Example sentences of "capable of [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 In the absence of marketing and production systems capable of producing what the consumer wants , both have had to engage in a ‘ hard sell ’ of that range of rather standardized services actually on offer .
2 The study of the purely material aspects of the longue durée , while fascinating in itself , and in some ways theoretically undemanding , is therefore only capable of telling us a little of what we want to know .
3 ‘ On top of that , Portsmouth have players like Clarke and Whittingham , who are always capable of getting you a goal .
4 What this means is that B should have raised the substance of his Convention claim under any domestic procedure which was capable of giving him a remedy , including any avenues of appeal , unless , according to Commission practice , there were some reason for excusing him from doing so .
5 ‘ We will make sure they go to families who are capable of giving them a good home , ’ said Mrs Henderson .
6 She gulped , barely capable of denying herself the inevitable .
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