Sentence examples for capital from inspiring English sources

The word 'capital' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a city that serves as the seat of government in a country, or to wealth or resources owned. For example: "Rome is the capital of Italy" or "Michelle has amassed a capital of $10 million."

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capital

noun

Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).

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"Determining where this capital is spent needs to be an important issue for investors, otherwise there is going to be a lot of capital wasted in coming years on developing fossil fuel reserves that cannot be burned".

Built in 1890 by Robert Walker in Portland stone and listed by English Heritage as a site of special historical and architectural interest, the property boasts a penthouse suite with aerial views of the capital, dozens of rooms, spaces for entertaining, and a secure vault in the basement.

The former defender, who played for Tottenham and Arsenal in the capital, has been courted by the party and recently had lunch with the party chairman, Grant Shapps, amid suggestions he could run for mayor.

Last November the governor of Oregon, John Kitzhaber, put a moratorium on all executions and in April Connecticut became the fifth state in as many years to abandon capital punishment altogether.

He seized on the tax-raising concessions made to Scotland and demanded them for the capital.

Amal Khanum Gadjieva of the Bactria Cultural Centre in the capital says that the low quality of contemporary productions has left the post-Soviet generation uninterested in theatre.

The pressure did get to Wiggins, but it was not stress which slowed him down but the area of atmospheric high pressure which has brought summer weather to the capital.

Upstream capital spending edged lower last year, falling to $147.4bn as companies reacted to the surprise fall in the oil price, the first dip in upstream investments in at least nine years.

The equivalent of one in every five dollars of revenues at Chevron was poured back into capital projects last year, totalling $37.1bn.

· He tapped the country's vast wealth from gas for outlandish projects including a huge manmade lake in the Kara Kum desert, a vast cypress forest to change the desert climate, an ice palace outside the capital, a ski resort and a 130ft pyramid.

It was the number one show in every city on Wednesday and peaked at almost 3m viewers nationally, eclipsing shows on other networks such as The Weekly with Charlie Pickering on ABC which averaged 556,00 in the five capital cities.

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