The phrase "able to effect a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the capability to bring about or cause a particular result or change.
Example: "The new policy is able to effect a significant improvement in employee productivity."
Alternatives: "capable of producing a" or "able to bring about a".
For a long period, few other drugs were available and it was only after the Second World War that a few new compounds reached the market stage that were both effective and practical, able to effect a cure by a single injection.
Throughout his political life, he emphasized moderation and compromise and gradually became recognized as the only leader able to effect a national reconciliation.
Liberating the N.H.S., and putting power in the hands of patients and clinicians, means we will be able to effect a radical simplification, and remove layers of management".
And who best to be able to effect a quarantine?" He did not answer his own questions, but after the last one, he said: "One option is the use of a military that's able to plan and move.
While this suppression of the opinion of those in power continues to be the case, Britain will not be able to participate in an open and honest debate on this subject and will not be able to effect a much needed evidence-based policy".
St Louis, just like Kansas City, find their strength in their defensive front, but where Reid has been able to effect a quick turnaround for the Chiefs, his counterpart on the far end of the I-70, Jeff Fisher, has been hindered by injuries at quarterback.
Following the civil war fighting in 2006 the Sunni position in and around Baghdad was severely weakened and, with al-Qaida offering no constructive alternatives, the tribal channels were able to effect an understanding with Petraeus and the Americans.
All sera were able to effect an approximately 90% or greater kill (1 log10 kill) of Salmonella in the serum bactericidal assay indicating that these anti-Salmonella antibodies are functional.
In later years, he commented: "Had the young Captain Jervis not performed such a complete survey of this port then the Earl St Vincent would not have been able to effect such a thorough blockade of it".
During the Reagan presidency, when Kemp was able to effect tax cutting, a leading United States Senate tax-cutting proponent was Democrat Bill Bradley, a former basketball star.
Perhaps it's unfair to expect one man to be able to effect change in a country locked in the past.
