Example sentences of "that [pers pn] are incapable of " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may know that you have passed all your exams but , if your Inner Face tells you ( for whatever reason ) that you are incapable of achievement , that is what you must put down . |
| 2 | Where the boss 's response to a complaint might well be ‘ If you do n't like it you can always leave ’ , then sticking with a job you do not like implies that you lack the motivation to go and find something more satisfactory , or that you are incapable of finding anything better . |
| 3 | You should rely on your secretary 's advice , but it should never appear at the meeting that you are incapable of conducting the business without constant appeals to the Hon. |
| 4 | Of course , not all disabled people accept that they are incapable of functioning independently and equally with others in society . |
| 5 | Their notion of the essence of tragedy is " the struggle of the hero with fate " ( like Schelling ) or " the triumph of the moral world-order " ( like Schiller ) or " the discharge of the emotions " ( like Lessing and other neo-Aristotelians ) One can only suppose that they are incapable of the proper response to tragedy : that is , an aesthetic response to a work of art . |
| 6 | … are we prepared to put our signature to a treaty which will erode the power and influence of Members of this House to such an extent that they are incapable of delivering the natural and legitimate aspirations of their constituents ? |
| 7 | Sometimes these are such dedicated fighting machines , especially in their huge jaws ( in the case of ants , but " gunturrets " for chemical warfare in the case of termites ) , that they are incapable of feeding themselves and have to be fed by non-soldier workers . |