Sentence examples for been able to opt from inspiring English sources
For historical reasons, some industries (notably banking) have long been able to opt out of social-security coverage.
Since 2000 English cities have been able to opt to elect executive mayors, but no big metropolis outside London has done so.
Such employers have been able to opt out of providing the coverage and instead have their insurance company pay for it by notifying the insurer, a third-party administrator or the federal government.
Entrepreneur Lord Sugar and nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow have been among those who have previously complained they have not been able to opt out of receiving the winter fuel allowance.
"The fact is we have certain universal benefits in our society, people have worked hard, they've paid their taxes and they get that, in this case, when they have retired". Entrepreneur Lord Sugar and nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow have been among those who have previously complained they have not been able to opt out of receiving the winter fuel allowance.
Hundreds of thousands of public-sector workers would have then been able to opt out of funding the unions that represent them.
