Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Please try to understand : I 'm so tired of living with the dead . ’
2 Perhaps the person experiences an overwhelming sense of injustice which renders them less capable of dealing with the problem a second time .
3 The coming out of the horse , following long discussions and meetings between doctors , nurses , patients and artists , was also an opportunity to denounce the miserable conditions of the Mental Hospital , the backwardness of the law in force , the nurses ' working conditions and , above all , the lack of real prospects for all those patients who were already capable of living outside the hospital .
4 The Money Advice Funding Working Party under the chairmanship of Lord Ezra agreed that existing services were not capable of coping with the demand for advice .
5 The essential element that brings it to life is staff , in sufficient numbers , physically capable of working with the necessary ability , experience and temperament for work in the exacting food industry environment .
6 When the front wheels were no longer capable of pointing in the desired direction of travel , it would launch into a gentle semi-spin if you did not act to salvage the situation .
7 The Court was much less explicit on the matter , but nevertheless did hold that the transaction was not incapable of falling within the scope of the Directive on the ground that it ‘ arises out of the grant of subsidies to foundations or associations whose services are not remunerated . ’
8 Partly it was pride ; I could n't countenance exposing all that I was feeling ; but — and I know this does n't mitigate anything , but perhaps it balances the self-interest , self-protection or whatever it was — even then I was also still afraid of succumbing to the temptation to use the power I sensed I could have over you , and the use would have been abuse . ’
9 If anything Peter is more conscious of looking after the other guys .
10 The Italians lost in the league on Sunday but they 're still confident of progressing to the quarter finals of the Cup winners ' cup by holding on to their one goal advantage .
11 Even better followed when the intelligent Coleman , always capable of rising above the mundane , made a marvellous break that was followed by a superb inside pass to Divorty .
12 He was , of course , totally capable of dealing with the situation .
13 But it is absurd to be unduly afraid of borrowing by the state .
14 Even the best examples of restoration , and there are perhaps a few , fall far short of compensating for the lost of ‘ real countryside ’ .
15 Both Mannertreu from Bressingham and River Irt from Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway are superbly powerful mainline narrow gauge engines , and perfectly capable of dealing with the steep inclines and heavy loads the Broadland Line has to cope with .
16 Maxwell 's equations written in the stationary frame of reference should be perfectly capable of dealing with the problem .
17 ‘ I 'm perfectly capable of dealing with the situation here for you .
18 ‘ I 'm perfectly capable of walking round the corner on my own . ’
19 Caro was too astute , quite capable of reading between the lines and discerning Robbie 's feelings for her stepbrother .
20 As far as your proposed advertising campaign is concerned , I can assure you that we will be quite capable of working from the material you supply us with , should you decide to offer us your business .
21 They are quite capable of paying for the resource they want and they want to provide it , but they 're just not allowed to do it .
22 She was quite capable of going to the police and making accusations which , since she had n't a shred of evidence , could only lead to trouble .
23 This applies to some extent to the present posture of some of the leading cadres who prefer the old and are in substance quite incapable of integrating in the reform processes , and who , moreover , refuse to accept them either politically or psychologically . "
24 Often students are either nervous of venturing into the third field or ignorant that opinions and recommendations are required to complete the report .
25 I was very frightened of falling off the edge of the table , which was ten metres from the ground .
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