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The phrase "are sometimes able" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that there are occasions when someone or something has the capability to do something.
Example: "Despite the challenges, they are sometimes able to find innovative solutions to complex problems."
Alternatives: "can occasionally" or "are occasionally capable".
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Others are sometimes able to return to normal lives.
However, bacteria are sometimes able to break through this defense system and cause infections.
"With four banks vying for their business, they are sometimes able to get better deals.
The lawyers are sometimes able to blunt testimony that could be damaging.
By this naïveté, they are sometimes able to accomplish what we old folks think is impossible.
In particular, threat-space-based search methods are sometimes able to exploit the initiative to prove a win.
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Shani Davis is sometimes able to gently tease his mother.
Ramos was sometimes able to get big interviews, but only in election years.
Because of these properties, copper was sometimes able to compete somewhat with silver.
Even Tony May is sometimes able to curb his enthusiasm for truffles.
Even when the prosecutors had what they thought was compelling evidence, the defence was sometimes able to undermine it.
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