Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] be unable " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although various clan-based rebel groups collaborated in an effort to oust Siad Barre , they have since been unable to agree on national leadership . |
| 2 | ‘ A small minority of Members of Parliament after these weeks and months of debate have still been unable to tell us what they want , where they want to lead this country and who is going with them . ’ |
| 3 | The profession is well used to the hostility , indifference or apathy of that majority of the people , who have traditionally been unable to avail themselves of its services because of insurmountable financial barriers . |
| 4 | When the less-than-ideal situation arises , however , and the magistrates find themselves unable to agree it appears that justices clerks have also been unable to reach a verdict on the correct interpretation of section 9(2) of the 1980 Act . |
| 5 | Using negotiating skills , developed in the consulting room , to make providers address quality issues which general practitioners have previously been unable to influence . |
| 6 | Local authorities across the country have therefore been unable , and unwilling , to part with their own meagre resources . |