Sentence examples for capable of battle from inspiring English sources

In fact, the British fleet was unable to pursue Villaret, having only 11 ships still capable of battle to the French 12, and having numerous dismasted ships and prizes to protect.

This, oddly, was taken as a good sign among the people who voted for him — the logic being that someone worth being killed may be someone capable of battling corruption and entrenched interests.

You're capable of battling diabetes.

These four engines are capable of battling the winds.'".

The game's battle system was described as fast paced and exhilarating, with simple controls capable of producing battles like those found in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, though it was noted that the action can become difficult to follow when things got hectic and that some of the more technical aspects of the game can be hard to grasp.

With Hampshire's final championship match against Yorkshire at Headingley beginning soon after that period's ending on September 19, it would appear not even Warne is capable of winning this battle against time although Nealon remained optimistic, describing it as "not your run-of-the-mill side injury".

We are fully capable of winning the battle of the baby boom bulge.

By the mid-late 1960s, the RAN was at the zenith of its operational capabilities; it was capable of dispatching a full carrier battle group in support of major operations by having in service an aircraft carrier (HMAS Melbourne), three large area defence destroyers of the, six modern frigates and four s.

On Saturday, Loyola showed that it was capable of winning a defensive battle.

After World War II, improvements to APCs made them even more capable of accompanying tanks into battle.

"If uncontested by weather, threats or other factors that introduce tactical uncertainty, a deployed Predator unit is capable of surveillance, reconnaissance and battle damage assessment missions," the report said.