Example sentences of "not be able do [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While programmers have not been able to do that the results they have achieved suggest that this may not be such a good idea . |
| 2 | Erm if they , if you 've got a heavy mortgage , and I 'm not suggesting that many of you will have a heavy mortgage , it 's not a bad thing when you 're retiring to fix a rate , because we 've not been able to do that for a long time . |
| 3 | In these few paragraphs we have not been able to do more than provide a sketchy summary of these rich concepts . |
| 4 | I have not been able to do more than suggest the rough outline of this approach . |
| 5 | ‘ It is also desirable that members of our senior squad not in the first team are able to continue playing at a reasonable level , and they have not been able to do this in the past . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He wanted to develop his business on a private basis , and if he came into the glare of publicity as owner of Manchester United he would not be able to do that , ’ one of the negotiators said . |
| 7 | You may or may not be able to do that because it may have lost consciousness , alright , but we 'll put down warm drink if possible . |
| 8 | And you can report that because this baby 's going to need to go to hospital right so those are the three things you do , you raise the room temperature , erm you cuddle the baby close to your own body which should be warm , removing any excess layers , you can then wrap a blanket around yourself and the baby , if you can , give it a warm drink but you , you may , may not be able to do that , you take the baby 's temperature and you seek medical advice right Is that quite clear ? |
| 9 | If we are to come out of the recession without increasing inflation , we need to sell more goods abroad and at home in competition with imports , but we will not be able to do that . |
| 10 | I would not be able to do that now . |
| 11 | But I fear that you may not be able to do that . |
| 12 | It means that he can slip out of school , er , in the afternoon , when normally , in nor on a normal school day , he would not be able to do that . |
| 13 | When buying a house for renovation remember that most people will not be able to do all the work themselves and the extra cost of labour and materials should be added to the asking price . |
| 14 | In many competitive markets the company may not be able to do much about price recovery , but , by separating out those effects , it can focus more accurately on cost reduction and internal efficiency . |
| 15 | There is an important methodological point worth discussing here , for Freud points out that it is not possible simply to take what people themselves say are the reasons for the taboos they practise , for if the reasons are unconscious , they will not be able to do this . |
| 16 | Naturally , at least to begin with , the children will not be able to do this all for themselves , and the goal-setting will take place in collaboration with the teacher . |
| 17 | ‘ So clearly the job is to collect the difference between those two figures , but we will not be able to do this overnight . |
| 18 | No , it even says in here , it says look , there well may be groups of supporters in different categories who 'd like to arrange seats together , unfortunately not be able to do this unless you are prepared to wait until the end of the main selling period |
| 19 | I think that its , its often what 's inside that comes out and what we wear and , and make up and I think perhaps its men who have the restriction of not being able to do that , they are not perhaps getting the opportunity to express their inner self . |
| 20 | Dr Prendergast , of Birmingham Children 's Hospital , said : ‘ Once the epileptic label sticks it often does n't get reviewed and leads to people not being able to do certain jobs or drive . |
| 21 | However , this has its hazards — such as forgetting to buy washing-up liquid three days in a row and not being able to do any washing up . |
| 22 | I had n't been able to do that for so long . ’ |
| 23 | However , having been off last week , I have n't been able to do that , but I have made all the amendments and I was only going to talk us through those that needed everybody to know about them . |
| 24 | Even Father Barnes 's predecessor , Father Kendrick , had n't been able to do much with St Matthew 's Vicarage . |
| 25 | Saga have n't been able to do much with the abrasive 1954 recording quality , though by comparison with the LP some of the aural grit has disappeared . |
| 26 | There 's only biscuits , I have n't been able to do any baking . |
| 27 | ‘ I sha n't be able to do that for much longer . |
| 28 | She wo n't be able to do that now . ’ |
| 29 | I need a husband who can keep me in order , and I 'm sure you would n't be able to do that . ’ |
| 30 | You would n't be able to do that if you had a frozen shoulder . |