The phrase "able to secure what" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used when discussing the capability to obtain or achieve something specific, though the context is needed for clarity.
Example: "The team was able to secure what they needed to complete the project on time."
Alternatives: "capable of obtaining what" or "able to acquire what".
Nor has she said how she will be able to secure what she and the Brexiteers say they want: continued access to the common market on favorable terms for British firms, together with strict restrictions on migrant flows from Europe.
And while he was not able to borrow some key works — among them a double portrait from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, because the institution doesn't lend it — Mr. Christiansen was able to secure what is thought to be the only full-length portrait painted in the 15th century.
Others whose names haven't been part of the early prognostications -- Ben Mendelsohn ("Mississippi Grind"), Kevin Corrigan ("Results"), Marin Ireland ("Glass Chin") -- are able to secure what is likely one of their few nominations of the season, given those movies' low profiles. .
Nolan looks to a time when only the most immediately popular movies will be able to secure public screening, in what might appear to be democratic but will, he suggests, ultimately undermine choice and originality.
Always suspicious of the Pathet Lao, the Communist-dominated but overwhelmingly nationalist military organization, he was able to secure U.S. financial support to combat what he termed "foreign Communist aggression".
McFarlane told the conference: "It's far from certain what we might be able to secure from discussions with the EU".
Because of limited interbank lending activity, Mr. Wheatley said, sometimes the rates would have to be based on a level of judgment from banks on what interest rates they would be able to secure from other firms.
And, while not indicating when an end of arrests might come, Canadian Press was able to secure the release of a Health Canada document this week that gives indication of what the government thoughts are on the plant.
That's far less than what some of this year's top free-agent pitchers were able to secure.
"Even in 1996, with what was sometimes a very inarticulate and uninspired defense of his own tax plan, Bob Dole was still able to secure an advantage among men.
