Example sentences of "[is] capable [prep] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is n't a graphics accelerator , but it 's capable of moving at a decent lick when put on a fast bus . |
| 2 | Another major advantage is the insight it is capable of yielding into the social and communicative norms of the community . |
| 3 | The people who designed the drill say it is capable of drilling for oil in almost any direction , and will penetrate deposits that today 's drills can not reach . |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose Alice is capable of looking after the shop ? ’ |
| 5 | It is an advantage of the analysis offered in the last chapter that it is capable of accounting for authority over a group on the basis of authority relations between individuals . |
| 6 | It 's a mysterious , diablo-enhanced thing and fits snugly into an album that takes in pre-pop escapades like ‘ Hey Boots ’ and ‘ Eau Water ’ and then flits to the lilting balladry of ‘ Love In A Hollow Tree ’ which is capable of passing for Julian Cope on a clear day . |
| 7 | It 's a mysterious , diablo-enhanced thing and fits snugly into an album that takes in pre-pop escapades like ‘ Hey Boots ’ and ‘ Eau Water ’ and then flits to the lilting balladry of ‘ Love In A Hollow Tree ’ which is capable of passing for Julian Cope on a clear day . |
| 8 | If the question whether the subject matter is capable of passing by way of donatio mortis causa is put on one side , the three general requirements for such a gift may be stated very much as they are stated in contemplation , although not necessarily in expectation of impending death . |
| 9 | He then turned to the difficult question as to whether land is capable of passing by donatio mortis causa . |
| 10 | We hold that land is capable of passing by way of donatio mortis causa and that the three general requirements for such a gift were satisfied in this case . |
| 11 | While it is quite true that , with exceptional care , a polythene liner is capable of lasting for 10 years or more , it is more likely that it will perish within three , the area between the water surface and ground level being bleached by the sun , cracking and falling away . |
| 12 | One of the best resources you can use is a good listener who will allow you to verbalise your doubts and fears aloud and who is capable of listening to you without pressing home their own agenda . |
| 13 | The F-15 is capable of dealing with all foreseeable large threats for some time ; and if a new Russian regime started to develop a better fighter , America would still be able to beat it into large-scale production of an improved version of the YF-22 . |
| 14 | Consequently , when a handful of practitioners came together in 1979 , it did so with a single guiding principle : ‘ the real measure of development is the ability of a people to build its own comprehensive and complimentary and independent infrastructure that is capable of dealing with its own problems , needs and aspirations . ’ |
| 15 | If you are cutting your food , you automatically calculate the size of piece which is capable of fitting into your mouth … and the process continues throughout the day . |
| 16 | Film is capable of rising above the limitations of language and other cultural barriers . |
| 17 | Film is capable of rising above the limitations of language and other cultural barriers . |
| 18 | Sure enough , we would expect the input systems to ensure that the right kinds of distinctions are drawn — between contour changes that define occlusion and those which define disappearance , for example — but this surely does not mean that the possessor of these input systems is capable of thinking about unperceived entities . |
| 19 | However , the modern public is capable of seeing through the disguise . |
| 20 | This means that the test itself , regardless of its content is capable of acting as a filter , which is exactly what society wants , to allocate educational resources on an apparently fair and scientific basis . |
| 21 | There is no need here to consider what is capable of amounting to a reasonable excuse , but it suffices to say that the defence is clearly of very limited scope . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I mean she is capable of getting through some fairly extraordinary amounts of work . |
| 24 | They discover that although the stone is capable of communicating on ‘ vocal ’ , its more natural medium is ‘ softalk ’ , or direct interface with their pocket computer . |
| 25 | Although not all words containing these sounds manifest the ( usually somewhat indeterminate ) meaning , it is capable of transferring to new coinages . |
| 26 | This provides a rudder that is capable of assisting in balancing and locomotion , but has no break-points for further ‘ tail-dropping ’ . |
| 27 | The human olfactory system , illustrated in Figure 1 , although not as well developed as in many animals , is nevertheless far more sensitive in detecting odours than any known instrumental technique and is capable of discriminating among many thousands of odorous substances , often carrying the memory of a particular odour for life . |
| 28 | Did not this column say , when the apparently creaking colossus joined Durham , that as long as he is capable of playing for a county he must play for England . |
| 29 | The Lucas workers also collaborated with Richard Fletcher and his colleagues at the North East London Polytechnic in producing a unique road/rail vehicle which is capable of running through cities as a coach and running on branch railway lines . |
| 30 | Goldstein argues that if a patient is capable of consenting to ordinary therapy , and if both incarceration and experimental surgery are approved social practices , a person should not be denied the choice . |