Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [not/n't] be able [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Sterling 's dramatic weakness in recent days has reawakened speculation in financial markets that the Government will not be able for much longer to resist joining the Exchange Rate Mechanism ( ERM ) of the EMS , the system of semi-fixed exchange rates to which most members of the European Community belong .
2 To be under liquid means that an individual bank may not be able to fully clear its cheques , standing orders , direct debits and other bank giro items the following day , when individual depositors wish to make withdrawals .
3 Medical science may not be able to specifically pinpoint the cause of the disease or link negligent conduct to its appearance .
4 Daemon spawn wo n't be able to home in and manifest themselves .
5 This can not be articulated in a sufficiently quantifiable form , and even those elements more amenable to measurement will not be able to be measured accurately .
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