Sentence examples for were more capable from inspiring English sources

"I think my parents were more capable than we imagined them, but they didn't put on a very good display.

Mr. Kenney said he believed that investors, rather than workers in his ministry, were more capable of vetting who would be good for his country.

On Saturday, Wenger's plan B was turning to Yaya Sanogo and shifting to a 4-4-2 system – Olivier Giroud appreciated the support against three centre-backs, and Arsenal were more capable of working the channels with two up front.

She wasn't there - she wasn't even born when I was adopted.' Perhaps, I venture, the twins had more docile personalities and were more capable of submitting to their mother's controlling nature?

If these toolmakers were Neanderthals, the findings suggested that these human relatives, who became extinct after 30,000 years ago, were more capable and adaptable than they are generally given credit for.

This led to the gradual replacement of older chiefs (men of strong personality who usually lacked a Western-style education) by younger, Western-educated men who were more capable of carrying out government policy and more amenable to British control.

Popular people are more capable of that".

She was more capable at twelve.

None, none, have been more capable than Dan Quayle".

He was more capable of accepting faith than I was".

He's more capable of that than ever.