The phrase "able to exact" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the capability of enforcing or demanding something, typically in a context involving authority or power.
Example: "The new regulations are designed to ensure that the agency is able to exact compliance from all businesses operating within its jurisdiction."
Alternatives: "capable of enforcing" or "able to demand".
Investigators say they believe that at least in some cases, the terrorist group would have been able to exact a tax in return for the drugs' passage.
It is difficult to imagine that the owners of the port would have been able to exact the same concessions if the government had other funding options.
"We just wanted to get some payback on, and the Braves were the ones we were able to exact that on".
Bartoli's hardcourt campaign started auspiciously, reaching the final in Stanford (where Williams was able to exact revenge for her Wimbledon loss).
"But then I thought: it's now or never – this is my one chance to really make a statement, and if I do then hopefully people from around the world will be able to unite on this issue, and maybe using the impetus we'd actually be able to exact some real change.
Despite the traditional resistance of the Bedouins to any restraining central authority, by 631 Muhammad was able to exact from the majority of their tribes at least nominal adherence to Islam, payment of the zakāt, a tax levied on Muslims to support the poor, and acceptance of Medinan envoys.
Mr Upton was not able to give exact numbers but said it would likely be in "the low thousands".
The algorithm is able to compute exact marginal probability density functions (pdfs) only when the factor graph is cycle free; otherwise, it outputs approximations of the marginal pdfs.
Even then, Olbermann was able to pinpoint exact moments when O'Reilly had made "complete fabrications" on air, Burns said.
However, it was not able to recover exact breakpoints.
