Example sentences of "unable [verb] or write " in BNC.
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| 1 | And those that do , grow up in a sub-culture that is a disgrace to England ; unable to read or write , born to crime as a way of life , most of them have never even seen the inside of a church . |
| 2 | He soon came to appreciate their special character , their solidarity and mutual trust , their innate hatred for anyone who was domineering , their intelligence and quickness in spite of being unable to read or write . |
| 3 | He was unable to read or write and books in Serbian were almost unknown . |
| 4 | A member of the Women 's Cooperative Guild remembered working as a nursemaid to a doctor 's family at the age of nine in 1867 , and being unable to read or write , could not let her parents know about the unkind treatment she received . |
| 5 | These include exam papers in Chinese for people who are unable to speak or write English . |