Example sentences of "unable [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Refunds will be provided at point of sale for fans unable to go to the relevant dates . |
| 2 | I live directly opposite to them , and there were two of their neighbours who effectively unable to carry on a normal life throughout most of the time that they were there . |
| 3 | Unable to see beyond the short-term gain he went from whim to whim , reacting without thought to whatever gossip he happened to have heard last . |
| 4 | A horse that is fit for hunting may be unable to cope with a long schooling session . |
| 5 | Bt strains have traditionally been classified by serotyping , but this system has been unable to cope with the vast number of new strains discovered recently . |
| 6 | However , as many overseas assignments fail because the wife or family are unable to cope with the new way of life and culture ( around 50 per cent is often quoted ) , many organisations choose to invite the wives of short-listed candidates into the company to discuss the assignment and any problems that may be worrying them . |
| 7 | As Brian Davis points out , the new shed was necessary , as the main mill buildings were now over a century old , and would almost certainly have been unable to cope with the additional weight and vibration from the looms . |
| 8 | Unable to cope with the financial or everyday demands of a baby , they often end up relying upon their own mothers to care for the child . |
| 9 | Nell backed away , unable to cope with the double shock of Forster 's corpse and the foul-looking thing growing on him . |
| 10 | Depth of shade is also important , since a number of species , while enjoying the limited sunlight filtered through trees with an open branch system , are unable to cope with the dense shade cast by evergreens . |
| 11 | For a long time she had been out of control , unable to cope with the everyday demands of her new royal role . |
| 12 | We have discussed this in more detail in Chapter Three where we saw how the parameters of this debate as set out in these campaigns were seized upon by the Tory Party with little or no response from the Labour Party who seemed unable to cope with the authoritarian drift . |
| 13 | It was a turbulent time for college principals , and many were unable to cope with the urgent demands for change which constantly assailed them — not least from their own undergraduates . |
| 14 | General incapacity There are frequent instances of partners who , although not certifiable in any formal sense , are plainly unable to cope with the physical and mental demands of their job . |
| 15 | But having got into the routine of taking three teaspoonfuls in a cup of water three times a day , because she felt it ‘ gave her energy to keep her going ’ , she became really addicted and unable to cope without a regular fix . |
| 16 | The ASH stand at the Green Show attracted a lot of other interest too , and our staff would have been unable to cope without the tremendous effort made by West Midlands ASH volunteers . |
| 17 | Unable to cope in the outside world without treatment , they 'll be jailed by the courts again and again . |
| 18 | These are activities which we would be unable to perform without a detailed knowledge of their personal circumstances , and trying to persuade them auditing is even necessary or that anything has changed since Uncle Albert 's day , is nigh on impossible and certainly not an adequate reason for an additional fee . |
| 19 | In this way , should you be unable to attend at the last moment and he has to sit twiddling his thumbs in his consulting room because it is too late to give the appointment to anyone else , he is recompensed for the wasted time . |
| 20 | Despite deep concern over the possibility of a major nuclear accident in the former Soviet republics or Eastern Europe , Western governments have been unable to agree on a comprehensive aid package to improve safety standards [ see also ED65/66 ] . |
| 21 | By mid-year , however , it was evident that the so-called Schengen agreement , originally conceived in Schengen ( Luxembourg ) in June 1985 ( see p. 33786 ) , was unlikely to materialize on schedule because of continuing disputes , and when the Interior Ministers of the five countries met on Dec. 14-15 in Schengen they were unable to agree on a final document . |
| 22 | But even at this early stage they were unable to agree on the primary objectives of a scheme of family allowances ( NUSEC , 1918 ) . |
| 23 | If the parties are unable to agree on the precise application of the method of calculation to the information derived from the drilling and production , the dispute may be referred by the agreement to an expert to determine . |
| 24 | After two such incidents in Melbourne in 1987 the federal government had banned the importation of semi-automatic weapons , but the states had been unable to agree upon a common strategy for tightening the laws relating to such weapons already in circulation . |
| 25 | A highly-developed sense of the ridiculous is inimical to the striking of certain musical attitudes ; and , while I 'm sure mason regards the craft of composition itself with profound seriousness , there are clearly many compositional modes and self images which he 's quite unable to invest with the spurious dignity they often demand . |
| 26 | In any event we would like to know of any intending applicants for training , even if they are unable to come to the Potential Teachers ' Day . |
| 27 | None the less , faced with the greatest crises of his reign , and unable to sift through the unfathomable views , and motives of his countrymen , the Shah had turned increasingly to foreign advisers . |
| 28 | There are , however , some examples where the individual appears unable to adjust to a 24-hour routine in spite of attempts to do so . |
| 29 | ‘ One of our most pressing problems ’ , he concluded , ‘ is how to deal with the human waste which has come through the discarding of the services of workers unable to adjust to the new requirements ’ . |
| 30 | If , therefore , human beings as a whole progressively delayed the age at which they reproduced , the ‘ death-genes ’ would , over the course of the generations , be gradually filtered out — for the very simple reason that people most affected by ‘ death-genes ’ would die before reproducing , and hence would be unable to pass on the fatal genes to the next generation . |