Example sentences of "[was/were] unable [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , we showed that , unlike the parental cells , the cells were unable to proliferate in medium lacking pyrimidines : when 10 7 cells were plated in 20 culture dishes , no colonies were detected after 4 weeks ( data not shown ) . |
| 2 | He was accompanied by the track doctor , who was unable to return in time for Exeter to complete the meeting by their 10pm curfew . |
| 3 | The train , in mist , was unable to stop in time . |
| 4 | The other driver was unable to stop in time and crashed into the side of the elderly lady 's car . |
| 5 | When Geoffrey le Bel was unable to arbitrate in person between the seneschal and the monks of Baugé in a quarrel over tithes in 1146 , he insisted that his part in the case be acknowledged . |
| 6 | If a local authority was unable to sue in libel it would not , however , be without recourse to the courts . |