Example sentences of "unable [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can never realize the parental aspiration other than in a superficial way , and they are left not only with the envy of the sex they were meant to be , but also unable to enjoy the sex which they are and the advantages which pertain to it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | As many as a quarter of British houses may be unable to erect a dish that can be lined up with the satellite with enough accuracy for good reception . |
| 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 | As a result of the 1988 Immigration Act , Prakesh is unable to appeal the deportation order . |
| 6 | But as events were to show , the cardinal was unable to transmit the finesse . |
| 7 | Unable to carry the rest of the council with him , Joe Esseff would later resign the chairmanship of the CLAO in disgust , but meanwhile , on 3 March , he took Coleman to Paris to introduce him to Aoun 's senior advisers . |
| 8 | A devolution bill in the parliamentary session 1976–7 failed because of backbench Labour objections : the government was unable to carry the guillotine motion to curb debate which was essential if the bill was to reach the Statute Book . |
| 9 | ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , I regret to have to inform you that , due to an accident to Mr. Banks , we will be unable to continue the performance . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A young aspirant conductor , F.Charles Adler , and instrumentalists of the calibre of Carl Fuchs of the Manchester College of Music , rehearsed for Christmas Eve an orchestra of 25 and a chorus of 100 the Messiah ( ‘ realised ’ by feverish copyists , unable to arrange the score for male voices . |
| 13 | The overwhelming impression left after the debate is of a Tory Party spilt from top to toe over Europe , and a Prime Minister unable to heal the rift . |
| 14 | Of course this is a self-destructive and lonely ‘ solution' ; Lucy herself admits that she has got caught up in a pattern of starving and bingeing which she is at the moment unable to see a way out of . |
| 15 | being unable to see a hazard in dim lighting , especially on stairs and in passageways and halls . |
| 16 | Above him the smoke blackened the air so as he was unable to see the top . |
| 17 | It is more a matter of approaching the book 's arguments from within a milieu of relatively academic contemporary art theory and being unable to see the wood for the trees . |
| 18 | The rain was so heavy now that he was unable to see the expression on her face . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I 'll leave you to answer that one because — with the letter hidden beside your heart — I 'm unable to see the address . ’ |
| 20 | The other frustration of watching on TV is hearing the low rumble of chatter , unexplained laughter , heckles and shouts , like the noises off in a Russian drama , but being unable to see the source . |
| 21 | She had always resented Luke , and feared the way he made her feel — because she must have sensed from the beginning the power he could and did have over her ; because he had deprived her of himself when he had had her dismissed from that very first job back in South Africa ; because something had led him to misjudge and despise her , and he was unable to see the truth ; because she had always known that he could break her heart … |
| 22 | One group who also suffer deeply are secret , adulterous lovers where one partner is killed and the survivor is unable to see the body or go to the funeral . |
| 23 | Fans were unable to see the highlight of the game on television last night after Tyne Tees TV and the football league failed to reach agreement over coverage . |
| 24 | The bystander was not aware of the crash button on the alarm fitted to the hangar wall , and finding the control room locked , she was unable to sound the alarm . |
| 25 | Eliot was unable to renounce the world he knew . |
| 26 | More recently , Bertrand et al suggested a link between familial airway hyperreactivity and premature birth , but Chan et al were unable to support a role of maternal asthma in low birth weight . |
| 27 | Presumably we shall have a good chew at the clause in Committee , but if it remains in that form we shall certainly be unable to support the Bill on Third Reading . |
| 28 | The eighty nine strategy was actually supported by four of the authorities including the County Council , but clearly , and I fully appreciate why that decision was made two districts particularly , Ryedale and Selby , felt unable to support the strategy . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But a South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman was unable to confirm the asylum request . |