Sentence examples for mere capacity of from inspiring English sources

Nor is it the mere capacity of connecting definite sounds with definite ideas; for it is certain that some parrots, which have been taught to speak, connect unerringly words with things, and persons with events.

Consent theorists reject, therefore, Kant's idea in the Metaphysics of Morals (§ 44) that the mere capacity of A to violently affect B's interests is sufficient licence for anyone to subject them both to a regime of positive law.

On the emotional side, one sophisticated capacity that has been proposed is the capacity to care, as distinguished from the mere capacity to desire.

With capacity of mere tens of kilowatts and a rotor diameter of 15 metres or so, these windmills are no giants, at least by today's standards.

Narrowing the choices is beyond the capacity of a mere American, so this column turned to a group of Irish — and Scots — who paid $20 to gather at McCormack's on Third Avenue on a recent Saturday and watch Ireland beat Scotland in the Six Nations rugby tournament.

While two years' data give a mere snapshot of the productive capacity of the wetlands, especially as rainfall was above average in both years, it raises questions for policymakers about the development direction they have chosen.

The visually expressive force of Atget's work, produced with a large-format camera, is a testament to the capacity of documentation to surpass mere record making to become inspiring experience.

Just after Labor Day, the show reported it was playing to a mere 61percentt of capacity -- a level associated with shows of either twice its age or half its charm.

And while the advert boasts of a capacity of 26,300, this season's average attendance is a mere 15,186, down 37 per cent on the 2004-05 figure, when Palace were last in the premier League.

It might also be that the variable used is too coarse, since the mere number of environmental barriers is not at all related to the functional capacity of the individual.

They removed protections for students against predatory lenders and financially hobbled the capacity of the next generation of leaders to actually engage in anything but mere survival.