Example sentences of "unable [to-vb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you for all your contributions over the last year , and please accept my apologies if I have n't been able to use an article that you 've sent , hopefully the next issue will contain those for which due to lack of space I was unable to include this time . |
| 2 | Once Heseltine departed , succeeding Secretaries of State for the Environment such as King , Jenkins and Baker , were unwilling or unable to sustain this vision . |
| 3 | Never having flown in an aeroplane , I was unable to corroborate this view . |
| 4 | True plants are unable to perform this trick , but many can and do use a scent to avoid danger . |
| 5 | TGWU secretary to the shop stewards and a member of the National Campaign for the Nuclear Industry , was unable to attend this year 's conference , but was heartened by the vote . |
| 6 | For various reasons they were unable to attend this meeting , and so all the arresting officers could do was to take the names of those who were present . |
| 7 | I am unable to accept this interpretation of the judgment . |
| 8 | The Cuban government found itself unable to accept this counter-proposal and withdrew its own offer . |
| 9 | I am unable to accept this argument . |
| 10 | I am unable to accept this argument , whether it is applied to the contravener himself or to persons ‘ knowingly concerned . ’ |
| 11 | I for my part am unable to accept this submission . |
| 12 | Mr. Beazley suggested that to do this would be adopting an isolationist attitude , but I am unable to accept this submission , particularly since Schedule 4 itself is a modified version of its counterpart in the Brussels Convention , which has been adapted in substantive respects to fit United Kingdom requirements , e.g. , by the addition of the last 12 words to article 5(3) , and by the insertion of the entirely new article 5(8) on which Mr. Beazley relies in the present case . |
| 13 | Consequently many students who find themselves unable to accept this definition of themselves , who have difficulty in constructing an identity as ‘ physicists ’ or ‘ physical scientists ’ , find that they are outside of the department , that they are gradually less and less successful in getting to grips with the subject . |
| 14 | We regret that we are unable to provide this rail fare facility for clients booking within one week of departure . |
| 15 | If the system is unable to meet this standard at any time , this will be manifest in erratic responses . |
| 16 | If you are unable to meet this deadline please let me know as soon as possible . |
| 17 | If you are unable to meet this deadline please let me know as soon as possible . |
| 18 | If you are unable to meet this deadline please let me know as soon as possible . |
| 19 | I am therefore unable to answer this question today , but I will bring the hon. Gentleman 's point to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Chancellor . |
| 20 | Unfortunately most of the group were unable to exercise this right due to factors such as the hostile physical environment outside the centres , lack of resources — either money or essential mobility aids , such as electric wheelchairs — or parental overprotectiveness : some of the group were not allowed to go out alone or with disabled peers when at home . |
| 21 | Unfortunately has been unable to edit this issue as she has been in Charing Cross Hospital for treatment after her mole pregnancy earlier this year . |
| 22 | Until recently , it was thought that a mammal would be unable to use this method to find food because its own body heat would blot out the host 's . |
| 23 | The fact that one Health Authority felt unable to fund this operation and yet another Health Authority felt able to provide the necessary monies does call into question whether the Patients ' Charter does actually work . |
| 24 | Unemployed people with a working spouse are unable to draw this benefit , since the means test is applied to joint income . |
| 25 | Turkey achieved observer status at the Algiers Non-Aligned Conference in 1973 , but was unable to retain this status . |
| 26 | I wrote to tell Ivy of my delight in it , and of a sense of frustration in being unable to share this pleasure with my brother . |
| 27 | Announcing the draw for the Caledonian Brewery-sponsored Currie Tournament , club president Gordon Bell said : ‘ Gala and Melrose are unable to compete this year because they have their own cup final the following Wednesday . ’ |
| 28 | The conservators have so far been unable to recreate this process using chemicals in the lab , but this is an inconclusive argument for assuming this to be an ageing process . |
| 29 | Above this size he is unable to maintain this rate of involvement . |
| 30 | Thank you for your recent letter letting me know that Iceland was unable to sponsor this year 's Annual Report for CPRW . |