Sentence examples for able to effect from inspiring English sources

Those who turned out to vote thought they might be able to effect change.

I love being able to effect change in healthcare through this work.

Perhaps it's unfair to expect one man to be able to effect change in a country locked in the past.

She was able to effect public policy through her behind-the-scenes activities, but she was never accountable.

Freed from the constraints of running for and maintaining political office, he's been able to effect change with greater gusto.

"Pensioners themselves are less able to effect change in their lives than people of working age," Duncan Smith.

But his critics fear he is no longer able to effect wholesale change in a broken state.

Here Acocella and Carroll talk with Sasha Weiss about the crisis within the Catholic Church, and whether Pope Francis will be able to effect real change.

While it is unclear just how far the power of the committee will extend, Mr. Volcker said that he expected to be able to effect "substantial" changes.

One individual, working alone, would be able to effect changes in the code more quickly and securely than a group, he believes.

Within five or eight years, a critical mass should have begun to develop which would be able to effect tangible change.