Example sentences of "unable [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firmly distanced from the levers of power , the liberal parties were unable to carry conviction among their potential constituents . |
| 2 | One man explained that he was unable to continue payment in support of his mother because he had joined the Navy , and he was given exemption . |
| 3 | The biggest single reason for refusal of certification being recommended is that the subject assessor is unable to see evidence of student performance . |
| 4 | Failure to do so will mean that your efforts in negotiating long-term security of tenure might be in vain , as you could eventually find the shareholders deciding to bring your contract to a premature end and discover that you are unable to claim compensation for the full period during which you expected to work . |
| 5 | The proposals would also allow SFA members to categorise registered persons dealing with overseas private clients who are unable to claim compensation under the scheme , in the same way as they categorise registered persons dealing with other clients ( eg business or professional ) not able to claim under the scheme . |
| 6 | On Nov. 6 it was announced that the government had signed an agreement the previous week to pay compensation to Jews living in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union who had been persecuted by the Nazi regime and had thus far been unable to claim compensation under a West German agreement dating from 1952 . |
| 7 | This means that even if the government , the TUC and CBI were able to agree on a particular course of development of the national economy ‘ the state and the social partners alike are unable to enforce compliance with such a plan at the micro-level ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 8 | A home tutor is a teacher employed to teach children at home when they are unable to attend school for any length of time , for instance because of illness . |
| 9 | If you are unable to attend College for any reason you must complete an absence from college report ( copy attached ) and send it to Sylvia Middlemiss . |
| 10 | Commons Members unable to attend conference through sickness or because they are abroad on parliamentary business may send instruction to the secretary of the party or to a parliamentary colleague on how their vote shall be cast provided that they send to the secretary on or before the date on which conference opens an explanation in writing of their absence . |
| 11 | 2.2 If for any reason , we are unable to accept delivery of the goods on or after the agreed delivery date , you will store the goods , safeguard them and take all reasonable steps to prevent their deterioration until delivery . |
| 12 | The old Poor Law had always provided instances of parishes making allowances to able-bodied parishioners unable to secure work or , more commonly , unable to secure work at adequate wages . |
| 13 | Moreover , MacDonald was in principle in favour of an election , but unable to secure agreement upon a formula which could reconcile protectionists and free traders up to the very last moment . |
| 14 | And fifteen minutes later , with all the completed questionnaires returned , there was good reason to suppose that Morse could be right , since three of those concerned , Eddie Stratton , Howard Brown , and John Ashenden , appeared temporarily unable to provide corroboration of their individual whereabouts and activities during the key period of the previous afternoon — the afternoon when the original groups , three of them , had been re-formed slightly ( following Kemp 's telephone call ) , and when anyone wishing to absent himself for some purpose would have been presented with a wonderful opportunity so to do . |
| 15 | ( EEC amplifiers record changes in potential , but , because they automatically filter out slow changes , are unable to provide information about the actual position of the eyes . |
| 16 | Unable to find work after leaving the army , which he joined at 16 , he has travelled as far as Holland in search of a job — but to no avail . |
| 17 | The Race Relations Committee is currently very concerned at the number of ethnic minority students who have passed the Vocational Course and who have been unable to find pupillage for 1992–3 . |
| 18 | In spite of the fact that enquiry statistics appear consistent over time and in different areas , he has been unable to find consistency in definition and recording of enquiries when he visited bureaux . |
| 19 | Probably these seemingly unintelligent mares were unable to find shelter in such weather when they were young , and now as older horses they put up with such conditions out of habit — a habit that is not conducive to the best health of the horse . |
| 20 | The guides , unable to find livery for the horses , found fresh hay for the beds and the quarrellers , still sullen with each other , retired . |
| 21 | Their chicks initially are too feeble to fly and they are unable to find food for themselves . |
| 22 | Firms can help in other ways too , such as by providing company housing for employees who are unable to find property in the new area before the date of their transfer . |
| 23 | Ashby 's idea is that the government should introduce a system of employment vouchers , valued at around £3–4,000 , for unemployed people unable to find employment after at least two years on ET and a temporary work scheme . |
| 24 | Retailers are constantly unable to meet demand for organic produce and import around 60 per cent from abroad . |
| 25 | These include involving relatively large numbers of local people in active neighbourhood roles and catering for disadvantaged groups such as the unemployed and individuals unable to obtain credit from conventional sources . |
| 26 | Unable to obtain sanction for purchasing new cars , Manager Luff decided that the next best thing would be to re-equip the 1939 sun-saloon cars and six 1937 railcoaches , to make eighteen ‘ silent trams ’ for Marton . |
| 27 | 7.6.3.4 the Landlord is unable to obtain access to the site for the purposes of rebuilding or reinstating |
| 28 | Will the Secretary of State send a message to those Rolls-Royce apprentices who will soon complete their training at what once was one of Britain 's best motor car factories , but who will be unable to obtain employment in that factory or in any Rolls-Royce subsidiary ? |
| 29 | It was very late when he left the party , and as he was unable to obtain transport to his home in Mountsorrel , he decided to walk along the old track-bed from Belgrave to Rothley Station , this being the most direct route home . |
| 30 | In practice the polytechnics were initially mainly second-choice institutions for students unable to obtain entrance to universities , but as their reputations grew and they launched courses different from or not available at universities , they attracted more able students . |