Example sentences of "[coord] unable [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | People calling round from next door for a bucket of water , the elderly and sick dying of hypothermia , or unable to light the house after dark , that 's what Sid , and all the others who bought shares in the various sell-offs have a share in . |
| 2 | Hence , even where force is used in self-defence in response to the first use of violence the employment of a greater degree of force than that used by the attacker , or the continued use of force beyond the point where the attacker is willing or unable to continue the attack would not be seen as legitimate in law . |
| 3 | There are other houses … where the owners , be they owner-occupiers or private landlords , would be unwilling or unable to undertake the necessary work . |
| 4 | Where the former used the full vocabulary of informality , and seemed unprepared or unable to accommodate the possibility that alternative viewpoints might exist , the latter were more aware of the limitations of progressivism , both as an idea and as a basis for practice . |
| 5 | Desktop PCs may be full or their owners may be unwilling or unable to lift the lid . |
| 6 | But the costs of knighthood were high , and some nobles were unwilling or unable to meet the expenditure which was demanded of them . |
| 7 | The United States then argued that if the European members of NATO were unwilling or unable to strengthen the alliance , then this would have to be achieved by permitting West Germany to rearm . |
| 8 | It would almost seem that by the establishment of Elementary Schools and of the Manchester Grammar School , the necessity for the Stockport School has been superseded , but , if that be not so , it is extraordinary that the inhabitants of Stockport are unwilling or unable to aid the institution . " |
| 9 | The defender is often faced with a claim of exorbitant amount , an agent for the pursuer who is unprepared or unable to quantify the same properly , and a pursuer who believes that his accident will be sufficient to enable him to retire to a comfortable abode in the sun . |
| 10 | SARAH 's friend SHIRLEY , alas , is stricken with the flu and unable to attend the little soirée . |
| 11 | SARAH 's friend SHIRLEY , alas , is stricken with the flu and unable to attend the little soirée . |
| 12 | Cranmer was summoned to Rome , and , although he was in prison and unable to obey the summons , was excommunicated for contumacy when he did not appear . |
| 13 | Banking , despite his better judgment , on Merymose 's promise , and unable to shelve the curiosity which had been awakened , Huy pushed relaxation aside with his stool and made his way from the eating house back through the harbour quarter towards the City of Dreams . |
| 14 | Now only I remain , over-committed and unable to give the intellectual leadership to the arts project team . |
| 15 | This I had seen happen in the lives of others , resulting in the despairing situation of looking on hopelessly at all the work and tender loving care lavished on a place being relentlessly returned to rampaging nature , and unable to muster the physical strength and mental resolve to do anything about it . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , the voyage onward from Flinders ' Island was curtailed by a horrifying incident that left Gould in a state of shock and unable to continue the expedition . |
| 17 | Otherwise- so quick had been the retreat through the Residency , the men fighting their way back from the hospital and across the yard would find themselves outflanked and unable to reach the connecting trench . |
| 18 | My friend Lindsey said I was consumed with earthy desires and unable to reach the higher planes . |
| 19 | Initial optimism concerning the overthrow of Avril 's military regime in March 1990 proved unfounded , as the interim Pascal-Trouillot government appeared unwilling and unable to counter the prevailing climate of violence and corruption or to champion genuine political reform . |
| 20 | Indeed , it is not unusual for someone recently retired ( and perhaps looking forward to it ) to find themselves coping with sharply increasing dependency of their parents and unable to enjoy the period of active leisure which they were anticipating . |
| 21 | Other people 's reaction to hearing loss may be less than encouraging , particularly when they are unimaginative and unable to grasp the true facts . |
| 22 | Smaller companies , unable to compete effectively and unable to generate the profits necessary for future investment , have tended to stagnate , sometimes propped up by national governments . |
| 23 | There are some types of case which it can not sustain , and some which do not need it in order to remain at home ; but there is a group — those with relatively severe dementia , probably living alone , and unable to receive the care they need from elsewhere ( usually because they do not have able and willing involved relatives ) who appear unlikely to have remained at home had it not been for the involvement of the Home Support Project . |
| 24 | Alt and associates , in their study of the electorate at the time of the February 1974 election , argue that it is easy to exaggerate the extent to which voters are politically illiterate , unfamiliar with issues , and unable to identify the policy stands of the parties . |
| 25 | They affected to despise her , but they did not find their contempt a strain , whereas the other really bad disciplinarian in the school , a Geography mistress , one Miss Riley , inflicted on them an intolerable suffering , for they felt themselves compelled to torment her , and she would sit before them , thin and pretty and anguished , making vain attempts to restore order , miserably transparent in her misery , and unable to conceal the depths of her humiliation — depths which frightened them , but which they could not leave unplumbed . |
| 26 | And if the theatre score really was copied for the 1693 revival , why , when it subsequently disappeared , was the company forced to advertise for its return , and unable to revive the work when it failed to turn up ? |
| 27 | Because of the way he is trained , and needs to be trained if he is to work efficiently , a typical normal scientist will be unaware of and unable to articulate the precise nature of the paradigm in which he works . |
| 28 | The old woman , despair in her eyes , broke down in tears , seeking solace on her son-in-law 's shoulder and unable to comprehend the ethnic divisions which are pitting neighbour against neighbour , family against family . |
| 29 | Robert-Jean de Vogüé and Maurice Doyard , both members of the Commission de Châlons , convinced the German authorities that the Commission was powerless and unable to influence the trade on any matters raised , or to issue orders on the Führer 's behalf or from other agencies of the occupation forces . |
| 30 | In a statement released on Sept. 12 , Somali National Movement ( SNM ) guerrillas pledged to intensify the armed struggle against the new government , which was described as " bogus " , lacking support , and unable to rescue the country from its current crisis . |