Example sentences of "incapable of [v-ing] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some would argue that society as a whole was incapable of rising to it morally and that little could be done to enforce it . |
| 2 | For she found herself incapable of struggling against it , as others did ; while at home , she made no efforts to alleviate her lot . |
| 3 | She did n't know what to do or say , and even if she had her body and mind were incapable of acting on it . |
| 4 | But now there is the pressing problem of what to do with Mr Landor who seems incapable of acting for himself . |
| 5 | If your parent is incapable of acting for herself , discuss this with the hospital Medical Social Worker or the Enquiry Clerk at the Department of Health and Social Security , and arrangements may be made for you or some other relative to be appointed to act on her behalf and to receive payment of the benefit or pension . |
| 6 | Like a prison community , it is seen by respectable opinion as an area incapable of acting in what he calls ‘ an approved social manner ’ . |
| 7 | She says many youngsters who 've been brought up in care are often incapable of looking after themselves when they leave . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , however , the differences in appearance and behaviour between male and female goats are so subtle that some hunters are incapable of distinguishing between them . |
| 9 | The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself . |
| 10 | Yet despite this unanimous view , the peasants of the Central Agricultural Region were completely incapable of uniting amongst themselves or of taking any joint action . |
| 11 | It must have been clear to the Prussian government that if it had not been for government subsidy the Junker estates would have collapsed under their own weight long ago , but they were nevertheless incapable of striking at what they saw to be the basis and guarantor of their state and society . |
| 12 | The issue is not that she might faint or be incapable of carrying through her role of blessing bread and wine and distributing it , then wiping out the sacred vessels , for these are not exactly arduous tasks ! |
| 13 | He said : ‘ Charges made to OAPs will have been brought about , not because of greed or avarice of the local transport companies , but because the local borough councils are incapable of working within their budgets . ’ |
| 14 | Perhaps she was incapable of standing on her own and needed the encouragement of supportive males . |
| 15 | They had done this because I was a poor , weak creature , a parasite , incapable of standing on my own feet . |
| 16 | Following this , a case conference is held where the paediatrician states Sheila is incapable of caring for her child . |
| 17 | The mystery that remains concerns the almost insoluble problem of whether the possum feels the pain when it is being bitten , but is incapable of responding to it , or whether it feels nothing , even though it ‘ knows ’ it is being bitten . |
| 18 | At the same time the Welfare State , designed to provide a safety net for those incapable of fending for themselves , was being rapidly expanded , and the NHS can be seen as its greatest and most enduring feature . |
| 19 | His skeletal body is draped in a blanket , not to keep warm , but to conceal his shame at being incapable of fending for himself . |