Example sentences of "not been able [verb] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had not been able to clarify its position on vital issues such as Punjab violence and communalism . |
| 2 | The minister 's one regret was that he had not been able to implement his scheme in full . |
| 3 | So far she had not been able to reconcile her desire to keep everything the same and her desire for comfort . |
| 4 | She was bitterly sad that she had not been able to see her aunt before she died . |
| 5 | He 's been in custody for two or three , three days , thirty six hours or something like that already , and not been able to see his family , and er got into all sorts of mess because of that Madam . |
| 6 | He 's therefore not been able to contact his girlfriend , he 's not been able to see his children , er , although he has missed them very much . |
| 7 | The other point which is made by the defendant is this , he says that the plaintiffs have been guilty of delaying tactics er during the course of this litigation , the result of which has been that er he has not been able to realize his interest in the partnership premises , also he has not been able to acquire a partnership premises and he he , doctor mentioned to me that to the actual conveyance of the partnership premises he 's , he tells me was only produced I think thirty and er that er it was only then that he realized there might be a chance that he could acquire the premises for himself , but he says that er because of the general , I think the case is , because of the general conduct of the plaintiffs in delaying the trial of the action one way or another , er the practical effect has been that the plaintiffs have had the benefit of use and occupation of the premises at which he erm , a main view , has a lot of that interest and that they are getting benefit of the kind from that occupation and he is not getting any money in res in respect of that , at least nothing like any market rent because it maybe that there is a fairly small er payment being made , but I 'm not too entirely clear whether that is the case or not , but the stock bond is suggesting that the plaintiffs have been obtaining benefit of the use of the premises at his expense and in those circumstances it is unfair er in , in , or otherwise not appropriate that the plaintiffs should be entitled to obtain interest on their bill of costs , in respect essentially of the period of delay , and when I say period of delay included that the period during which the forward of Mr Justice remained erm unprotected . |
| 8 | Use analysis of the situation you are in as your key tactic : ‘ I 've not been able to make my point . |
| 9 | A second round of voting , in constituencies which had not been able to complete their quota of candidates , was announced for May 8 ; in this round , the candidates with most votes would be declared elected , even if they received less than the 30 per cent required for election in the first round . |
| 10 | The deputies announced that they were resigning because the government " has not been able to keep its promises " with regard to the Kurdish population . |
| 11 | It would seem that the restoration profession has not been able to keep its nerve in the face of the rapidly growing attention it has received in recent years , and is reacting in an undisciplined way . |
| 12 | At Ruislip , he would have been nominally in a grade one lower than in his Hendon post and would have not been able to exercise his abilities as a mechanic . |
| 13 | Many times in this council when we 've been discussing more important points , when we 've been discussing the needs of people who have real needs , we have not been able to have our priority we have not been able to have our priority because we could not afford it . |
| 14 | Many times in this council when we 've been discussing more important points , when we 've been discussing the needs of people who have real needs , we have not been able to have our priority we have not been able to have our priority because we could not afford it . |
| 15 | He 's therefore not been able to contact his girlfriend , he 's not been able to see his children , er , although he has missed them very much . |
| 16 | For , so her fear would run , he had not been able to accept her trading character . |