Sentence examples for act capable of from inspiring English sources

The phrase "act capable of" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an incomplete expression and lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "The system is not an act capable of producing results on its own."
Alternatives: "action that can" or "deed capable of".

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And now that Tri Angle has AlunaGeorge on its books it finally has a UK act capable of taking into the charts an updated version of that brand of twitchily melodic pop.

If the 130th edition of the Greatest Show on Earth boasts no single side-splitting clown or daredevil act capable of reducing even jaded joyseekers to bated breath, it remains a big, bright, something-for-everyone show.

May said the wider panel inquiry, welcomed by most Westminster politicians, would have full access to papers and would, if necessary, at its request be upgraded to full public-inquiry status in line with the Inquiries Act, capable of requiring witnesses to give evidence.

In each case, the actus reus requirement is that the defendant carry out an act capable of "encouraging or assisting" the commission of another offence.

Coming out is a radical act capable of upending deep-seated assumptions about who someone is and challenging our fundamental beliefs about what that ultimately means for how we understand and treat them.

However, it is also possible to commit these offences if the defendant commits an act capable of encouraging or assisting the commission of a crime, intending or believing that the principal offender would carry out the "act", where that may not in itself constitute a crime.

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Many in the industry are wondering whether or not their success suggests there are more British urban acts capable of making a successful Atlantic crossing.

Additionally, the increasing acceptability of pop and rock music on network TV in the 1960s helped fuel a growing population of acts capable of drawing crowds beyond the capacity of  municipal auditoriums and convention centers.

The American way of success also means doing something the US industry has long been reluctant to believe UK acts are capable of: working as hard as Americans do.

And the contractualist can cite, as Kant's contractualist element, Kant's insistence that the maxims on which one acts be capable of being willed as a universal law willed by all rational agents (Kant 1785).

Roman Catholic theologians remark, however, that the mystery of God's saving act is not capable of complete rational explanation, though there are analogies in common experience.

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