and I think it 's it 's very sensible and it would help a great deal with the problems that we have . |
| 10 | Now I do n't think of us here and neither , certainly myself , I I would not claim to be any form of artist or expert but I think a lot of us can enjoy er getting our hands dabbling with paint erm paper mâché and other activities and in fact having that opportunity of ex enjoying those experiences that 's we ought to be able to offer to people in Cambridge and many peop children in schools they they do get opportunities but I think particularly amongst older people who 've never had that opportunity and I think you should be do so . |
| 11 | ‘ And , since Owen 's lectureship in the States is coming to an end and he 's intending to return permanently to Britain , between the two of us we ought to be able to manage the old girl ! ’ |
| 12 | Now if that is true then we ought to be able to re- forecast a year getting a reasonable assessment , okay , on what 's that going to do . |
| 13 | Government grant is distributed through a mechanism which is now called the standard spending assessment , an awful word , or phrase , but it is absolutely vital , and if you look at the standard spending assessment given to this county the government is saying we ought to be able to provide all the services for a total cost of eight hundred and seventy nine pounds per charge payer . |
| 14 | Do you remember those peppermint creams we used to be able to get ? |
| 15 | And we used to be able to get all the gear in John Illsley 's car … ! ’ |
| 16 | From right from the time office er I used to go into blacksmith shop to mash tea because that 's where we used to We used to be able to go and take the cam for the timekeeper and I was in the stores too , and er mash the tea in the forge They put the kettle on the forge you see ? |
| 17 | We used to get help from the Co-ops because they used to give us lists of new members and we used to be able to canvass those . |
| 18 | In the old days , we used to be able to fund the house from farm income . |