Example sentences of "capable of [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typical bioelectromagnetic procedures utilise instruments capable of displaying on a video screen the changing patterns of the EM fields . |
| 2 | It suggests that ‘ old-fashioned ’ vitalistic metaphors were quite capable of flourishing in an age that demanded that science have practical applications . |
| 3 | Agit-poppers convinced themselves that rock was archaic and debased , no longer capable of functioning as a medium for radical comment . |
| 4 | So do I. To anyone capable of seeing beyond a county bank balance , it has been clear for a number of years that there is too much limited-overs cricket played by the counties and that the present mix of three and four-day Championship games is not only confusing , especially now that they start on different days of the week , but also unnecessarily exhausting for all involved . |
| 5 | However , the modern public is capable of seeing through the disguise . |
| 6 | Compared with Charity , he was a mere minnow capable of slipping through the net as easy as winking . |
| 7 | Relief is available for any programme of activity capable of counting towards a qualification accredited as a National Vocational ( NVQ ) or Scottish Vocational ( SVQ ) qualification at Levels 1 to 4 inclusive . |
| 8 | Almost immediately , Doherty went on to try to make it general and so , of course , capable of calling for a general strike . |
| 9 | Another major advantage is the insight it is capable of yielding into the social and communicative norms of the community . |
| 10 | However , some N. battus eggs deposited in the spring are capable of hatching in the autumn of the same year resulting in significant numbers of L3 on the pasture at this time . |
| 11 | I further submit that the features of the doctrine of consent which I have identified , so far from facilitating the patient 's self-determination , are in fact capable of serving as a blueprint for making considerable inroads into , and even for disregarding altogether , the need for consent . |
| 12 | Are you capable of sailing in the prevailing conditions ? |
| 13 | Sooner or later it occurs to the owner that , for the price of two or three battery changes , it should be possible to make a transformer-rectifier unit capable of acting as a permanent substitute for the battery . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It filled space and was believed capable of acting on the nervous system of living forms directly , depending upon the individual fluctuating resonances in the body . |
| 16 | And he made a number of management changes which reinforced the impression that Eurotunnel had become a company capable of acting in the best interests of bankers and shareholders and standing up to the demands of the Anglo-French contracting consortium . |
| 17 | ‘ Boris Nikolayevich … intends to act as resolutely as he showed himself capable of acting in the fateful days of August 1991 , ’ said spokesman Vyacheslav Kostikov , referring to Mr Yeltsin 's role in thwarting a Communist coup . |
| 18 | On the second day , she wrote Louise a letter that she knew was inadequate but told all that she felt capable of confiding for the moment . |
| 19 | ‘ The actual decision in the Manchester Corporation case can perhaps be supported , as Mr. Waterhouse suggested , on the argument that the libel there was not capable of referring to a corporation consisting ( as the plaintiffs did ) of the mayor , aldermen and citizens , and not , as here , of the chairman and councillors . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm sure you 're quite capable of passing on a simple message . |
| 21 | Leptons include particles such as the familiar electrons , which orbit the atomic nucleus , and the mysterious neutrinos , which are almost undetectable particles capable of passing through the entire earth untouched . |
| 22 | It is n't a graphics accelerator , but it 's capable of moving at a decent lick when put on a fast bus . |
| 23 | In all , the search for visual relays working in parallel with the primary cortical visual mechanisms has been disappointing , even though there is good evidence that these areas must be capable of operating in the absence of the visual cortex . |
| 24 | Recently it has been shown that Raman spectra may be obtained from a wide variety of samples using a combination of an interferometer capable of operating in the near-IR region and a near-IR laser . |
| 25 | You could say that out of the simple song there came the poem capable of expressing in a short length deep thoughts . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | and Otton J. ) affirmed his acquittal by the Crown Court ( which had allowed an appeal against conviction by justices ) on the ground that the defendant , when required to give blood , had raised an objection capable of amounting to a medical reason why blood should not be taken and that this could only be determined by a medical practitioner . |
| 28 | After that maybe , just maybe , you can start proving to me you do possess some measure of professionalism — although to be honest , ’ he added caustically , ‘ I 'm finding it hard to believe you 're capable of distinguishing between a weed and an orchid at the moment , or even digging a garden , let alone ever designing one . ’ |
| 29 | Earlier in his essay on the rule of law Oakeshott had suggested that to deliberate the jus of lex is ‘ to invoke a particular kind of moral consideration : … the negative and limited consideration that the prescriptions of law should not conflict with a prevailing educated moral sensibility capable of distinguishing between the conditions of ‘ virtue ’ , the conditions of moral association ( ’ good conduct ’ ) , and those which are of such a kind that they should be imposed by law ( ’ justice ’ ) ' . |
| 30 | He is confident that given five years and more know-how , Russia will have international companies capable of competing at a global level . |