Example sentences of "[noun] unable [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the issue of financial compensation for countries unable to sustain the economic costs of applying sanctions , it was reported on Aug. 22 that Jordan faced direct costs of $1,500 million and indirect costs of $500 million in 1990 , and that the UN had agreed to a special compensation package ( thought to amount to some $240 million ) . |
| 2 | In the succeeding weeks Bush on several occasions telephoned Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu , seeking Japanese financial contributions to the multinational force and assistance for countries unable to sustain the impact of imposing sanctions . |
| 3 | Those countries inside the agreement would conduct relatively free trade in steel ; those countries unable to meet the conditions would continue to be heavily restricted . |
| 4 | Amazingly , they spent yesterday with their heads in the sand unable to tell the world just what the Pakistanis are meant to have done with the match-ball at Lord 's . |
| 5 | With Craig McDermott unable to join the county and Paul Jarvis 's constitution again proving tender , skipper Martyn Moxon admits that Robinson 's penetration has been a valuable factor in Yorkshire 's progress this season . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , not only are legal firms unable to maximise the amount of extra business they can sell through cross-fertilisation of other specialised services , they are losing it to other providers of information and advice . |
| 7 | France ( as does the UK ) operates a system of aids for farmers unable to meet the comparable income criteria for development plus . |
| 8 | THE recession has caused a large rise in the number of dogs being given to kennels by owners unable to afford the animals ' upkeep . |
| 9 | During the war between Henry III and Simon de Montfort from 1263 until 1265 , the central administration was of course unable to enforce the Forest law , and the forest inhabitants were able to take the deer and cut wood at their pleasure . |
| 10 | These include organizing visits to the Library for interested parties ( including tours for the general public during the Edinburgh Science Festival ) , and illustrated talks to groups unable to visit the Library themselves . |
| 11 | But next season will also see changes in the Scottish set-up , for this time the master himself will be watching from the sidelines unable to give the team any direction . |
| 12 | It is telling that a theory unable to recognise the nature of power relationships in today 's society , should exhibit a similar incapacity in its assessment of ancient history . |
| 13 | The procedure continues for weeks with the man unable to tell the girl that he still buys the ticket even though he no longer has a car , and the girl not wanting to hurt his feelings by revealing that she is just taking a short cut , walking through the car park on her way to W. H. Smith . |
| 14 | The overwhelming impression left after the debate is of a Tory Party spilt from top to toe over Europe , and a Prime Minister unable to heal the rift . |
| 15 | Hence the number of confused Brits unable to contact the list . |
| 16 | In 1966 rate rebates were introduced for those householders unable to pay the full amount and by 1977/8 rebates went to 15 per cent of all households in England and Wales . |
| 17 | ‘ Michael Crawford has a most effective and moving last scene as the drunken brother unable to forgive the corruption of his sister , ’ wrote Milton Shulman in the London Evening Standard . |
| 18 | After a moment , the door swung open and a woman stood staring with big eyes in a pale face , her apron unable to conceal the fact that she was heavily pregnant . |