Example sentences of "unable to cope [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This defeats the purpose of doing business on standard conditions ( speed and efficiency in dealing with a large number of transactions ) , and the purchasing departments of both the buyer and the seller will probably be unable to cope with the work load imposed if there are many such special negotiations . |
| 2 | Excessive drinking is often caused by negative self-images , which indicate to individuals that they are unable to cope with the stress and unhappiness existing in their lives . |
| 3 | The US Army devised a screening test to identify individuals unable to cope with the stress of continuous battle , called the Woodworth Personal Data Sheet . |
| 4 | Although he was initially delighted to be a father , Keith was totally unable to cope with the responsibility and came and went in their relationship as he pleased , giving little help or support . |
| 5 | As a child he had been unable to cope with the passions around him ; he had hidden himself away in books , consoling himself with golden reveries . |
| 6 | I am unable to cope with the idea of being any heavier than I am now , and would not like to have a period , since I would feel I had ‘ let up ’ control over my body . |
| 7 | Thirteen would have been unable to cope with the elimination regimen for social reasons or because of poor understanding , eight had tight small intestinal strictures , and eight were on high dose steroids ( both of which would have made the results difficult to interpret ) , four refused , two were treated for postoperative fistulas , two were pregnant , and one was treated for extensive pyoderma gangrenosum and had no gastrointestinal symptoms . |
| 8 | Piphros ' vocabulary was indeed limited and was unable to cope with the complexity of some of the things she had asked . |
| 9 | They are particularly unable to cope with the intimacy of marriage and , if bewildered by their spouse 's demands , may flare into violence . |
| 10 | But there 's a lot of non-accidental injury that that results from from someone being unable to cope with the pressures they 're under . |
| 11 | I think next season will tell , Strach 's will probably too old by then and Macca and Speed will be unable to cope with the loss of these two players . |
| 12 | But the climate changed about 65 million years ago ( perhaps exacerbated by a bombardment of meteors ) and the dinosaurs , for reasons that are still unexplained , were unable to cope with the shift . |
| 13 | Third , the range of existing services seems unable to cope with the demand . |
| 14 | Lower level rules are only used if the standard grammar is unable to cope with the input . |
| 15 | Wallerstein and Kelly ( 1980 ) have described a ‘ diminished capacity to parent ’ during the divorce period , when parents who feel humiliated , depressed or angry are unable to cope with the distress , anxieties or needs of their children . |