Example sentences of "unable [to-vb] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's a good ol' boy from Alabama who is unable to go any length of time without touching a golf club . |
| 2 | Once its position as such authorised representative was first suspended , and then terminated , Winchester was unable to conduct any investment business . |
| 3 | Anyone in the building can breathe and move but is unable to see any thing , so the theory is that he wanders clueless in a cloud until the security-squad charges in with a chemical that breaks the foam up . |
| 4 | Whereas for the other his faulty picture may go back to badly tangled family relationships which have left him unable to see any authority as good or loving . |
| 5 | ‘ Is that smoke ? ’ she asked him , pausing on a bridge to gaze some more , though unable to see any source of a fire . |
| 6 | Aware that the situation was getting out of hand and unable to cope any more with their triangular relationship , Norman took himself off to Cornwall . |
| 7 | Otherwise , Goldwyn remained chiefly a facilitator and a financier , and Berg is unable to support any more substantial claim for him , or to resolve the ambiguities in the producer 's role . |
| 8 | Discrepant results have been described by Fiorrucci and coworkers who were unable to confirm any difference in gall bladder emptying rates induced by hormonal stimulation . |
| 9 | As 1916 dawned , the Allies were unable to plan any immediate offensive , since the new British armies were not yet ready ; but the Central Powers could plan two : one at Verdun and an Austrian attack on Italy . |
| 10 | Congress , time and time again , the majority of our sponsored MPs appear unable to sustain any sort of attack on this government 's policies . |
| 11 | In such cases the system will be unable to spot any error as they will pass successfully through all stages of analysis . |
| 12 | On the following day , the day of their return ( only they were not to be expected until the late evening ) Franca , who was so used to being by herself , was unable to perform any ordinary activity . |
| 13 | Okay , definition of disability , what they 've actually got to be , to be able to claim is unable to perform any part of their normal occupation . |
| 14 | And , okay , unable to perform any part of her normal occupation and they 're not doing anything else , for which they 're paid , not following any other gainful occupation okay , so definition is , unable to perform any part of their normal occupation , and they 're not following any other gainful employment . |
| 15 | And , okay , unable to perform any part of her normal occupation and they 're not doing anything else , for which they 're paid , not following any other gainful occupation okay , so definition is , unable to perform any part of their normal occupation , and they 're not following any other gainful employment . |
| 16 | Normal occupation , unable to perform any part of it . |
| 17 | But ministers want to tighten the rules to ensure only people unable to perform any sort of work would qualify for payment . |
| 18 | Unable to perform any part of his normal occupation , and is not following any other gainful occupation D. |
| 19 | The HSE declares itself satisfied with the general health monitoring programmes run by the companies involved in building biotechnology factories but aside from the ICI programme New Scientist was unable to discover any others established especially to periodically review the health of workers involved in biotechnology processes . |
| 20 | They said members would be unable to accept any women who might be ordained as priests . |
| 21 | It was for these reasons that I was unable to accept any of the submissions advanced on behalf of the applicant , and that I therefore concluded , in agreement with the other members of the Appellate Committee , that the appeal should be allowed . |
| 22 | The mind — if unable to express creativity or creative impulses — exhibits frustration and evokes self-disdain for negative self-images and loss of self-worth ; the emotions — if subject to suppression or repression of essential human responses relating to love , understanding and compassion — are suffocated ; the harbouring and nurturing of accumulated aggressions , rejections or guilts , destroys the human ability to be receptive to positive influences , and depression , grief , hopelessness and helplessness all evoke a desire for self-annihilation if sustained ; the spirit — if unable to establish any connection between its personal nature and those higher elements which nourish it — eventually starves . |
| 23 | In my , albeit limited , experience of working with clients , I had never before been unable to establish any kind of empathic relationship . |
| 24 | Unable to establish any common ground between his proposals and the radical demands of the Left , Stolypin dissolved the Second Duma on 3 June 1907 and drastically altered the franchise on which subsequent Dumas were to be elected . |
| 25 | They are however unable to provide any satisfactory data on differences in degree performance associated with gender . |
| 26 | He mentions dog 's tooth violets and despite an intensive search , I have been unable to find any . |
| 27 | Despite reference to seed catalogues and gardening books , I have been unable to find any information on its propagation , either from seed or from cuttings . |
| 28 | Recently , I obtained a saw rabbeter ( sic ) for my Bridges drill but , unfortunately , was unable to find any of the moulding cutters ( STD825-829 ) . |
| 29 | In their report they noted that , despite her lack of education , they were unable to find any of her practices heretical and |
| 30 | Nathan Lazar woke up late and was unable to find any human sign of life down in the workshops . |