Sentence examples for were able to consolidate from inspiring English sources

Both strains produced calcite and were able to consolidate sand.

After months of telephone calls and negotiations, and with the help of a member of Senator Savino's staff, Ana Tinsly, the couple were able to consolidate their loans.

It was a ripe and chaotic moment for improvised music in Manhattan, well before the Knitting Factory provided a frequent venue for musicians like Mr. Cora, who were influenced by progressive rock, jazz and avant-garde composition and who were able to consolidate absurdist humor and structuralist thinking in the same composition.

"I think what we've found is that Big Tech has become too big and that, while we may have been asleep at the wheel, they were able to consolidate a tremendous amount of power," Jeff Landry (R), Louisiana's attorney general, said in an interview.

During the late 15th century and throughout the 16th century, the Kazakhs were able to consolidate a nomadic empire stretching across the steppes east of the Caspian and north of the Aral Sea as far as the upper Irtysh River and the western approaches to the Altai Mountains.

Even Rick Perry, although his polls have been moving in the wrong direction, could conceivably win in New Hampshire if he were able to consolidate the conservative vote behind him after a big win in Iowa — although that is looking much less likely now.

SPEAKER 6: We've been able to consolidate.

He was able to consolidate his power and sideline all his opponents".

During the next four years, ʿAbd Allāh ruled securely and was able to consolidate his authority.

His legitimacy would be shakier than ever before, and he would not be able to consolidate his power again.

As the company acquires more local broadcast stations, it is able to consolidate them into local "duopolies" and cut costs.