Sentence examples for he could conceive of from inspiring English sources

But it has proved his success as a novelist, where he could conceive of himself as his own audience.

This rogues' gallery of rejected prototypes offers a rich visual testament to Edison's approach: to try out every design he could conceive of.

Escorting him on his own from the Castle a few months into the job, I asked whether he could conceive of being first minister.

Mr. Smith said he could conceive of homeowners refinancing their mortgages at lower interest rates and then buying cars with zero percent financing, perhaps leaving their total monthly payments unchanged.

When asked whether he could conceive of a situation in which his group might reject NASA's work as not meeting the recommendations of the board, he said it was more likely that his group would work with NASA to ensure that it could "meet the intent" of the board.

In some cases, as with Edmund Kean (to whom he refers frequently in this book, usually with admiration) and Sarah Siddons (he could "conceive of nothing grander" than her performance as Lady Macbeth), their interpretations of roles in Shakespearean drama left indelible impressions, extending his ideas of the potential of the characters represented.

Both lawyers said they could conceive of valid reasons not to sell the workers' AirTouch shares, including an interest in having employees hold diversified investments.

For if he were not, we could conceive of a being greater than he.

Rather, he allowed that he could conceive his sensory experiences independent of the brain, and that, if God were not supremely good, God could produce those experiences in us independent of the brain; but because God's perfection is inconsistent with deceit, he would never do this.

He was not someone who could conceive of playing at the same level as, say, Seve Ballesteros.

"There are few individuals who could conceive of the conference and execute it, and he did it to perfection," Dr. Stein said.