Sentence examples for capable of major from inspiring English sources

But the raid on Monday was a reminder that the increasingly fragmented group was still capable of major attacks.

In emphasising fresh achievements, Milner hopes the prize will help physicists who are still highly active in research and capable of major contributions in the future.

Christopher Gillberg, one of the finest clinical observers of autism, feels that autistic people of Asperger type, in contrast, may be capable of major creativity, and wonders whether indeed Bartók and Wittgenstein may have been autistic.

But large, complex engines capable of major throttling put too many eggs in one basket, he implied; smaller engines capable of many stages of throttling are better for fiddly operations like vertical landings.

With the gradual consolidation of the Abbasid regime in the 760s and 770s, the situation became more balanced: the Arabs resumed their large-scale raids deep into Asia Minor, although the Byzantines were still capable of major counterstrikes.

The Byzantines were still capable of major counterstrokes and scored a few victories in the field, but in 782 the Caliphate mobilized its resources and launched a massive invasion under the Abbasid heir-apparent, Harun al-Rashid (r. 786 809), which forced the Empire into conceding a three-year truce and the payment of a heavy tribute.

Most "shortage" proponents point to below-average (or even "mediocre") average performance of American 15-year-old students in international comparisons provided by OECD's PISA exam, and argue that U.S. schools simply are not producing enough graduates capable of majoring in STEM fields.

Genome-wide studies are capable of identifying major effectors of codon bias but the focus on major and minor codons may miss more subtle forms of natural selection.

Watered chiefly by the Arno and Ombrone rivers, Tuscany has few rivers capable of supporting major hydroelectric projects, but borax deposits at Larderello produce enough underground steam to power a major generating station.

The United States is capable of winning major tournaments.

Armstrong has been saying for months that today's stage was a potential booby trap capable of springing major surprises.