Example sentences of "they [am/are] [adj] of [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People should realise that passing their test does not mean that they are capable of driving all types of car . |
| 2 | They are capable of packing an immense amount of precise , digital information into a very small space ; and they are capable of preserving this information — with astonishingly few errors , but still some errors — for a very long time , measured in millions of years . |
| 3 | By opportunities for learning that can be at depth , about learning about ourselves , but also the practical things like what do you say to a child whose father 's come back mutilated from war erm how do you write a letter to a bereaved person , and I think children I mean they are capable of doing this , I 've seen it with my own children , with some help they 're able to express quite deep emotions , you know , to somebody who 's had a bereavement , and if they can learn that now , you know , it 's going to be a lot easier later on . |
| 4 | Yet they are unaware of doing this . |
| 5 | The ultimate principle of the welfare state is well summarized by a French resistance declaration demanding ‘ a complete plan of social security , designed to secure the means of existence for all French men and women wherever they are incapable of providing such means for themselves by working ’ ( quoted Saint-Jours , 1982 , p. 122 ) . |
| 6 | After their dream win against Barnsley last week , they 're confident of taken some points off Notts County at the Manor tomorrow . |