Example sentences of "capacity for do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Energy is officially defined as ‘ capacity for doing work ’ and it has the dimensions of force multiplied by distance . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've got a capacity for doing something really f—ing weird ! ’ |
| 3 | The foundation of this approach was a positive conception of liberty ; freedom as an actual capacity for doing or enjoying something rather than simply the absence of external constraint : |
| 4 | When we speak of freedom as something to be highly prized , we mean a positive power or capacity for doing or enjoying something worth doing , and that , too , something that we do or enjoy in common with others . |
| 5 | His capacity for doing several jobs , and simultaneously , seems to have been formed during this period ; he was essentially full-time executive of the London Zoo and its appurtenances while moving from the Ministry of Defence to the Cabinet Office as the most senior and confidential adviser in sight , whence the reference to Pooh Bah . |
| 6 | In effect , since energy is the capacity for doing work , all energy may be considered to be stored energy . |
| 7 | No one else in the counry has the capacity for doing that ; you 've got to be able to take the acid away from the power station 24 hours a day , every day of the year . |