Example sentences of "capable [prep] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If a long-net is correctly set it should be capable of withstanding any weight of rabbits . |
2 | More than capable of handling any situation , she thought , while unobtrusively studying his athletic form and strong line of jaw . |
3 | One breed that seemed capable of handling any distraction was the Connemara and it was from that section that both Champion and Reserve came . |
4 | Panic swiftly sets in when our boys twig they are in possession of the Greatest Microchip In The Universe , capable of breaking any code anytime , anywhere . |
5 | His insistence was that they should be ambitious and resourceful , capable of fulfilling any potential he saw in them . |
6 | DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE Bill Clinton wants to be President of the world 's only superpower — a nation capable of swatting any other off the globe at the push of a button . |
7 | However , a properly conducted appeal ( on the facts and not merely on a point of law ) would be capable of curing any defects in the original hearing . |
8 | It followed that somewhere in the world there were soil micro-organisms with enzymes capable of attacking any substance which occurred in living tissues , and , given such enzymes , that one might use them , for instance , to destroy bacteria lethal to man . |
9 | Politicians , however , were quite capable of making any assistance look somewhat larger than life and thus attempt to reap the last ounce of voter gratitude for their services . |
10 | ‘ Even when we were at school together , you used to lord it over the rest of us , and would never admit that you were capable of making any mistakes . |