Example sentences of "has [been] unable [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | President Walesa has been unable to form a stable government , usually because one or more of the coalition partners have been unwilling to share responsibility for unpopular economic policies . |
| 2 | Even the SIB suffers ; Mr Large has been unable to establish a new retail financial regulator , the personal-investment authority , because he can not get agreement from banks , building societies and life insurers . |
| 3 | The great weight of Scottish opinion finds it difficult to understand why , contrary to its Standing Orders , the House of Commons has been unable to establish a Select Committee to scrutinise Scottish affairs . |
| 4 | The picture drawn is a static one , and it has been unable to provide a convincing account of how and why changes have occurred in the pattern of industrial relations . |
| 5 | An older and smaller satellite , the International Ultraviolet Explorer ( IUE ) , has recorded the ring 's changing brightness , but has been unable to produce a clear image of it . |