Example sentences of "[is] [adj] of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us reconsider the example of the person who is afraid of shopping in the supermarket ( see Figure 4.8 ) . |
| 2 | May I help you by suggesting that if you could persuade the Prime Minister to fix the election date now there would be no need for this pre-election period — if the Prime Minister would stop shilly-shallying because he is afraid of going to the country . |
| 3 | Alex Ferguson , United 's manager , regards Robson 's presence in four of his team 's remaining six League matches as a realistic target and the captain is confident of playing in the first of them , at home to Southampton on Thursday . |
| 4 | The Aston Villa midfielder has been troubled by a hamstring injury which saw him miss three FA Carling Premiership games but is confident of playing in the Group Three qualifier tomorrow . |
| 5 | Another major advantage is the insight it is capable of yielding into the social and communicative norms of the community . |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose Alice is capable of looking after the shop ? ’ |
| 7 | Film is capable of rising above the limitations of language and other cultural barriers . |
| 8 | Film is capable of rising above the limitations of language and other cultural barriers . |
| 9 | However , the modern public is capable of seeing through the disguise . |
| 10 | It may be more practical to use a commode for night-time toileting , even if the patient is capable of getting to the toilet when fully awake . |
| 11 | The roll , produced by ringing two adjacent sides of the triangle , when ff , is capable of coming through the ff of the full orchestra . |
| 12 | He states that natural justice , being a flexible term which imposes distinct requirements in different cases , is capable of applying to the whole range of situations encapsulated by the terms ‘ judicial , ’ ‘ quasi-judicial , ’ ‘ administrative ’ or ‘ executive ’ . |
| 13 | This defence is capable of applying to the car dealer who has sold a car with a ‘ clocked ’ odometer . |
| 14 | For example , this theory is incapable of accounting for the phenomenon of redundancies : workers surely do not want to be made redundant in order to indulge their desire for longer holidays . |
| 15 | Having recently re-read my own , I have come to the conclusion that diaries furnish the perfect vehicle for self-deception and self-enhancement , provided that , in later years , the reader/writer is incapable of reading between the lines or unable to remember what has been left unsaid . |
| 16 | WHAT THE CRITICS SAID Prince Charles ‘ is incapable of distinguishing between the good and the bad , only between what looks old and what looks new … ’ |
| 17 | How much time must elapse before it can be decided that a programme has seriously degenerated , that it is incapable of leading to the discovery of new phenomena ? |
| 18 | Dunwoody is hopeful of returning to the racecourse next Tuesday following his lay-off because of a broken bone in his right hand . |
| 19 | As we went towards the platforms , I said , she 's frightened of seeming behind the times . |
| 20 | ‘ The fact is , she 's terrified of going under the machines . ’ |