Example sentences of "[be] capable [prep] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | This ruled out ( for example ) affective measures of attitude which might well also be capable of yielding insight into the individual 's degree of integration with the group . |
2 | Salter told the inquiry how his ‘ bobbing duck ’ device — a duck-shaped canister which , when installed in lines out to sea , would continually extract energy from the waves — had at that time ( 1982 ) been officially estimated to be capable of producing electricity at about 5 pence per kilowatt hour ( p/kWh ) . |
3 | Finally , Solihull teachers generally do not consider that the use of the scheme constitutes any threat to them , believing it to be capable of showing cause for praise as well as blame . |
4 | The network must be capable of offering access between 64 kbit/s and 2 Mbit/s with usage charges being related primarily to the capacity of the access link . |
5 | ( g ) Durability and determination of merchantability It was clearly established in the pre-1973 cases that where goods are entrusted to a carrier for transmission to the buyer , they must be capable of remaining fit throughout the normal incidents of carriage ( Mash and Murrell Ltd v Joseph I Emmanuel Ltd [ 1961 ] 1 WLR 862 rev [ 1962 ] 1 WLR 16 ) . |
6 | For a threat as thus defined to be capable of giving rise to an action for damages on the part of anyone it must be a threat of an unlawful act . |
7 | On the contrary , for example , in In re Gold Co. ( 1879 ) 12 Ch.D. 77 ) in a case under section 115 of the Companies Act 1862 ( 25 & 26 Vict. c. 89 ) ( which enabled the court to summon any officer or any persons supposed to be capable of giving information concerning the transaction and trade dealings of the company ) , Sir George Jessel M.R. said , at p. 85 : |