Example sentences of "[coord] unable [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People calling round from next door for a bucket of water , the elderly and sick dying of hypothermia , or unable to light the house after dark , that 's what Sid , and all the others who bought shares in the various sell-offs have a share in . |
| 2 | Hence , even where force is used in self-defence in response to the first use of violence the employment of a greater degree of force than that used by the attacker , or the continued use of force beyond the point where the attacker is willing or unable to continue the attack would not be seen as legitimate in law . |
| 3 | Where the former used the full vocabulary of informality , and seemed unprepared or unable to accommodate the possibility that alternative viewpoints might exist , the latter were more aware of the limitations of progressivism , both as an idea and as a basis for practice . |
| 4 | Desktop PCs may be full or their owners may be unwilling or unable to lift the lid . |
| 5 | But the costs of knighthood were high , and some nobles were unwilling or unable to meet the expenditure which was demanded of them . |
| 6 | Are we complaining that people emerge from school or university unversed in computer sciences , or unable to operate a computer ? |
| 7 | Nonetheless , although for many people the rise in car ownership can be seen as a great success , for a significant minority either unable to drive or unable to afford a car , notably the old , the young , the unemployed , the housewife ( left at home without a car ) and the disabled the corollary of increased car ownership has been a rapid decline in rural public transport , a concentration of services into ever more remote central places with increased journey lengths as shown in Table 6.1a , and a real sense of isolation and deprivation . |
| 8 | The United States then argued that if the European members of NATO were unwilling or unable to strengthen the alliance , then this would have to be achieved by permitting West Germany to rearm . |
| 9 | It would almost seem that by the establishment of Elementary Schools and of the Manchester Grammar School , the necessity for the Stockport School has been superseded , but , if that be not so , it is extraordinary that the inhabitants of Stockport are unwilling or unable to aid the institution . " |
| 10 | Cranmer was summoned to Rome , and , although he was in prison and unable to obey the summons , was excommunicated for contumacy when he did not appear . |
| 11 | Banking , despite his better judgment , on Merymose 's promise , and unable to shelve the curiosity which had been awakened , Huy pushed relaxation aside with his stool and made his way from the eating house back through the harbour quarter towards the City of Dreams . |
| 12 | His way into the sport was typical of the drivers of his generation : not having any money of his own , and his parents being both unwilling and unable to finance a career on which they must have looked with some distaste , Hunt had to start where he could : in the event , with a stripped-down Mini in which he learned the rudiments of the sport . |
| 13 | As long as he is out of work , seeking a job and unable to draw a pension , the DSS can keep up his mortgage payments . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , the voyage onward from Flinders ' Island was curtailed by a horrifying incident that left Gould in a state of shock and unable to continue the expedition . |
| 15 | Indeed , it is not unusual for someone recently retired ( and perhaps looking forward to it ) to find themselves coping with sharply increasing dependency of their parents and unable to enjoy the period of active leisure which they were anticipating . |
| 16 | Smaller companies , unable to compete effectively and unable to generate the profits necessary for future investment , have tended to stagnate , sometimes propped up by national governments . |
| 17 | There are some types of case which it can not sustain , and some which do not need it in order to remain at home ; but there is a group — those with relatively severe dementia , probably living alone , and unable to receive the care they need from elsewhere ( usually because they do not have able and willing involved relatives ) who appear unlikely to have remained at home had it not been for the involvement of the Home Support Project . |
| 18 | Alt and associates , in their study of the electorate at the time of the February 1974 election , argue that it is easy to exaggerate the extent to which voters are politically illiterate , unfamiliar with issues , and unable to identify the policy stands of the parties . |
| 19 | At that period policies of housing redevelopment began to be replaced by rehabilitation , in recognition of the fact that redevelopment often destroyed thriving communities and the people decanted into new housing estates commonly felt isolated and unable to develop a sense of community in their new neighbourhoods . |
| 20 | They affected to despise her , but they did not find their contempt a strain , whereas the other really bad disciplinarian in the school , a Geography mistress , one Miss Riley , inflicted on them an intolerable suffering , for they felt themselves compelled to torment her , and she would sit before them , thin and pretty and anguished , making vain attempts to restore order , miserably transparent in her misery , and unable to conceal the depths of her humiliation — depths which frightened them , but which they could not leave unplumbed . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And if the theatre score really was copied for the 1693 revival , why , when it subsequently disappeared , was the company forced to advertise for its return , and unable to revive the work when it failed to turn up ? |
| 23 | Robert-Jean de Vogüé and Maurice Doyard , both members of the Commission de Châlons , convinced the German authorities that the Commission was powerless and unable to influence the trade on any matters raised , or to issue orders on the Führer 's behalf or from other agencies of the occupation forces . |
| 24 | In a statement released on Sept. 12 , Somali National Movement ( SNM ) guerrillas pledged to intensify the armed struggle against the new government , which was described as " bogus " , lacking support , and unable to rescue the country from its current crisis . |
| 25 | The EC was more successful in presenting a united front over the Yugoslav crisis , but unable to resolve the conflict [ see pp. 38274-75 ; 38373-76 ; 38420-22 ] . |
| 26 | To the end of his days , the poor man was addicted to psychoanalysis — agreeing that it sapped his independence and self respect but unable to kick the habit . |
| 27 | Creggan asked , doing his best to seem merely curious but unable to stop the fear he felt from creeping into his voice . |
| 28 | Looking at him with cool objectivity like this , it was hard to see why he had had such a powerful and disturbing effect on her , she realised , aware once again of a strange inner certainty that she had seen him somewhere before , but unable to pin the memory down . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He disapproved almost as much when Pedro , who was mad about flying , but unable to afford a plane , had joined the airforce in the late seventies to be followed , two years later , by Angel . |