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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He's not yet sure if it's operable , but if it is he wants me to take the case.
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His external sensors seemed to be partially operable .
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Most agents at headquarters still believed he would be fully operable once his parallel systems booted up and stopped the repetition.
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Of course certain inducements are sometimes operable .
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There is no chemical treatment, but it might be operable .
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Whereas discovering you have a lump which is non-cancerous and operable means you are lucky rather than heroic.