Example sentences of "are unable [verb] any " in BNC.

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1 Other couples , not afraid of ordinariness , may also find they are unable to create any of their own excitement within the commitment of marriage .
2 If you are unable to answer any of these questions , perhaps it is time you considered your insurance requirements .
3 I can foresee a crisis situation where councils are unable to collect any money because of delays with appeals . ’
4 If , however , we are unable to resolve any dispute arising out of a complaint than the complaint may be referred to Arbitration under a special scheme devised by arrangement with the Association of British Travel Agents but administered independently by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators .
5 They are unable to do any of that because they can not leave their children and start to climb the ladder that the Prime Minister has exemplified .
6 A minority are unable to make any attachments at all and may need time in a therapeutic community ’ , Elliffe said .
7 The term coined by Banfield for this ethic is ‘ amoral familism ’ ; that it is ‘ amoral ’ is implicit in the exclusive pursuit of short-run material advantage ascribed to individuals in such societies , so that they lack any capacity to sacrifice immediate gains in favour of long-term advantage , and they are unable to associate any good to society as a whole with possible good to themselves or their family .
8 Sometimes they are unable to tell any other human being of their loss .
9 We are unable to offer any advice on the use , purchase , repair or modification of commercial equipment or the incorporation or modification of designs published in the magazine .
10 We are unable to offer any advice on the use , purchase , repair or modification of commercial equipment or the incorporation or modification of designs published in the magazine .
11 Hayek argues that a consequence of their distrust of abstract theories is that conservatives are unable to offer any alternative to the direction in which social forces are moving ; they look to the past rather than the future .
12 At present we are unable to offer any explanation for this disparity .
13 If you are unable to obtain any Amber product in your area or would like tickets for the ‘ open day ’ , contact them on or write to , .
14 This has a stratifying effect , keeping aspiring pilots stuck in their present market sector — not too bad for those still gaining useful experience on commuter operations and keeping their licences current , but a doubly hard blow for newly-qualified CPL/IR hopefuls who are unable to find any kind of commercial flying employment .
15 In lower-skilled and unskilled jobs , and in areas of higher unemployment , the casual labour force in hotels and catering includes people working on this basis because they are unable to find any other job .
16 As the UK rate is now relatively low , this often means that companies are unable to deduct any ACT against their overseas income .
17 If they fail to meet the playing average , they are told to ‘ go away and practise ’ for the next four weeks and are unable to enter any tournaments .
18 Most people could have far more children than they are able to support , while a sizeable minority are unable to have any children at all .
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