The phrase "able to exert that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity or capability to influence or apply force in a particular context.
Example: "The team was able to exert that level of influence on the decision-making process."
Alternatives: "capable of exerting that" or "able to apply that".
Shareholders did not succeed in ousting the two H.P. directors and demoting Mr. Lane, the chairman, at the shareholder meeting, but were able to exert pressure that eventually led to this outcome.
This is what Picasso was pointing out: there's a cost of maturity, an unintended side-effect of being able to exert self-control that also stifles our creativity, that represses the imagination.
Consistent with our conclusion, it has been shown that Caspase-2 indeed appears to be able to exert biological effects that do not depend on either catalytic activity or interaction with RAIDD or PIDD1, exemplified by translational control of p21 levels.
Lisicki knocks the beans off the ball and has always been a damned hard opponent on her day but what has changed over the last six months is that she now is able to exert more control over that power, especially on the big points.
As expected, with no restrictions swimmers were able to exert higher forces than that using only their arm stroke or leg kicking.
It shows that WC nanoparticles caused low transcriptional responses while WC-Co nanoparticles are able to exert responses similar to that of free cobalt ions, particularly the induction of hypoxia-like effects via interactions with HIF1α in human keratinocytes.
Accordingly, steroid concentrations in saliva most closely approximate the fraction of the steroid in circulation that is 'bioavailable', i.e., that fraction of the total hormone that is able to exert physiological effects.
However, a few species of insects form large groups that are able to exert some control over these processes.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has clinical approval for use as a minimally invasive therapeutic procedure that is able to exert selective cytotoxic activity toward malignant cells.
If employers disregard calls from their employees for different work schedules, this may cause workers to turn to collective organizations, such as labor unions, that are able to exert more effective pressure on employers, as teachers' unions have done recently.
