Example sentences of "unable to find [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unable to find a dress she liked , Sherine discovered her own talent for fashion |
| 2 | The failed type of woman , as personified by most of the teachers at school , had been unable to find a man . |
| 3 | Owners VSEL , which have has run the yard since it was privatised in 1985 , said they were unable to find a buyer for the site . |
| 4 | In an unusual move a bookseller is preparing to give away his shop , complete with a five year lease and £15,000 worth of stock at retail , because he has been unable to find a buyer for it . |
| 5 | The shop has been on the market for over a year , and I have been unable to find a buyer . |
| 6 | Ryan Giggs missed three chances while Brian McClair and Hughes were unable to find a way through a well organised City defence . |
| 7 | Leeds tried to force their way back in a second-half during which they dominated the game but were unable to find a way through a Liverpool defence in which Mark Wright and Rob Jones were outstanding . |
| 8 | Specialists from the Cambridge-based Sea Mammal Research Unit believe that they are unable to find a way out and that a rescue attempt may be needed . |
| 9 | Biologists believe that they are unable to find a way out on their own and that the ‘ acoustic option ’ is the safest way to lure them to safety . |
| 10 | Horsham were unable to find a way past the Town defence however much they tried and really looked out of their depth against a slick professional erm Town side . |
| 11 | In time trouble and under severe pressure , Karpov was unable to find a defence as Yusupov 's queen and rooks swarmed into his position . |
| 12 | I am unable to find a supplier of an add on tachometer . |
| 13 | Turkish and Greek Cypriots , for example , Jewish people and the Irish have been unable to find a voice within a political and cultural space marked out as ‘ black ’ . |
| 14 | Doctors had been unable to find a pulse as they hurried to their next Medicash-insured mugging victim . |
| 15 | He has asserted that the Government have been unable to find a solution and has alluded to one anomaly , but will he state categorically what legislation the Opposition would introduce to resolve the difficulty ? |
| 16 | At school leaving age , parents who had previously been able to cope with a child attending or possibly boarding at a special school are faced with the continuing prospect of full time life with their mentally handicapped son or daughter who may be unable to find a place in a training centre or enter full time education . |
| 17 | The gregarious owls were juveniles less than a year old just coming into breeding condition , but unable to find a place to nest in the plantation . |
| 18 | Customers were unable to find a manager in Lockheed to whom they could take their problems and queries about their particular orders , and Lockheed found it necessary to employ ‘ project expediters ’ as customer liaison officials . |
| 19 | The class of twelve and thirteen year olds were forced to miss lessons because Buckinghamshire Education Committee was unable to find a supply teacher . |
| 20 | This may do the trick , but if you are unable to find a fitting of the correct size , you would be best advised to get a plumber in to fit a new stopcock which will involve turning off the water at the water company 's stopcock outside your house . |
| 21 | Those products of reproduction — children — that are best adapted to the current circumstances will generally survive until they are of a suitable age to reproduce , passing on at least some of the characteristics favouring survival to their own children : those who are poorly adapted to the current circumstances will , in general , either die young or be unable to find a mate . |
| 22 | On the final day of the war thousands of disorganized Iraqi troops attempted to flee north through Basra but were unable to find a means to cross the Shatt-al-Arab waterway as all bridges had been destroyed by allied aircraft . |
| 23 | Half-blinded , his lashes and brows coated with a rim of snow , George was disorientated and unable to find a path which would lead him down to the shelter of the valley . |
| 24 | ‘ This year there are a lot of students who have not yet got training places — significantly more than at a similar time in previous years , ’ Mr Pritchard said , adding that the Law Society was considering various ways of helping those unable to find a training places with a law firm . |
| 25 | If you are unable to find a frame where the substitution items are inserted utterance medially , you need to be sure to check all substitution items with a following frame as well as a preceding one , as the utterance final tone of the substitution item may differ from its basic tone . |
| 26 | Many schools of thought flourished , each within its own professional environment , while others withered away , unable to find a niche within which they could develop . |
| 27 | He tried , and felt himself falling into the tree , confused , unable to find a stance that did not give way into clutching twigs and flailing branches . |
| 28 | Mark Thomas then did well on the left , going past five defenders , but his colleagues were unable to find the net from his cross . |
| 29 | When she was dressing to go out Sally was invariably unable to find the belt she wanted , one shoe had gone missing or one stocking developed a ladder . |
| 30 | Women have a hard enough time — being a ‘ house-husband ’ in most circumstances would be a struggle as the majority of men would be unable to find the support that women get amongst their peer group . |