Example sentences of "[am/are] capable [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I gave it to them straight : competing with the best ai n't good enough when you 're capable of being the best . ’ |
| 2 | She 'll be a far better mother than you 're capable of being . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm capable of being tempted by a desirable woman — though I must say I have no present intention of succumbing to that temptation . ’ |
| 4 | Four children and their father set off on a bear hunt in high spirits , but by the time they 've forded a river , squelched through mud , survived a snowstorm and a wild wood to penetrate the bear 's dark cave , all they are capable of is running home again , with bear in hot pursuit . |
| 5 | The rebellion of the American colonies in the eighteenth century confronted the British with an axiom which , for reasons which are capable of being understood , they found so unpleasant that more than two centuries later they have still not ceased attempting to wish it out of existence . |
| 6 | Generally speaking , we shall include under the notion of a man 's property in its widest sense all rights which are capable of being transferred to others , of being made available for payment of his debts , or of passing to his representatives on his death . |
| 7 | Although the courts do not refuse in principle to review the exercise of police discretionary powers , they do nevertheless exercise a great deal of caution and restraint to such a degree that it is difficult to see how in practice the principles of judicial review are capable of being used to challenge decisions to issue warrants where these are considered to be necessary for the prevention or detection of crime . |
| 8 | They become schooled in that illogical negativism sometimes known as Logical Positivism , which says that statements about the world are either provable by observation or are capable of being deduced from facts supplied by reason or logic . |
| 9 | Since then , this style has been questioned , and earlier picking of grapes and more judicious use of oak ageing means the wines are capable of being confused with the great French Chardonnays , such as Chablis , which have always been more restrained and elegant . |
| 10 | To meet this need , high-power video lights have been developed from earlier photographic types which are capable of being run for long periods at full power . |
| 11 | They should be accounted for separately only if the instruments are capable of being cancelled or redeemed independently of each other ; otherwise they should be accounted for as a single instrument . |
| 12 | Accounting for the individual instruments is required by paragraph 19 if ( and only if ) the instruments are capable of being cancelled or redeemed independently of each other . |
| 13 | The warrants and the debt are capable of being cancelled or redeemed separately . |
| 14 | There is ample evidence that many employees would welcome the opportunity to expand the narrow scope of their routine work , and that employees in mundane jobs are capable of being stretched . |
| 15 | WITH the object and intent of affording to the Vendor a full and sufficient indemnity but not further or otherwise the Purchaser hereby covenants with the Vendor that he the Purchaser and the persons deriving title under him will at all times hereafter duly observe and perform the covenants contained or referred to in the Conveyance so far as the same affect the property hereby conveyed and remain to be observed and performed and are capable of being enforced and will indemnity and keep indemnified the Vendor and his successors in title from and against all actions costs claims and demands in respect of any breach non-observance or non-performance thereof so far as aforesaid |
| 16 | Unlike conventional bureaucrats , whose managerial skills are capable of being duplicated , technocrats can not be purged or replaced easily , nor can scientific — professional viewpoints be altered from outside . |
| 17 | Further , Hayek argues that constructivist rationalists are guilty of ‘ the synoptic delusion ’ ; that is , the belief that all relevant social facts are capable of being known to some one mind , and that it is possible to construct from this knowledge of the particulars a desirable social order . |
| 18 | These are capable of being subject to interpretation and identification , and also provide answers to the question of ‘ when ’ by examining sequences and dates . |
| 19 | one wonders … whether the suggestions so originally and persuasively outlined here are capable of being worked out in detail by one man . |
| 20 | It should be based on or at least draw from coherent bodies of knowledge which go beyond mere skill and are capable of being explicated and taught at a high level . |
| 21 | My Lords , this appeal raises the question whether two decisions of your Lordships ' House upon the proper construction of certain provisions of the Theft Act 1968 are capable of being reconciled with each other , and , if so , in what manner . |
| 22 | In practice if there are beneficiaries who are capable of being consulted , it 's likely that one will say to those beneficiaries Right we need to raise some money , there 's only the shares to do it with , we 're proposing to sell them do you agree with that or would you prefer to have the shares and gives us some money ? |
| 23 | The difficulty is that the indicators of this integration which are capable of being treated quantitatively ( to enable such a comparison ) are likely to be culturally determined and to vary from one community to another . |
| 24 | On the environmental side it will be vital to ensure that the standards , rules and codes of practice drawn up at Community level are appropriate to all our circumstances and are capable of being enforced economically and efficiently . |
| 25 | Most speech sounds , except the plosions of plosive consonants , are capable of being continued during a longer or shorter period . |
| 26 | It is argued that the ‘ German model ’ is suited to all other economies ; that its undemocratic features ( the prime place given to an unelected Central Bank ) are either immaterial or ‘ a price worth paying ’ ; that it provides the ideal model for a European federal monetary authority ; that all the economies of Europe are capable of being synchronised to fit in with the German economic cycle . |
| 27 | Their hands lay laced together on the chair arm , but Lisa did not look at him as he put to her , ‘ Of course you have to think of Emily , but surely there must be a couple of men out there who are capable of being a good father to your daughter ? ’ |
| 28 | Most subsidence claims are capable of being resolved without the need for underpinning . |
| 29 | Hence , corporate advisory services such as deal management and similar work are capable of being promoted using cold calling techniques in addition to using other permitted methods . |
| 30 | The other criteria I I I I tend to agree with are matters which are capable of being weighing and balancing against each other and they are not overriding , but I think those three matter which I specified are overriding and would rule out any location . |