Example sentences of "[being] unable [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | being unable to see a hazard in dim lighting , especially on stairs and in passageways and halls . |
| 2 | It is more a matter of approaching the book 's arguments from within a milieu of relatively academic contemporary art theory and being unable to see the wood for the trees . |
| 3 | The other frustration of watching on TV is hearing the low rumble of chatter , unexplained laughter , heckles and shouts , like the noises off in a Russian drama , but being unable to see the source . |
| 4 | WALLY the wandering wallaby was last night keeping many hops ahead of his worried owner and police after being unable to resist the call of the wild . |
| 5 | A misrepresentation or misdescription could result in the landlord being unable to enforce the terms of the agreement . |
| 6 | Not only is the cortex isolated by being unable to control the musculature , but there is also an inhibition of incoming signals generated by sensory systems . |
| 7 | First , if the cause of the purchaser being unable to return the goods within the approval period is something which occurs entirely without his fault and beyond his control ( e.g. if the goods are stolen or accidentally destroyed ) he can offer that as an excuse and property will not pass , Re Ferrier ( 1944 Ch. ) . |
| 8 | The jury in the Mona Bauwens libel case have been discharged after being unable to reach a majority verdict . |
| 9 | If the cloud base is low , there is bound to be a risk of coming out under the cloud and being unable to reach an area where it is not raining . |
| 10 | For example , an employer who , without any attempt at an individual medical assessment , inaccurately pre-judges epileptic applicants for positions as being unable to perform the job , will have treated those applicants as disabled , even though in fact their impairments might not limit their major life activities at all or only to the extent that others react adversely to them . |
| 11 | " We lunched at the Inn at Port Askaig , and being unable to get a hire we secured seats in the post 's gig to cross Islay to Bridgend where was a good Hotel in which we intended to pass the night . |
| 12 | The most obvious example , of course , is Paul McCartney , who , being unable to afford a Fender bass , bought the now equally famous Höfner violin model instead . |
| 13 | ‘ N-no — of course not , ’ she lied , irritated at being unable to keep the tremor from her voice . |
| 14 | Later comes a point of being unable to accept the loss , very often searching for the person who has gone and thinking that he or she is still there . |
| 15 | Years ago Constance 's mother had kept chickens at the bottom of the garden , and when they went off the lay one of her sons-in-law had strangled them and she had given them away to the neighbours , being unable to eat a bird she had known personally . |
| 16 | One implication of this general equilibrium model is that market volatility is added to stochastic interest rates as an additional reason for being unable to specify the direction of the relationship between forward and futures prices , as discussed in Section 5.3.3 . |
| 17 | Richard , who had so far remained silent , was bitterly disappointed at being unable to send the message to their mother . |
| 18 | But consider how the following additional constraints would make your task so much more difficult ( and relate these constraints to the problems of being unable to study the SCN directly , of being unsure of exactly how it then sends its information to produce the rhythms in , say , temperature or urine flow — things that we can measure — and even of not being certain that the SCN is the only area in the brain that is part of the body clock ) . |
| 19 | There are feelings of anger and resentment at being singled out by the disease , at being unable to achieve the control one fought so hard to obtain , at being forced to accept defeat , at being forced towards recovery by the sheer weight of consequences and sometimes by the final threats of others who have at last truly come to the end of their patience and understanding , at having to give up the " trusted friend " , at having to face up to issues one most wanted to forget and at having to make an inventory , admit one 's wrongs and make amends . |