Example sentences of "capable [prep] [verb] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far so inconsequential , but Heather would have been quite capable of deducing as much herself . |
| 2 | All econometric models are vast simplifications of reality , entailing several layers of approximation , and the economic theory available may in any case be very limited , or controversial , or capable of quantifying in only a rough-and-ready fashion . |
| 3 | Party members might be supposed capable of choosing more knowledgeably than the generality of less committed voters . |
| 4 | They are capable of aiming accurately enough to splash a man 's face from a distance of 6 feet . |
| 5 | In some kinds of violent volcanic eruptions pyroclasts combine with large quantities of hot gases to form a fluid-like flow which is capable of moving very rapidly even over very low gradients . |
| 6 | I must admit I kept him tied up for longer than I was advised as I wanted to make sure he was capable of moving about safely as he invariably would want to look out of the door and then go back to his food . |
| 7 | The pain in her head had subsided into the background , but she felt it was still dangerously capable of moving once again into the foreground if she got up . |
| 8 | But I knew that Posi was quite capable of droning on forever with useless stuff about gross domestic product and tertiary natural resources . |
| 9 | It was rather a good device and one which Fenella admitted to herself she would not thought that Caspar capable of thinking up so quickly . |
| 10 | Since she was capable of loving so deeply , she can still , if she chooses , remain in the business of giving and receiving love for as long as she lives , for although she may feel that she is no longer everything to anyone , she can still mean a great deal to a number of people . |
| 11 | It is perfectly capable of wiping out even the largest enemy unit . |
| 12 | Oh , a at nineteen forty eight they split up the electric supply and the three was nationalized and erm it , it just went out of the control of the local councils , it was government controlled then and there was a distinct possibility that the transport section would be sold off to private enterprise and the only private enterprise that was capable of taking over then was the Eastern Counties but erm I think the , the erm local council having had the transport under their wing for so many years , fought off that erm feeling and erm they kept with it and er , of course all the accountancy went to the Borough Treasurer and the certain members of clerks from the Borough Treasurers , which was at in those days , er seconded on to transport accounts . |
| 13 | The organisms are normally capable of breaking down much of the effluent . |
| 14 | Owen thought that rather a pity as she had seemed very competent , quite capable of sorting out both Yussuf and his wife . |
| 15 | Thus what we should be looking for is a system of screening that is capable of picking out expeditiously all cases that require testing and not just a sample . |
| 16 | It was Bavaria that provided the Catholic leadership of the Counter-Reformation in Germany , yet as we have seen the young Lassus was capable of composing not only Masses approved by the reforming cardinals but others in flagrant disregard of everything that Trent stood for ( see p. 245 ) . |
| 17 | This is partly due to the fact that many significant computational questions can be pursued quite independently of hardware-considerations , but is also due to the fact that a ‘ general-purpose ’ machine is precisely one whose hardware is capable of carrying out indefinitely many different types of computation . |
| 18 | Hundreds of ordinary men and women are highly competent interviewers , and a glance at some of the very complex interview schedules used by market research firms and the government research agencies show that they are capable of carrying out very intricate interviews which would probably be beyond the capabilities of many untrained academics ! |
| 19 | Some students , particularly those from the Indian subcontinent who have been selected for Commonwealth Scholarships , are capable of performing very well at higher degree level , and then returning to an academic career in their own countries . |
| 20 | Last season 's total of 38 seemed like a hard act to follow , but McCoist admitted : ‘ I always knew that I was capable of scoring even more , but I did n't want to shout too loudly about it . |
| 21 | The picture painted by the Survey is one of a book provision system which is capable of coping remarkably well with the complexities of a Library whose collections have been built up over three centuries : a high proportion of requests are satisfied ; the great majority of items are delivered to readers without difficulty ; and the time taken for most items to be delivered is not only comparatively short , but , despite the fluctuating level of demand for printed books , shows little variation . |
| 22 | Human males are capable of fertilizing almost as many human females as they would wish ; some of our close relations among the higher primates do exactly that . |
| 23 | To redress the balance , it is worth noting that Tolkien was capable of working in quite a different way . |
| 24 | The expression ‘ new ’ in relation to a vehicle is capable of meaning not just in new condition but also that the car has not been registered . |
| 25 | When nature has provided you with a highly efficient set of incisors capable of cutting down more than 100 trees in one season , and an overriding instinct to build complex dams up to 4,000 ft. long and 12 ft. high , you can regard yourself as one of her senior architects and master builders . |
| 26 | I 'm quite capable of forgetting in about five minutes . |
| 27 | ‘ I knew that my horse was capable of running well so long as he was all right . |
| 28 | The herbivores have keen senses with which they are continuously alert for predators , and they are usually capable of running very fast to escape them . |
| 29 | If the board is to take important decisions , it should be capable of doing so wisely . |
| 30 | She 's capable of doing very well in a major crisis . |