Example sentences of "[noun pl] find [pn reflx] unable " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the mines became deeper companies found themselves unable to provide the necessary capital for winding and pumping equipment . |
| 2 | From 1973–5 the Soviet Union sold Peru aircraft , tanks , surface-to-air missiles and artillery on very generous terms and when , in 1978 , the Peruvians found themselves unable to maintain payments for their weapons , the Soviet Union rolled over the debt until 1981–8 , indicating their reluctance to relinquish this sole market . |
| 3 | Churchs found itself unable to compete any longer with the larger mills . |
| 4 | However , local farmers found themselves unable effectively to combat the pollution or even to extract adequate damages from the company . |
| 5 | When the less-than-ideal situation arises , however , and the magistrates find themselves unable to agree it appears that justices clerks have also been unable to reach a verdict on the correct interpretation of section 9(2) of the 1980 Act . |
| 6 | Closeted in the conference palace at Taif — itself built by a Lebanese-born millionaire — the MPs found themselves unable to exercise their normal function of playing to the gallery . |