Sentence examples for a few capable from inspiring English sources

Pop music has a chilblain tradition that ranges from Screaming Jay Hawkins to Gravediggaz to Marilyn Manson, with many stops in between -- and quite a few capable of wit.

The cupboard is not quite so bountiful when it comes to American prospects in the men's game, but Bollettieri said he believed there were a few capable of causing a stir.

"We illustrated a pretty good blueprint on how to do this and there're a few capable boats out there now, so it wouldn't be a big surprise if in a couple of years somebody takes an hour or two out of it," Honey said.

Roderick Brazier of the Asia Foundation, a think-tank, says the devolution of money and powers to local communes seems to be improving ordinary people's lives, and the appearance of a few capable technocrats in central government may help more.Tired and angry after the election, Mr Sam Rainsy remains defiant.

Poor Zlatan – thanks for the memories, big man – won't get the chance to do his thing in Brazil, but plenty of others of his ilk might: Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar, Balotelli and Suárez are just a few capable of making a saucy grab for a place in the pantheon alongside Maradona, Pele, Cruyff and Garrincha, if they can just hit a purple patch at the right time.

She has established herself, with a career-high No. 4 ranking and a string of impressive results, as one of a precious few capable of winning any event she enters, including the French Open, which begins May 28.

He described a "tension" between having too many American troops in Iraq, which present a bigger target for insurgents and reinforce a perception that the United States is an occupying power, and too few capable American and Iraqi forces, which could lead to greater violence and imperil the fitful political progress and economic reconstruction.

There are a few players capable of approaching this kind of ability in this class, but none are as close as Floyd.

Of the several hundred amateur-built craft, a few were capable of operating successfully over both land and water with more than one person aboard.

Anyone who gets into a slam draw has talent, but only a few are capable of making the most of it day in, day out against the best players in the world.

However, only a few mAbs capable to distinguish PrPSc form PrPC have beed reported [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18].