Sentence examples for it was able to keep from inspiring English sources

A spike started to appear, but it did not hit a ceiling; it was able to keep climbing without disruption.

Yet it was able to keep operating because of management-friendly regulations that routinely allowed endless appeals of safety violations before a hazard had to be rectified.

Having learned from World War I, the government provided compensation to workers for lost wages, and, despite economic difficulties, it was able to keep inflation at a tolerable level throughout the war.

But the online company would be the first to acknowledge that it was able to keep a 40percentt market share of dial-up service for years because it gained an early lead among customers who recommended the service to their friends and families.

The resulting cash it was able to keep from the tax man, according to regulators, amounted to an illegal form of state aid.

According to the plant manager, it was able to keep the high price for their compost products, because the quality of compost is good and it received a compost quality certification from the Ministry of Agriculture.

Thank God I was able to keep it together when it came time for the interview.

"I was in trouble the whole game, but I was able to keep it close".

The most important reason I was able to keep it together was my friend, Daphne DeHaven.

I was feeling wretched, but I was able to keep it all hidden from Nigel.

Idealab, for its part, generates most of its own ideas so it is able to keep a larger equity stake than in cases where an entrepreneur brings an idea to the incubator.