Example sentences of "not able [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently he was not able to invest in improved mining techniques in the later years of his life . |
| 2 | Other forms of fungal decay of timber in buildings are relatively unimportant because they are not able to spread to sound wood . |
| 3 | Even this grammar is not able to deal with all sentences , requiring constant improvement and amendments to be made . |
| 4 | We are not able to account for these industry level changes , but find the broad picture of " no change " of more importance . |
| 5 | The director of the institute , which is a government agency controlling radio broadcasting , said that children are not able to discriminate between good and bad radio material and are incapable of taking part in radio production . |
| 6 | Due to circumstances beyond our control , we were not able to proceed with any work on Glenburrell Bridge . |
| 7 | However , I am not able to predict on any particular occasion whether the electron will turn out to be " here " rather than " there " . |
| 8 | But perhaps , more constructively , the results of this paper point the way to the appropriate modelling of economic behaviour when agents are not able to optimize for one reason or another . |
| 9 | Unfortunately the camera is not really suitable for fish photography since it is not able to focus on close objects . |
| 10 | Naturally it is disappointing that I am not able to play in some tournaments but there is nothing I can do about that . |
| 11 | I had erm I was going to be representative of this committee at a erm safety seminar for three days at the beginning of this week that I was n't able to go to , and Councillor Kurtz has very kindly gone in my place , which is why she is not able to come to this meeting . |
| 12 | ‘ What date is it ? ’ she asked directly , not able to think of any other means of approach . |
| 13 | Because we were n't able to define with any confidence areas of neovascularization in capillary tumours we 've based the study on those tumours with solid er solid tumours or those with solid elements . |
| 14 | There was n't just one flower out there , there were dozens , although the frogs were n't able to think like this because frogs ca n't count beyond one . |
| 15 | The won the tournament in 1959 , but was n't able to compete in 1960 due to a serious knee infection that kept him out of action for most of the first half of the season . |
| 16 | Please let me know if you are n't able to come on that day because the security at the Palace of Westminster is very sensitive and if we do n't turn up with the right number of people we could be in trouble ! |