Example sentences of "[am/are] unable [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It said if you 're unable to enter the adventure , type ‘ GRAP PULSE ’ . |
| 2 | The sexuality of Black males is further emphasised in this short sequence by the comment , ‘ The terrible thing is , I am unable to give the chicks my full attention in this weather ’ , and ‘ the weather is turning my blood to ice ’ . |
| 3 | Because of the peculiar restricted hours that banks open I am unable to visit the branch where the account is held and any over-the-counter transactions — usually only 2 per year — have to be made at another branch . |
| 4 | For various reasons I am unable to publish a transcript of everything that was said , although some salient points are to be found in the book . |
| 5 | However , I hope I am not so complacent that I am unable to acknowledge the difficulties of trying to bring about change . |
| 6 | I am unable to find a supplier of an add on tachometer . |
| 7 | Salter J. posed the question ‘ whether it is allowable to parties to an arbitration of this kind to make their own agreement as to costs , ’ and said : ‘ I am unable to distinguish the position of such an arbitrator from that of a judge in this respect , ’ and , at p. 359 , said : |
| 8 | Unfortunately , I am unable to reveal the plot since the film was in the early days of its shooting , for transmission next October . |
| 9 | If , due to unforeseen circumstances , you are unable to attend the performance booked , do let us know and we will do our best to re-sell your tickets . |
| 10 | We always welcome the views of all staff on computing matters , and if you are unable to attend the meeting in person , you are invited to express your ideas to Dr David Chamberlain , who chairs the Computer Users Group , before the meeting . |
| 11 | Mutants with substitutions in the basic region ( Asn Pro at residue 360 , and Arg Ala at residues 364 , 366 and 367 ) are unable to transactivate the CACGTG reporter but retain dimerization activity . |
| 12 | While many are unable to tolerate a close , demanding , intimate relationship they nevertheless crave friendships and want to engage in normal social activities such as eating out and chatting over a drink in a club or pub . |
| 13 | I intend over the next Journals to put them on record for all members , who are unable to visit the Museum at Bishop 's Castle , to reproduce them for you . |
| 14 | We sometimes find that the representation generated is not the same as any of the irreducible representations of the character table , or that we are unable to define the character according to the procedure used above . |
| 15 | However , they are unable to sidestep the results that show that areas with a high proportion of young men aged 15–24 years and a high proportion of the working class have significantly higher crime rates — and both these groups have the highest levels of unemployment experiences . |
| 16 | Because firms have no discretion over prices but must passively accept the price prevailing in the market they have no ‘ market power ’ : they can make profits only at the level that justifies the continued employment of their assets in their existing use and are unable to effect a transfer of wealth from customers to themselves . |
| 17 | Coral are unable to split the pair in ante-post betting for the title and make them 5–1 joint favourites . |
| 18 | However , their headache could have been relieved by sumatriptan , though we are unable to explain the failure of sumatriptan to prevent migraine-induced hemiplegia ( if this was indeed the case ) . |
| 19 | But after tonight 's slaughtering of ‘ Bill Is Dead ’ and ‘ Popcorn Double Feature ’ , even repeated mumblings of the old mantra that ‘ Mark Smith is The Fall ’ are unable to erase the feeling that perhaps this time they 've got it wrong . |
| 20 | But after tonight 's slaughtering of ‘ Bill Is Dead ’ and ‘ Popcorn Double Feature ’ , even repeated mumblings of the old mantra that ‘ Mark Smith is The Fall ’ are unable to erase the feeling that perhaps this time they 've got it wrong . |
| 21 | The obvious danger is that if they are unable to earn a living for themselves , that states of Central Europe will slump back into their earlier condition . |
| 22 | On leaving school most of the disabled will need help in finding suitable employment ; some will need a permanently sheltered working environment ; many will need financial assistance as they are unable to earn a living . |
| 23 | Where the board or the adviser are unable to form a view on or recommend the offer they must set out fully the arguments for and against . |
| 24 | Commenting on the Bent ( sorry , this is a printing error ) Walker figures , accountants Peat Marwidk McLintock & Leigh Carr said : ‘ We are unable to form an opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company … ’ |
| 25 | At the end of a full page report , the auditors conclude that ‘ because of the significance of the matters referred to in the preceding paragraphs , we are unable to form an opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and the group at 31 December 1991 and of the loss and source and application of funds of the group for the year then ended and whether the financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985 ’ . |
| 26 | Because of the significance of the matters referred to in the auditors ' report , the two firms are unable to form an opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view . |
| 27 | If laboratory scale experiments indicate , however , that the indigenous microfauna are unable to degrade the contaminants , enrichment cultures of microorganisms may be added to speed up the process . |
| 28 | If you are unable to turn the impeller , then remove the pump for cleaning . |
| 29 | The French , despite an exceptionally tough policy , still have interest rates above the German level because they are unable to persuade the markets they mean what they say when they rule out a devaluation . |
| 30 | We are arrested , fascinated , by a convulsion of sound to which we are unable to assign a meaning . |