A mundane achievement, perhaps, but it's one that's beyond the grasp of the Islamic world.
Most systems of even modest complexity, he concludes, behave so complicatedly that they are beyond the grasp of mathematical formulas.
"An intelligent universe evolves purposively over time, even if the purpose in question may for ever be beyond the grasp of the intellect," he writes.
The E.P.A.'s actions have included old coal-fired plants in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and Illinois -- plants that are beyond the grasp of the Northeastern states.
The crowd's mood might have revealed that their hearts and minds, on that day at least, were beyond the grasp of the Americans.
Therapists and law-enforcement officers might come up blank on that one, but no motive is beyond the grasp of an imaginative fiction writer.
We need to find ways to create impact that is beyond the grasp of big dollars whether they're from Arnie Hiatt or Sheldon Adelson.
The last section, drawing from live models, was reserved for fine-art academies, opinion being that such training was beyond the grasp or need of humble commercial artists.
Williams and Sanders did something that elite athletes almost never do, and their decisions were beyond the grasp of the public.
