Sentence examples for were thought capable of from inspiring English sources

Both are vacuous but were thought capable of keeping the regime in power indefinitely.

Tightly flown bomber formations with heavy defensive armament were thought capable of warding off enemy fighters even without fighter escort.

Few units are thought capable of functioning without outside help.

But he certainly wants to be thought capable of running.

Others might have shunned an unproved technique that, at the time, was thought capable of causing bizarre genetic mutations.

It is partly because of the plague-on-all-your houses public mood that Mr. Brown is thought capable of hanging on until the general election.

Though flattered at being thought capable of handling this scholarly opportunity, Geisel regarded it as depressingly negative in scope, and forthwith abandoned formal education for good.

The instrument was thought capable of little more than ooming and pahing at the bottom of an orchestra, and as a result concert presenters rarely booked cellists.

"It does no harm to be thought capable of murder," he tells Gregory playfully, "especially when you have a Booker-nominated author going out of her way to flesh out your softer side.

They would not have been thought capable of finishing tied for the league's best won-lost record with Mark McGwire hitting.187 with 29 home runs and 64 runs batted in.

I took the stock prices of the 40 largest companies in the U.K. and compared them to the per-share earnings each company is thought capable of posting this year.