Sentence examples for a few able from inspiring English sources

With a few able ministers, it has made a better fist of administration than its shambolic predecessor, headed by the main opposition, the Nepali Congress party.

In the Roosevelt years, only a few able and stubborn leaders of conservative opinions men like Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio and Sen. Harry F. Byrd of Virginia stood out against the passion for change.

But the usual result is that a few able and ambitious actors in each commission, often from the smaller countries of Europe, must carry a large deadweight of indifferent colleagues.Mr Santer's commission resigned in disgrace last week after an independent investigation found it guilty of tolerating "fraud, mismanagement or nepotism" in programmes under its collective control.

For children with seizure disorder or diabetes or respiratory issues, dogs were trained to alert the parents at the onset of an episode, and there have been a few able to predict the medical incidents 6 to 24 hours in advance.

This particular spiritual ability is rare and so I am one, of only a few, able to offer this unique service of providing such strong and direct access to those in the spirit world".

Nonetheless, most MMPIs lack specificity with only a few able to spare the shallow S1′ pocket MMPs by incorporating bulky or long side chains at P1′ (Overall and Kleifeld, 2006).

It ends at a casualty station, with the wounded writhing on stretchers and a few able-bodied troops burying those beyond medical help.

He also found that they could return energy in maximum speed sprinting and that Pistorius was able to keep up with a few able-bodied sprinters while expending about 25percentt less energy.

Fifty-two patinnts in an intensive care wing lay in sweltering darkness; only a few were able to walk.

However, he said that this would not pose an issue for Zika and that officials have already spoken to "a few companies" able to help advance the development.

Palestinians found employment in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and the Persian Gulf states, but only a few were able to become citizens of those countries.