Sentence examples for contingent able from inspiring English sources

The force would be the alliance's first standing military contingent, able to rush to a crisis within Europe or beyond.

The African Union contingent was able to dislodge the Shabab from key cities in Somalia, but the group has responded by focusing increasingly on suicide attacks.

After the election, the contingent was able to focus almost exclusively on construction tasks.

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He advised making any sale contingent on being able to convert the building to residential use.

How Enron's chief executive officer, Jeff Skilling, made his willingness to leave McKinsey for Enron in 1990 contingent on being able to use "a different type of accounting from the one ordinarily used by the natural-gas industry" is discussed in "The Smartest Guys in the Room" but not in "24 Days".

However, that application to expand the race was turned down, according to Kristin Sears, a spokesperson for NYCRUNS, because "expansion was contingent on being able to use Prospect Park Drive, which we learned today is being used as a staging areas for emergency service and FEMA vehicles".

Ruling on the other elements of Thompson's strategic review of the BBC's activities, the trust said it endorsed the proposal to cut the corporation's online budget by 25%, contingent on being able to "understand and approve the editorial changes involved".

But not even with that large contingent were they able to stop demonstrators from blocking all of Frei Serafim Avenue's intersections.

But not even with that large contingent were they able to stop demonstrators from blocking all of Frei Serafim Avenue's intersections, one at a time.

Both individually and collectively, they understand that their practice is contingent upon being able to identify, prevent, and address challenges to the profession.