Sentence examples for but not capable from inspiring English sources

In fact, the latter analogy might prove apt, with hydrogen fuel cells resembling the Apollo rockets, as an impressive technology that was made workable and repeatedly demonstrated, but not capable of making major inroads into general use.

Today, parents of the three boys defended their sons and portrayed them as harmless teenagers, somewhat troubled perhaps, but not capable of the violence they were accused of plotting.

The warning by Kim Jang-soo, director of national security for President Park Geun-hye, came three days after the South Korea's defense minister said that the North had moved to its east coast a missile with a "considerable range" but not capable of reaching the mainland United States.

Fignon was complimentary about the Dane's qualities as a rider – "He could do anything, go fast when he had to and go through a gap with perfect timing" – but the praise was qualified: "He had a 'big engine', but this has to be made clear: he was a good rider but not capable of winning a Tour de France in normal circumstances".

The autologous tissue engineering techniques have been advanced enough to reconstruct functional bladders for patients with myelomeningocele, but not capable for bladder cancer patients.

It is very likely that malic acid in A. carbonarius is transiently produced but not capable of accumulating at high concentration, especially in the Δgox mutant, the enhanced carbon flux towards the cytosolic oxaloacetate reduction pathway was supposed to result in a much higher concentration of malic acid during cultivation, but this was not achieved in our experiments.

They can drop Paveway bombs but are not capable of firing Brimstone missiles.

Canines have exceptional stamina but are not capable of great bursts of speed.

Although Smith said Harrington is "easy to coach," he meant that Harrington is willing to change things but maybe not capable of changing them.

Viruses, on the other hand, are produced by the host cell that they infect but are not capable of self-reproduction.

One of the most frustrating new technologies for the parks to deal with, rangers say, are the personal satellite messaging devices that can send out an emergency signal but are not capable of two-way communication.