Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] to be capable " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be seen as a measure of the extent to which opportunities for successful study are being provided for students who would traditionally not have been considered to be capable of achieving this success . |
| 2 | This would lead us to look not just at the ‘ outputs ’ from institutions , but at the ‘ inputs ’ , and at the achievements of students who would traditionally not have been considered to be capable of achieving success , as well as those who could be expected to perform well on the basis of their previous academic achievements . |
| 3 | Such waves are said to be capable of setting up oscillations which may damage a jointed structure , as the increases and decreases of pressure tend to pull jointed blocks away . |
| 4 | Although the mechanism by which dowsing works is not understood , the method has been shown to be capable of accurately locating buried archaeological features . |
| 5 | Salmon have been shown to be capable of the necessary olfactory discrimination , but the most direct evidence that they use their sense of smell comes from experiments , of the kind first performed by W. J. Wisby and A. D. Hasler , in which the salmon 's olfactory sense was impaired . |
| 6 | Ambiguity arises where , through an error in drafting , the words used in the statute are found to be capable of bearing two or more meanings . |
| 7 | Since neither House can by its own declaration create a new privilege , privilege may be considered to be capable of being ascertained and thus judicially known to the courts . |
| 8 | The applicant is required to certify that he has taken nature conservation into account when implementing his scheme , even though the average farmer can not be expected to be capable of assessing such impacts . |
| 9 | we replied that our only object was to secure a Government on such lines and with such a prospect of stability that it might reasonably be expected to be capable of carrying on the war ; that in our opinion his Government , weakened by the resignations of Lloyd George and Bonar Law and by all that had gone on during the past weeks , offered no such prospect and we answered the question therefore with a perfectly definite negative . |
| 10 | Similarly , any leading capitalist country which wishes to exert hegemonic influence over the other capitalist economies must be seen to be capable of defending those political and strategic interests which its economic supremacy has given it . |
| 11 | Not until it does begin to react to such objects in recognisable and predictably different ways can the baby be said to be capable of noticing the objects in question . |
| 12 | A new form of layout can not , without more , be said to be capable of industrial application . |
| 13 | Both UA1 and UA2 were designed to be capable of detecting W and Z particles . |
| 14 | A level gutter with a central outlet is said to be capable of draining 210 sq . |
| 15 | The 50MHz version is said to be capable of 100 MIPS . |
| 16 | It is reckoned to be capable of cutting the death rate from fractures in older women by 60 per cent and may also protect against heart disease and rheumatoid arthritis . |
| 17 | Whereas the other forms of offensive conduct may be by words or conduct , ‘ disorderly behaviour ’ is specified to be capable of commission by behaviour only . |
| 18 | The line was uprated to be capable of manufacturing a complete barrier five layer plastic tube and is currently supplying the free standing Colgate tube recently launched in the UK . ’ |