Example sentences of "[be] unable [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In marginal cases , the court will have to be convinced that a substantially limiting disability exists but that , as a result , the individual is not so disabled as to be unable to perform the job in question . |
| 2 | However , it may also be unable to reap the benefits by charging the community for the advantages gained by improved amenities installed close to its factory ( eg an approach road ) , which benefit local people . |
| 3 | The previous month , on Dec. 13 , the Baltic permanent representatives at the UN had called in a letter to the UN Secretary-General for the removal of Soviet troops from their territory , and encouraged monitoring of the situation by the UN , warning of the danger that , as it disintegrated , the former Soviet Union would be unable to control the troops . |
| 4 | Heilbroner ( 1974 ) , examining the human prospect in the mid-1970s referred to an ‘ erosion of confidence ’ as characteristic of the mood of the time and attributed it in part to ‘ a fear that we will be unable to sustain the trend of economic growth for very much longer ’ , and the recognition that we face ‘ a hitherto unimaginable prospect — a ceiling on industrial production ’ . |
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| 7 | There are suggestions that Rolls-Royce may be unable to fund the cost of the new model , due out in the next few years , and that Vickers will not be able to carry the burden much longer . |
| 8 | Should the text be as described , I shall be unable to reconcile the Church 's utter opposition to the killing of the unborn child and euthanasia which are in essence a defence of human rights for those weakest and least-able-to-speak members of humankind . |
| 9 | Then you 'll be unable to use the card — and may even have it taken away . |
| 10 | There may however be a way of adapting it to say that the solipsist will be unable to use the term ‘ beetle ’ to communicate with his later self ( in a diary , perhaps ) , since what gives the term its meaning to him now can not be what was then in the box ( an object to which he now has no access ) but what he now thinks was in the box . |
| 11 | ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , I regret to have to inform you that , due to an accident to Mr. Banks , we will be unable to continue the performance . ’ |
| 12 | If , however , B sells the goods to C before A finds out that he has been duped , then C ( provided he was innocent ) will get a perfect title by virtue of section 23 and A will therefore be unable to recover the goods . |
| 13 | If the landlord has not opted to tax , he will be unable to recover the VAT on his costs , and the tenant will have to reimburse the VAT-inclusive cost . |
| 14 | The townsfolk of Kirkbymoorside realised that while the snow lasted , the farm-wives would be unable to reach the market with their produce so Annie and Elizabeth were secure in the knowledge that whenever they were able to get out of the valley , their customers would be waiting . |
| 15 | Accordingly , he will be unable to take the benefit of any fall in the index . |
| 16 | It was next day , Wednesday , that Bill Muggeridge went to Mr Crumwallis and said he would be unable to take the Burleigh team to the All-Swessex Schools Swimming Championships on Thursday . |
| 17 | Without this protection , particularly frail customers could be discriminated against and might be unable to counter the discrimination on their own behalf |
| 18 | Presumably we shall have a good chew at the clause in Committee , but if it remains in that form we shall certainly be unable to support the Bill on Third Reading . |
| 19 | Further to my letter of 26 July 1993 regarding the above , I would advise that due to other commitments , Miss Joyce Clifton will be unable to attend the Conference on Thursday 9 September 1993 and I would be grateful if you could cancel the booking made for her . |
| 20 | While I will be unable to attend the meeting on 7 December 1992 , Susan Manson will represent our interests . |
| 21 | Many people supposed that because Rodney King 's violent beating had been captured on video tape , his uniformed assailants would be unable to fix the reports and lie their way out of trouble . |
| 22 | ‘ was not aware of the nature of the document which she signed , then the bank would be unable to enforce the charge against her , irrespective of agency , unless … the bank manager took adequate steps to explain the document . |
| 23 | 233 seems to be that if a wife signs a security document at her debtor husband 's request , the creditor will be unable to enforce the security unless either the debtor or the creditor has taken positive steps to try and ensure that the wife understands the import of the security documents or unless she has obtained independent advice . |
| 24 | NOTE : from this point , users will be unable to access the system . |
| 25 | To throw ourselves into those turbulent waters and then be unable to regain the punt would have put paid to any hope of rescuing Dennis . |
| 26 | She might open the box and find nothing there , she might be unable to remember the features of his face and the habits of a marriage . |
| 27 | ITN would be unable to overcome the loss of Sir Alastair Burnet , he told TV Times — ‘ Without him it looks like a scratch team . ’ |
| 28 | Is that what democracy has come to in this country , with the democratically elected Government refusing to listen to the democratically elected Opposition — who will be unable to reveal the flaws in the council tax as we did in the case of the poll tax , and which were soon clear for all to see ? |
| 29 | The concept of total aircraft ownership will become increasingly important should the traditional trade structure be unable to cover the expanse of technologies economically . |
| 30 | Many readers of The Place of the Lion would be unable to convict the heroine of ‘ sin ’ at all . |