Example sentences of "also able [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He was also able to reach a settlement with France and by visiting Ireland , he was able to rationalize the government there .
2 In his work in the western part of the United States not only did he describe physical erosive processes but was also able to derive a system of laws governing progress from initial to adjusted forms ( Chorley , Dunn and Beckinsale , 1964 ) and in his Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains ( 1877 ) he provided the first major treatment by a geologist of the mechanics of fluvial processes .
3 While the Viet Minh forces were deployed in the liberation of the northern border provinces they were also able to create a reserve ( one writer estimates 10 000 troops ) who were trained for the ‘ big push ’ .
4 We are also able to detect the change in shape of the eye 's lens as it focuses on an object .
5 Men are also able to gain the lion 's share of the floor in cross-sex talk because women provide them with ‘ hearer support ’ in the form of minimal responses ( like mhm , yes ) and questions — when you ask someone a question you cede the floor to them .
6 Peasants were also able to cushion the impact of indirect taxes by falling back on barter and home products when necessary .
7 The production company was also able to secure the use of six active USN ships , including an aircraft carrier ( the USS Yorktown ) , for the film .
8 The Chairman , the Managing Director , Finance and Administration and the external auditors also attend the meetings of the Audit Committee ; the external auditors are also able to meet the Audit Committee privately .
9 ‘ We were also able to change the specification of one of our products in a way that is beneficial for them and for us and has taken several hundred thousand pounds of cost out of the combined operations .
10 So he headed off demands for a capital levy , knowing it to be unacceptable to his party , but Britain nevertheless paid for a higher proportion of the costs of the war from taxation than the other combatants ; he was also able to launch the Victory Loan of 1917 at an interest rate of only 5 per cent , having a surer sense of the patriotism of potential subscribers than did the Treasury .
11 Some forms of dietary fibre , such as that found in oats , vegetables and fruit , are also able to reduce the level of blood cholesterol , possibly in the same way as polyunsaturates .
12 Now the purpose of therefore of this training course and any any training course is to do this is to be able to handle the arousal and increase your level of performance and even get the peak to move that way so for any level of arousal you 're getting better performance but you 're also able to handle a bit more butterflies a bit more of the nerves in order to perform effectively , and apart from a training course like this how do you achieve that ?
13 Solicitors are also able to advise a man who denies a mother 's claim that he is the child 's father .
14 There is pride in a president who has moral integrity , who visits towns and factories around the country and yet is also able to have an impact on the international scene .
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