Example sentences of "able [to-vb] the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had the unusual skill of being able to pull the end down like a tapir when she was angry . |
| 2 | Not until the beginning of his second administration in 1973 was Nixon able to announce the end of the Vietnam War . |
| 3 | Presumably Pool has been able to predict the end of the Dalek War — and therefore the probability of Earth Central taking an interest in what 's going on here ? ’ |
| 4 | Marx is therefore able to explain the end of slavery as being due to the fact that wage workers actually were cheaper to use than slaves . |
| 5 | ‘ It brought us very close as a family , and we were able to make the end of his life as peaceful and comfortable as possible . |