Kahn was able to make the concrete material of the building look both solid and airy.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

She was able to take the most recognizable people and environments and make them seem strange.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

Kevlar is a fibrous material with qualities that make it able to reject bullets.

VOA: special.2011.03.01

She soon began making movies. Lena Horne said that she was able to make movies because she was the kind of black person that white people could accept.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

Well never be able to make the lighthouse now, said the captain.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

Grant had never been able to make much money.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

And to make it even simpler, farmers will soon be able to answer those questions using their mobile phones.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

The big question is whether aid groups will actually be able to make this happen or will they end up re-pocketing the funds for use elsewhere.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

"I always made things so I thought I might be able to make one.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

McChrystal has reportedly requested thousands more troops to help him make Afghanistan a stable, secure country, and eventually able to look after itself, his definition for success there.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

She says it's also gratifying to be able to make a difference.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

Paul Phan says if he can make it through the first two quarters of 2010 he might be able to survive through some of the hardest times retailers have ever faced.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

"We have got a lot of work to do,". "But I am very confident that with the team we have got assembled we are going to be able to make it happen."

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

"We probably were able to help a distilled amount of about 1,000 people who were the worst of the worst patients, and we were able to make a difference in their lives."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26