Sentence examples for close to capable from inspiring English sources

The chatter is that the outfielder turned infielder isn't close to capable of handling the hot corner.

So much so that I'm not sure he's even close to capable of being objective about the company.

Steely, stern, and winding with galactic throbs and wobbles, Mills managed to fill the already packed to the brim Warehouse with the sort of Detroit-dappled, industrial leaning set nobody else is even close to capable of.

The availability of an EISCAT heating facility close to EISCAT_3D, capable of modifying the ionospheric D region, would be a very important complement to the new radar, providing an unparalleled capability for conducting controlled experiments in the middle atmosphere.

"Close to production-capable", they say – industry speak for "don't hold your breath".

Only a conservative government close to industry is capable of pulling off such a shift in energy policy.

Although three small spacecraft for gamma-ray astronomy are close to launching, none capable of monitoring the entire sky in the same wide energy range.

As fat and as heavy as an old family Bible, Drawn & Quarterly: Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels is the ultimate gift for the comics fan – and should no one close to you be capable of taking a hint, you should simply go straight out and make a present of it to yourself.

A similar effect may apply to R torques 94%, as it is close to an isolate capable of utilising compounds used in prebiotics [ 32, 33], consumption of which might also alter due to participation in an intervention trial (although prebiotics were not prohibited).

The issue holds particular resonance now amid numerous reports that United Nations inspectors will state this week that Iran has moved closer to being capable of building a nuclear weapon, and as Israel has been debating a more confrontational posture toward Iran.

"At this point," the general manager said, "neither our pitching nor our hitting is doing close to what they're capable of.