Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] be capable " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before any kind of training is undergone in kung fu , the body has to be capable of muscular tasks that , for most beginners , it is not used to performing . |
| 2 | Third , in addition to text and numerics , output and display architecture has to be capable of delivering both sound and images to the required standards of any given application . |
| 3 | If the university is to act as the " cultural centre for the whole community " , with literature as the " central civilizing force " , it needs to be capable of discrediting those students who " are actually too lazy or incompetent to do an honest day 's work " . |
| 4 | Furthermore , this " essence " needs to be capable of being infinitely adaptable according to the uniqueness of each person 's experience and needs and interests . |
| 5 | The more complex the life-cycle , the easier it should be to interrupt it and thus eradicate the parasite , but each link in the phylloxera chain appears to be capable of regenerating a modified cycle . |
| 6 | What is more , the vertebrate brain appears to be capable of parallel processing , so programs written for digital computers are of questionable relevance to human or animal psychology . |
| 7 | It even seems to be capable of converting the fonts across by rasterising them and taking them across as a bitmap that the film recorder will image as a graphic . |
| 8 | It seems likely that a redefinition of the principal crimes of physical violation would cover most of these cases anyway , and the Criminal Law Revision Committee saw the need to supplement the general offences with only one special offence — administering to another , without his consent , any substance which D knows to be capable of interfering substantially with the other 's bodily functions . |