Example sentences of "capable of [verb] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prospect of his receiving deputations as Prime Minister from the Miners ' Federation or the Triple Alliance , for example , is capable of causing alarm for the future relations between the Government and Labour — between moderate and less moderate opinion . |
| 2 | This arrangement was partly to help overcome a technical problem since Laura Ashley machinery was not capable of producing sheeting to the required width , and coordinated bed linen was a must for American designers . |
| 3 | This is a paradoxical fact for those empiricists who think that new theories are derived from the facts in some way , but it is quite comprehensible when it is realized that precise experimentation can only be carried out if one has a precise theory capable of yielding predictions in the form of precise observation statements . |
| 4 | This ruled out ( for example ) affective measures of attitude which might well also be capable of yielding insight into the individual 's degree of integration with the group . |
| 5 | Nevertheless they had not yet been superseded by new organizations capable of combining loyalty to the monarchy with the representation of the socially and economically powerful . |
| 6 | FFB plans to devise a business capable of controlling supply from the producer to the retailer . |
| 7 | 17.62 Extended tasks in external assessment SATs may also however be capable of monitoring aspects of the writing process , as well as the product of composition and its physical presentation : we recommend that SEAC should commission development work with this in mind . |
| 8 | An underwater turbine , capable of generating electricity from the rise and fall of the tides , is to be tested in Scotland . |
| 9 | But the reason why Dworkin 's rights thesis appears too narrow to generate a right of participation is because it too is firmly grounded in a gesellschaft model of law and society in which virtually the only interests which are considered capable of generating rights in the strong sense are those appropriate for abstract individuals pursuing their own private interests . |
| 10 | We are looking for persons who can work both individually and in teams , and capable of conducting research from the definition of a project to the final writing up of the results . |
| 11 | Agfa has just launched a network of nine bureau round the country and there are perhaps a further dozen individual set-ups currently operating , many as part of an existing desktop publishing bureau and so capable of providing assistance with the overall design of the presentation . |
| 12 | He had aged considerably over the last few months , and though he protested he was fit , healthy and perfectly capable of taking care of the kids while I got a job , I had my doubts . |
| 13 | The authors suggest that the lists can contribute towards decisions on disapplications and modifications : ‘ These should help to decide whether a child is capable of reaching ATs in the areas covered by the scales ’ ( Webster and Webster 1990 : 9 ) . |
| 14 | In addition , the special verdict of the jury in this case established that by custom of merchants a bill of lading was transferable by endorsement , and capable of transferring title to the goods . |
| 15 | Another point that Akpata has brought up is that match and event organisers need to be aware of the ‘ trauma hospital ’ closest to their area , and should have a person capable of performing triage at the ready . |
| 16 | I do n't suppose you 're even capable of having dreams like the ones I used to have before they sent me to you . |
| 17 | The grandmother was capable of fetching water from the tap in the courtyard , if nothing else . |
| 18 | Charlie wondered if the comradeship that had bound such a disparate bunch of lads together during the past three months was quite enough to make them capable of joining combat with the elite of the German army . |
| 19 | Although most of Doctor Who 's scripts , at this time , were still in a fairly fluid state , the nature of the show — populated with murderous warlords , malevolent Daleks , or savage cavemen — called for a character capable of conveying terror to the audience . |
| 20 | ( g ) Durability and determination of merchantability It was clearly established in the pre-1973 cases that where goods are entrusted to a carrier for transmission to the buyer , they must be capable of remaining fit throughout the normal incidents of carriage ( Mash and Murrell Ltd v Joseph I Emmanuel Ltd [ 1961 ] 1 WLR 862 rev [ 1962 ] 1 WLR 16 ) . |
| 21 | The Profitboss does not run Quality Circles , hut he does surround himself with circles of high-quality people capable of injecting quality into the products and services provided . |
| 22 | Terrible clouds , capable of stripping men to the bone , were turned aside by magical winds . |
| 23 | ‘ The court may , on the application of the office-holder , summon to appear before it — ( a ) any officer of the company , ( b ) any person known or suspected to have in his possession any property of the company or supposed to be indebted to the company , or ( c ) any person whom the court thinks capable of giving information concerning the promotion , formation , business , dealings , affairs or property of the company . |
| 24 | Thus section 236(2) ( c ) refers to ‘ any person whom the court thinks capable of giving information concerning the promotion , formation , business , dealings , affairs or property of the company , ’ and by subsection ( 3 ) such a person may be ordered to produce ‘ any books , papers or other records in its possession or under his control relating to a company or the matters mentioned in paragraph ( c ) of the subsection . ’ |
| 25 | On the contrary , for example , in In re Gold Co. ( 1879 ) 12 Ch.D. 77 ) in a case under section 115 of the Companies Act 1862 ( 25 & 26 Vict. c. 89 ) ( which enabled the court to summon any officer or any persons supposed to be capable of giving information concerning the transaction and trade dealings of the company ) , Sir George Jessel M.R. said , at p. 85 : |
| 26 | Firestone suggests that women 's liberation requires them to become as liberated from their bodies as men are : ‘ Feminism is the inevitable female response to the development of a technology capable of freeing women from the tyranny of their sexual-reproductive roles ’ ( 1971 : 35 ) . |
| 27 | I think he was more than capable of shooting Barak in the back . |
| 28 | Their partnership has yielded 14 goals so far and looks capable of keeping Villa in the forefront of the Premier Division title race . |
| 29 | Their partnership has yielded 14 goals so far and looks capable of keeping Villa in the forefront of the Premier Division title race . |
| 30 | But along with this goes the idea that to talk of ‘ the mind ’ is to talk of something actually in the head , or at any rate capable of making contact with the rest of the body via the brain . |