Example sentences of "capable [prep] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It now makes perfect sense to give a remedy that is capable of bringing about the same or very similar healing responses , that is symptoms , to the healing response which is occurring in the patient as shown by his individual symptoms . |
| 2 | The problem with this reasoning is that even if we accept the narrow definition of freedom on which it relies , a system of private property , and in particular private ownership of productive assets , is not the only property system that is capable of bringing about the required dispersal of control over material goods . |
| 3 | The latter methods are used by every modern choreographer working with classical dance because it is more flexible and expressive and many dancers trained in its technique are capable of acting out the deepest emotions of the characters played , as Ashton and MacMillan have continually shown . |
| 4 | Playing at volume , the FGM proves itself capable of dishing out the dirt , the Dual Sound humbucker retaining its tone and not thinning out to a tuneless buzz . |
| 5 | More than just buying an operating system and securing a future for Novell , Noorda — a man held in high regard by a wide cross section of industry executives — takes on the expectations of all those seeing him as a Moses figure capable of stitching up the highly personalised wounds inflicted during the Unix wars and the aborted peace attempts . |
| 6 | Lord King , the BA Chairman , talked of the need to create an airline which was ‘ capable of taking on the world ’ in an increasingly ‘ global market place ’ ( refer to Table 2.2 ) . |
| 7 | And with the large capital invetment involved , the customer depends on the fact that any new model must be capable of taking on the task in hand without difficulty — there is no room for mere gimmicks . |
| 8 | Holyfield 's men , and there are plenty of them , including a woman as ballet coach , are certain that he will emerge as a true heavyweight champion , capable of taking out the big men of the division . |
| 9 | It is thought that the head secretes a substance which is capable of breaking down the outer layer of the ovum . |
| 10 | For Prince Sihanouk , a better result might be deadlock , chaos and a call for his return to national leadership as the only person capable of sorting out the mess . |
| 11 | Well to make that sort of revenue they will actually need to fly rather more than two million passengers a year , and in the present state of the world aviation market I reckon that 's quite a tall order , in fact if they fell short of it by five percent in a particular year that would be capable of using up the kind of capital and reserves which we 've been talking about . |
| 12 | But the both brothers who owned it er Charles er John and Tom were becoming very very aged and were not capable of carrying on the job . |
| 13 | we replied that our only object was to secure a Government on such lines and with such a prospect of stability that it might reasonably be expected to be capable of carrying on the war ; that in our opinion his Government , weakened by the resignations of Lloyd George and Bonar Law and by all that had gone on during the past weeks , offered no such prospect and we answered the question therefore with a perfectly definite negative . |
| 14 | But , once more , the qualifications were liberally added : ‘ as long as the individual is active and capable of carrying out the required duties ’ ; and ‘ where risks to other persons are involved ( eg driving ) , then adequate checks on ability should be made . ’ |
| 15 | Franco , however , would not delegate because he saw himself as the only person capable of carrying out the mission of maintaining a united Spain . |
| 16 | Its machinery had to be capable of carrying out the role in relation to those institutions now designated as polytechnics — which , as we have seen , were far from homogeneous — and in relation to a large variety of other institutions with one or another proportion of its work at the level of CNAA degrees . |
| 17 | Later , the broker submitted better particulars and claimed that an alternative computer system capable of carrying out the work would cost in excess of £1,100,000 . |
| 18 | If there 's no workshop near the scene capable of carrying out the repair within a reasonable time , 24 hours for example , then the bike and rider will be brought home or to a destination of the owner 's choice . |
| 19 | Power for this method is best supplied by one or more external canister filters , which should be capable of turning over the tank water at least three times each hour . |
| 20 | The hardware of this music machine should be capable of playing back the composition in the sounds of the instruments for which it was written . |
| 21 | Harvey was certainly reliable but I think he was also capable of pulling off the classic save ( as in the Leeds-Arsenal Cup final ) . |
| 22 | Major and Mrs Burrows knew she was more than capable of weighing up the pros and cons , and living with the consequences . |
| 23 | Arguments continue to rage on the Ryder Cup side , yet Gallacher 's men are quite capable of winning back the trophy . |