Example sentences of "are unable [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Coral are unable to split the pair in ante-post betting for the title and make them 5–1 joint favourites . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If you are unable to turn the impeller , then remove the pump for cleaning . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | We did not quantitate respiratory disease or dust exposure in our study , and hence we are unable to assess the effect of this variable . |
| 15 | Since many people are unable to meet the costs of litigation from their own resources , the availability of representation under the legal aid scheme will often be the crucial factor in deciding whether the case goes on at all . |
| 16 | ‘ We are unable to discuss the matter further at the loser 's request , ’ said a spokeswoman . |
| 17 | Caught in the poverty trap , they are unable to make the savings necessary for business ventures . |
| 18 | If by chance you have already visited Craigendarroch under the terms of this special invitation , I very much regret that we are unable to make the offer a second time . |
| 19 | If , for lack of a formula , British ministries ( and no doubt ministries elsewhere ) are unable to price the amenity value of landscapes threatened by development , how on earth would any government — or , more probably a conference of governments — be able to arrive at a system for pricing the air ? |
| 20 | Half of those who set aside money to pay fuel bills are unable to stretch the budget for extra heating in very cold weather . |
| 21 | Although we are unable to ascertain the price increases for the various insurance companies in Northern Ireland and Great Britain as we can in the Republic of Ireland , nevertheless our research does indicate that even after allowing for these rate increases the cumulative increase for Autocover in Northern Ireland and Great Britain since the commencement of the scheme is significantly less than the average increase charged by most other insurance companies during the same period . |
| 22 | We can call operator services if we are unable to locate the number of someone we wish to contact or if we are having difficulty in making the desired connection . |
| 23 | Irigaray 's analyses of the use of pronouns by hysterics and obsessives ( 1966:29–31 , 1967:55–68 ) reveal that whereas obsessives are unable to say ‘ me ’ because they are caught in a specular image of themselves in which there is no object , only an undifferentiated self ( Irigaray 's ‘ on ’ ) , hysterics are unable to say ‘ I ’ because they are unable to complete the trajectory through the other that would allow them access to full subjectivity . |
| 24 | They are now indulging in distortion and scaremongering , but they are unable to hide the record of the last 13 years that has caused so much misery to so many people . |
| 25 | In conclusion , we confirm that there is good evidence for an increased incidence of lymphoid leukaemia and non-Hodgkin lymphomas among young people in Seascale , though we are unable to identify the cause of this increase ; nor can we say that our data and analyses either support or detract from the conclusions of Gardner et al . |
| 26 | 2 ) Being a contact for the secretary and any other members of the committee who may need information , if they are unable to contact the chairperson . |
| 27 | In not getting themselves designated , county councils cause problems for their local residents , as they are unable to achieve the powers that would enable them to deal with unlawful campers . |
| 28 | Although the traditional concept of the map is changing , paper maps will continue to be widely used , because their use requires low technology ( a pair of eyes , or even one eye ) , they are cheap to produce in large quantities , easy to store , and are well understood by the map-using community , although there is some evidence that many people are unable to relate the pattern on a map to the corresponding real-world features . |
| 29 | It does not matter how well you may be able to see the model if you are unable to relate the information in terms of the action required . |
| 30 | Addressing the plenum on July 25 , Gorbachev criticised " the representatives of communist fundamentalism who are unable to escape the grip of dogmatic conceptions " and said that the party had to move away from Marxism-Leninism to " include in our ideological arsenal all the riches of our and the world 's socialist and democratic thought " . |