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Free sign upThe phrase "able to shift a" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to express the capability to change or move something, typically followed by a noun that specifies what is being shifted.
Example: "The new software is able to shift a significant amount of data quickly and efficiently."
Alternatives: "capable of moving a" or "able to change a".
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Soon, they're able to shift a car a few spaces away in a parking lot (and watch its owner return and look for it, to their great amusement).
The political influence of newspapers may be declining but, amid fears that UKIP could split the right-of-centre vote in up to 70 marginal seats, a national newspaper able to shift a few hundred votes in a constituency could determine the outcome there.If they had a vote Today the Independent, a left-leaning daily, produced the campaign's most surprising newspaper endorsement.
In the case of PC∶PE∶SPM∶Cho vesicles (Fig. 5C), both peptides were able to shift a small population of the initial vesicles into an aggregate form, indicating that the binding efficiency was not enough to lead into aggregation, as is also shown by FTIR (Fig. 5C).
Electrophoretic mobility-shift assays (EMSAs) show that full-length Cep3 is able to shift a native CDEIII sequence, whereas Cep3Δ shows no detectable binding, confirming that the zinc clusters are the main DNA-binding sites.
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PPIX fluorescence can be visualized through a modified surgical microscope able to shift from a white light to a violet-blue illumination using a dielectric 440 nm short-pass filter into the illumination path.
This is consistent with what one would expect from a free living amoeba that must search for its food and be active in cytoskeletal motility, in addition to being able to shift from a unicellular state to a multicellular fruiting body by coordinated aggregation of individual cells [ 46].
Using these positions as an orienting point, he was able to shift on a host of smaller principals.
I was able to shift things a good deal between my first and second sessions.
However, only some households were able to shift to a more intensive and far-ranging pattern of NTFP harvest, particularly households with boats and motors.
To help these mortgage prisoners, the FSA has suggested that a new or existing lender can waive the rules for borrowers, who demonstrate a good payment history and do not want to increase the loan, to be able to shift onto a new deal.
Cognitive inflexibility may influence the degree to which individuals are able to shift into an experiential processing mode.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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