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Example sentences for "enable the"

  • He had ridden splendidly, and his b]ow had been marvellously delivered at an extremely long reach, as he was nearly out of his saddle when he sprang forward to enable the blade to obtain a cut at the last moment.

  • At Assouan, the sandbanks are purely sand brought down by the cataracts, therefore soil must be added to enable the people to cultivate.

  • The Court was then adjourned until the morning of the 28th, ostensibly in order to enable the judge to consider the evidence and make up his mind.

  • Throughout Monday night all were engaged in getting in arms and ammunition and doing all that could be done to enable the town to hold its own against possible attack.

  • Behind Misery was Rushton, ever bullying and goading him on to greater excuses and efforts for the furtherance of the good cause--which was to enable the head of the firm to accumulate money.

  • They are carried on, and exorbitant prices are charged for the articles they sell, to enable the proprietors to amass fortunes, and to pay extortionate rents to the landlords.

  • An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper.

  • A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.

  • I therefore furnish a table of the various denominations, so as to enable the reader, at a glance, to get the particular information he may desire.

  • The conference then adjourned for an hour to enable the text of the treaty to be completed in accordance with the understanding arrived at.

  • Figure 16 is scarcely sufficient to enable the dancer to distinguish them.

  • An average of ten tests was necessary to enable the mice to follow the path correctly.

  • Winckelmann and his father were once accustomed to sing at night in the streets to raise fees to enable the boy to attend the grammar school.

  • He has established co-operative clubs, to enable the men to purchase food and clothing at cost price.

  • We believe that time and experience will enable the leaders of Friendly Societies generally to improve them, and introduce new ameliorations.

  • In order to enable the workpeople to join in the business, a large sum of money was lent to them for the purpose of taking up returned shares in the company; and the workpeople took them up to a large extent.

  • To enable the vessels to stand the fire, the bark of a certain tree, called Caraipe, is burned and mixed with the clay, which gives tenacity to the ware.

  • The place should have only so much light as may be necessary to enable the birds to see where they are to perch and to eat and drink.

  • Each nest should have a door no bigger than necessary to enable the pigeons to go in and out but within should be of three palms in diameter.

  • A good measure of the proper height from the ground is what is necessary to enable the swineherd to keep watch that no little pigs are crushed by the sow, and to clean out the bedding easily.

  • To enable the reader to form some sort of an independent judgment on this question, it is necessary to say a few words on the subject of casuistry and the doctrine of probabilism.

  • Fraud or evasion is carefully guarded against, and every possible means is employed to enable the general to keep himself fully informed concerning the minutest details of the society's affairs.

  • The true way to help the poor is to enable the poor to assist themselves; to teach them trades and give them work.

  • Enough has now been said to enable the reader to understand something of the spirit and labors of the monks in an age characteristically barbaric.

  • What he would condemn is that substitute for deep and proper study, which is to enable the painter to conceive and execute every subject as a whole, and a finish which Cowley calls "laborious effects of idleness.

  • The aim of this book has been to increase the emphasis on social, industrial, and cultural topics and to enable the student to understand modern conditions and tendencies.

  • The first draft of this document was, as we saw, completed in the incredibly short space of some thirty hours, so as to enable the President to take it with him to Washington.

  • I recommended that suitable provision be made to enable the people to easily convert their savings into Government securities, as the best mode in which small savings may be well secured and yield a moderate interest.

  • The commission announced the result of its deliberations on the 23d day of November last year, and an appropriation at the present session of Congress will be necessary to enable the Government to make the payment provided for in the treaty.

  • The cabs have baywindow fronts, to enable the men to have an unobstructed view of the bucket at all times without peering through slots in the floor.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "enable the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    cannot comprehend; check the; coffee houses; each ring; economic reform; enable him; enable the; enable them; enabled them; enquire whether; give attention; help himself; judicial procedure; like tone; many friends; more cheerful; over against; sailing west; seemed much; small present; splendid story; sweet emperor; wanted very; will recognize and maintain the freedom; you was