Example sentences of "capable of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the modern public is capable of seeing through the disguise . |
| 2 | Compared with Charity , he was a mere minnow capable of slipping through the net as easy as winking . |
| 3 | Another major advantage is the insight it is capable of yielding into the social and communicative norms of the community . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Are you capable of sailing in the prevailing conditions ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ’ ) ' . |
| 14 | In fact one of the striking characteristics of the history of Africa 's informals during the last three decades is how few of them have managed to launch genuine large-scale businesses , capable of competing with the foreign-owned or -managed enterprises which are still so critical in many countries . |
| 15 | In preparation for this , the first decade of the regime was devoted to the development of the infrastructure , in particular the railways and canals , so that by 1860 France had reached a point where it was felt she was capable of competing with the greatest economic power of the age . |
| 16 | The Chairman of Aerospatiale , the French aerospace group , commented that the proposed merger ( together with that between Daimler Benz and Messerschmitt under consideration at the same time ) risked setting a trend towards diversified national groupings , which would make the task of creating a European aerospace industry , capable of competing with the US , more difficult . |
| 17 | With a string of achievements already to his credit , including the development of such diverse destinations as Dallan in China and Rostov-on-Don in Russia , the former chief executive of the Greater Glasgow Tourist Board hopes to see Derry move forward as a ‘ unified community capable of competing with the best in Europe ’ . |
| 18 | Nor is it to deny that a society capable of providing for the fulfilment of all human needs , all the time , would eliminate the need for money altogether . |
| 19 | He was more than ever aware of the control which Burun was capable of exercising over the affairs of the Kha-Khan 's court . |
| 20 | But can I just answer that because hopefully we do we do try to listen and we try to give you what information you 're capable of taking at the time . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Are you capable of getting to the library Christopher ? |
| 23 | Superpowered craft with engines up to eight litres in capacity and capable of surging across the water at 120mph will compete for the class two championship of Europe . |
| 24 | Superpowered craft capable of surging across the water at 120mph will take part in a high speed challenge for the class two championship of Europe over the weekend of June 19–20 . |
| 25 | The coming out of the horse , following long discussions and meetings between doctors , nurses , patients and artists , was also an opportunity to denounce the miserable conditions of the Mental Hospital , the backwardness of the law in force , the nurses ' working conditions and , above all , the lack of real prospects for all those patients who were already capable of living outside the hospital . |
| 26 | Clara Malraux offers an instructive assessment of Nizan 's psychology at this juncture : I think that Nizan was capable of living with the faults . |
| 27 | Kinnock did much to knock the Labour Party , if not into the 1990s , then at least into something resembling a political organisation capable of escaping from the 1970s . |
| 28 | ‘ I suppose Alice is capable of looking after the shop ? ’ |
| 29 | Peter said that although fifth was a respectable position he felt the team was capable of pushing for the top spot and added the society was eager for new blood . |
| 30 | We 'll need as much exposure as possible in the first couple of years , but it worries me that there 's no independent ‘ father figure ’ capable of speaking for the whole game and making sure it does n't ‘ do a snooker ’ . ‘ |