Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] be unable " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember being unable to connect those grainy breasts and pubic hair with anything in my own life — flesh , for instance — but the image gave me a mysterious frisson which I mistakenly took for sex . |
| 2 | Ever since I laid eyes on Dominic Wetherby I 've been unable to rest . |
| 3 | I have to say that the Pro GAP would n't be my first choice in any rack system because each time I 've used one I 've been unable to rid it of that ‘ overprocessed ’ synthetic edge . |
| 4 | ALONG with six million other householders , I 've been unable to use a hosepipe for more than two years because of a drought order . |
| 5 | First of all we need to get Hunlet off the pitch , as I 'm not in Leeds I 've been unable to keep up with this debate but at last sats Crewe game it looked terrible ! |
| 6 | First of all we need to get Hunlet off the pitch , as I 'm not in Leeds I 've been unable to keep up with this debate but at last sats Crewe game it looked terrible ! |
| 7 | People I have worked with I 've identified as having problems that I can see some sort solution to in terms , for instance , of hospital treatment erm at times I 've been unable to erm to do that because the Act is very difficult to work round erm and in retrospect I 'm very |
| 8 | erm We have n't as yet , erm the problem is I do n't normally deal with the sub- committee , the person that 's that should be dealing with it is not here today , so I 've been unable to track down a copy of this letter . |
| 9 | He mentions dog 's tooth violets and despite an intensive search , I have been unable to find any . |
| 10 | Despite reference to seed catalogues and gardening books , I have been unable to find any information on its propagation , either from seed or from cuttings . |
| 11 | In this case , however , I have been unable to make the separation and the fieldwork is both empirical and continuous ; it is diachronic and retrospective , taking in the historical with the contemporary . |
| 12 | I have been unable to book any more New , new mums groups as our group has recently got quite small as many of our members have returned to work . |
| 13 | Although a couple of the other demonstrators also looked promising I have been unable to take them any further because of financial constraints . |
| 14 | Because these columns are planned well in advance , I have been unable to print your responses until now . |
| 15 | Both crabs died after about two months , but I have been unable to find any information on them . |
| 16 | I have heard reports that it can be glimpsed in binoculars , but even with my × 20 I have been unable to find it — though it is clear enough in a 15-cm reflecting telescope , and I can just make it out with my 7.6-cm refractor . |
| 17 | I have been unable to see it with binoculars , though keener-eyed observers may be more successful . |
| 18 | This may be so , but in the light of the difficulties inherent in the decision , the very clear decision in Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 and the equally clear statement in Reg. v. Morris [ 1984 ] A.C. 320 that the question whether a contract is void or only voidable is irrelevant , I have been unable to reach any other conclusion . |
| 19 | Editor , — Despite repeated inquiries I have been unable to discover the nature and contents of the remedy called Apitop-F . |
| 20 | The House of Lords alone proposed 569 amendments , and the Secretary of State for Education and Science , Kenneth Baker , said : ‘ I have been unable to find any measure since the war that has been more debated or had more parliamentary time allocated to it ’ . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , I have been unable to identify the makers from what you have been able to decipher of the wording on the back . |
| 22 | I have been unable to establish precisely what the sum was . |
| 23 | The shop has been on the market for over a year , and I have been unable to find a buyer . |
| 24 | ‘ It answers questions I have been unable to answer . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , unlike the reader in your latest issue , I have been unable to rid myself of the conventional black and white screen in favour of the blue and yellow achievable . |
| 26 | Unfortunately I have been unable to trace any documents after the survey , and so do not know exactly why the scheme fell through or even whether the bill was ever presented . |
| 27 | I must also acknowledge to the Minister and the House that I have been unable to interview my constituent face to face . |
| 28 | I have been unable to find anyone who wishes to praise the private Bill procedure ; it is an anachronism . |
| 29 | Not all 18-year-olds wish to enter nursing but many who do are unable to meet the academic requirements . |
| 30 | If you 've got points you 've been unable to answer you 've got to make them part of the report back which wastes yet more valuable practitioner time . ’ |