Sentence examples for capacity of things to from inspiring English sources

"People underestimate the capacity of things to disappear," Nibley wrote in 1957.

The condition of metaphor is the capacity of things to be likened to one another; and for Wilbur this very capacity suggests that all things share the same essential nature.

Jane Bennett writes that "by 'vitality' I mean the capacity of things—edibles, commodities, storms, metals not only to impede or block the will and designs of humans but also to act as quasi [End Page 1] agents or forces with trajectories, propensities, or tendencies of their own" (viii).

What Larson finds himself in, however, is something lesser-noticed and potentially far more disruptive--a share economy, where asset owners use digital clearinghouses to capitalize the unused capacity of things they already have, and consumers rent from their peers rather than rent or buy from a company.

"Just knowing what the capacity of things are upstream and downstream will help me make decisions that are good for my patients".

Like Grosseteste, Aquinas thinks that the causal capacities of things (their functions) must be understood to know what they are, but he sees no problem in working out how these forms do what they do within the actual world.

According to an old friend and colleague of Birt: "He has an amazing capacity to get to the bottom of things and to work out how the engine works.

Agency, the property or capacity of actors to make things happen.

Crosbie said Australians had traditionally expected government to deliver change in social policy areas but "that has been a bit lost over the last six years because the capacity of government to fix things has been lost due to instability".

At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the limited capacity of government to get things right.

OK, kids still can do stupid things with soap (never underestimate the capacity of people to do stupid things), but the consequences are not the same as drinking hand sanitizer.