Example sentences of "unable [to-vb] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 The Collector had been unable to see the latter part of this action , which had taken place in thick yellow dust and smoke ( the snow having mysteriously ceased ) .
2 Turner , who scored over 300 points last season after joining the club from Acklam , has been unable to recapture the same form .
3 Poidevin has announced he is unable to devote the same time and commitment to the game this year because of his business pressures with a Sydney stockbroking firm .
4 He claims : ‘ If we charged less , we 'd be unable to maintain the same standards .
5 The policy refers to unavoidable cancellation and does not apply to the likes of a broken engagement or where a Claimant has changed jobs and is unable to get the same holiday dates .
6 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 .
7 So it became necessary to provide therapy for those unable to achieve the same kind of performance .
8 Loss of my letter of introduction from Barry the Magus had meant that I had been unable to make the most of a brief , lacklustre meeting in Puerto Maldonaldo with its adviser Didier Lacaze , a slight , diffident Frenchman .
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