Sentence examples for were able in from inspiring English sources

Often they were able, in translation, to reach heights of pathos unavailable to the English-language poet, through some strangeness of language, metaphor and image.

Through these the Etruscans were able, in the middle of the 6th century bce, to push into the Po River valley.

In the jungles of Guatemala, archaeologists were able in 2010 to identify nearly a hundred structures at the lost Mayan city of Holtun (meaning "head of stone").

Though many people were skeptical that it would succeed, he said, "we were able in a relatively short period to bring together a very strong case against Milosevic, and Nancy deserves credit for her leadership role in making that happen".

If European leaders and finance ministers were able in a weekend to agree on a pact that envisaged a punishing commitment to austerity, surely they can also authorize the central bank to buy government bonds directly.

The explanation suggested to me is that the garrison in the Post Office were able in the first days of the battle to go in and out at will, and that they mingled with the groups of men in the streets, picking up scraps of uncertain information and spreading rumours, learning the disposition of the military, and laying sniping traps for them.

And Cook has never looked like he was able, in his words, to "turn it around".

As their fortunes rose, Lazarides was able, in 2005, to establish his business.

I've been very fortunate in life and I want to be able, in some small way, to help others".

"Now we are able in the laboratory to make antibodies in cells -- that are clones -- against cancer cells," he said.

And by cherishing its past, the film implies, Belfast is able in many ways to live in the past.