Example sentences of "were unable [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The term , of course , comes from Piaget , who argued that children passed through a developmental stage during which they were unable to take the point of view of another . |
| 2 | However , for practical reasons , these workers were unable to assess the individual contributions of the three phosphorylation sites towards the inhibition of c-Jun DNA binding . |
| 3 | ON A SLOW pitch with little bounce , South Africa once again were unable to set the home side a testing target , and saw West Indies complete a clean sweep of the one-day international series with seven wickets and seven overs to spare . |
| 4 | Thirdly , there were some large groups of Americans who were unable to join the consumer boom . |
| 5 | Some found their new hats too small , others discovered they completely covered their eyes and they were unable to watch the match ! |
| 6 | Puppies that could formerly avoid electric shocks , were unable to perform the avoidance responses after several months of isolation-rearing . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , they were unable to recover the loan because the customer had changed his looks completely and they were unable to identify him . |
| 8 | We were unable to predict the outcome of treatment on the basis of functional parameters , thus confirming the finding of previous studies . |
| 9 | Director-secretary Campbell Ogilvie and Alistair Hood , the club 's security adviser , met with Marseille officials on Thursday but were unable to resolve the situation . |
| 10 | Director-secretary Campbell Ogilvie and Alistair Hood , the club 's security adviser , met with Marseille officials on Thursday but were unable to resolve the situation . |
| 11 | The company were unable to sell the redundant equipment and finally had to resort to paying for it to be broken up and taken away for scrap : a sad end to a long and honourable career . |
| 12 | Seven subjects were unable to retain the bag in the rectum for the duration of the test , because of the presence of fluid in the rectum with the urge to evacuate . |
| 13 | - While the government broke the strike , they were unable to destroy the union and were forced to concede it legal recognition . |
| 14 | Eventually these theories fell into disuse , largely because they were unable to explain the whole range of different types of learning . |
| 15 | Lebanon ordered its troops to close checkpoints to traffic , but they were unable to stop the convoy getting through . |
| 16 | Lebanon ordered its troops to close checkpoints to traffic , but they were unable to stop the convoy getting through . |
| 17 | This in itself gave them also the advantage of a better fighting morale than the Republicans , whose desperate defensive efforts were unable to stop the implacable advance of their adversaries . |
| 18 | She also asked for those who were unable to attend the AGM to be thanked for the lovely watch presented to her at the end of her term as Chairman . |
| 19 | As many teachers were unable to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Society when formal thanks were given and a presentation made to Hilary Weedon on the completion of her four year term of office as Chairman of the Executive Committee special thanks were given to her by Betty Syrett on behalf of the teachers . |
| 20 | In Molly 's absence Kay Evans presented certificates to three of the teachers who qualified in 1980 and who were unable to attend the last qualified teachers ' meeting . |
| 21 | Our two other winners , who were unable to attend the prize-giving ceremony , were I Mainie from Antrim and Ms W Murphy of Donaghcloney , who have already received their watches . |
| 22 | The reality proved to be that the mainly black community of Johns Island , South Carolina , found that they were unable to improve the situation existing in their communities in terms of the provision of social , educational , or civil amenities , largely due to the fact that they were unable to vote in elections . |
| 23 | Central party funds could not pay more than a tiny proportion of the total cost of running a local association in every constituency ; not paying the piper they were unable to call the tune . |
| 24 | But try as they might , friends of Mrs Barrie-Brown including Norris McWhirter from the Guiness Book of Records , were unable to dissuade the Trust from selling , and 2 legal attempts to halt the sale have failed . |
| 25 | Yet the authorities were unable to silence the expression of political opposition . |
| 26 | The Panel has also found that Lazards , financial advisers to Dowty , ‘ were unable to control the release of information by their client 's public relations advisers and are also criticised ’ . |
| 27 | In their first game against PARSS , Partners were unable to control the home team 's floating services which dipped unpredictably and lost the match 3–0 . |
| 28 | During the half-century after Kulin 's death his successors , who either sympathised with or were unable to control the heretic Bosnian Church , were the object of crusades led by the Hungarian kings with the blessing of the pope . |
| 29 | The Environmental Health Department were unable to control the situation and finally Rentokil were called in . |
| 30 | After the attack , police and the RSPCA were unable to control the dog , and it was shot dead . |