Example sentences of "capable of [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , we could postulate some alien being capable of seeing nothing at all in the range of wavelengths we call ‘ light ’ but able to see a whole range of colours in the ultraviolet or infrared . |
| 2 | ‘ Irish rugby is something special and down the years we 've proved we 're always capable of producing something like this . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Irish rugby is something special and down the years we 've proved we 're always capable of producing something like this . ’ |
| 4 | A window box is more than capable of supplying you with some of the flowers you may want to press , and you can buy other flowers from a florist to supplement what you grow yourself . |
| 5 | Critical for hooking Alphas and VAXes , DEC said the platform would be protocol-independent , capable of handling everything from multi-vendor PC LANs to multi-vendor mainframes . |
| 6 | ‘ I came to my senses , ’ she said , economising with the truth until she felt more capable of handling it with any degree of calm . |
| 7 | The term conversation is widely used , in a non-technical sense , and people seem capable of distinguishing it from other kinds of talk . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps he 's not capable of appreciating something like that . ’ |
| 9 | Most of the friends were too old or too physically enfeebled to be capable of offering themselves for military glory . |
| 10 | ‘ They are both gentle and kind , and are not capable of doing something like this , let alone covering it up with such success . |
| 11 | Christine said thanks to sheer determination and hours of extra work Wesley was now capable of doing anything at all . |