Sentence examples for able to erect some from inspiring English sources

In recent years developers have been able to erect some glassy residential buildings, like the Lucida at 151 East 85th Street, which the Extell Development Company completed in 2009.

In some locations, developers would be able to erect towers more than twice the size of current buildings, which would cast the Chrysler Building, the Waldorf-Astoria and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church into shadow.

While he acknowledges that he has had to smooth some ruffled feathers, Mr. Marks said Flextronics had been able to erect "fire walls" to prevent proprietary information from leaking between competitors.

You may not be able to erect a crane".

Then the developer wouldn't be able to erect a high-rise on the site.

In the end they were able to erect only 90 of the tents on Friday.

By the end of the decade, there were some 20 contractors in North America building Earthships, and independent home builders were able to erect Earthships for less than $100,000 by studying with Reynolds's firm, Solar Survival Architecture (later Earthship Biotecture).

If the outside noise emanates from a single source, like a factory or busy highway, you may be able to erect a barrier to stop the sound.

CHRISTOPHER CLAREY: That might be true, but at the same time, Tiger was able to erect a wall around himself that athletes from earlier eras never felt the need to erect.

It was to enhance competition and make it fair — to make sure that no group, high or low, is able to erect barriers that would deprive Americans of an open field and a fair chance.

Neither XM nor Sirius can reach below-ground parking areas; the ability to handle obstructions like tunnels depends on where each has been able to erect "repeaters," land-based antennas that help keep a signal strong.