Example sentences of "[not/n't] able [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are not able to recover such interest payments from our opponents . |
| 2 | Because the development officer in Ipswich was not able to see these institutionalised clients in their own homes she understandably found it hard in many cases to say whether or not she agreed with the decision that they should not return home . |
| 3 | Sadly we were not able to see any of the true underwater riches of the island — merely the animals dependent on the sea . |
| 4 | His trouble was , he realized , that he was simply not able to grasp any religion , let alone a faith where his only spiritual mentor was a book from Wimbledon Public Library . |
| 5 | We 're simply not able to do that . |
| 6 | Meriden was not able to do this . |
| 7 | His asthma was a symbol of weakness and impracticability as he was not able to do any of the physical jobs on the island . |
| 8 | His asthma was a symbol of weakness and impracticability as he was not able to do any physical activities on the island . |
| 9 | Although Warwick 's defection meant that the Neville connection as a whole was no longer at the king 's disposal , Warwick was not able to carry all its members with him into opposition . |
| 10 | Although Warwick 's defection meant that the Neville connection as a whole was no longer at the king 's disposal , Warwick was not able to carry all its members with him into opposition . |
| 11 | Although it is almost certainly the case that most firms are not able to appropriate all the returns to innovation via licensing , this does not imply that many firms can not generate a satisfactory stream of returns in this manner ( particularly if they are not well placed to exploit the new knowledge themselves ) . |
| 12 | Accelerated growth of algae partially poisoned with copper sulphate has been claimed when these were treated with a 30th potency of copper sulphate , but Moss was not able to repeat this work . |
| 13 | The simple and almost revolutionary message of Francis had the fortune to reach the ears and attention of a pope of spiritual vision who , while not able to fill that role himself , recognized the strength and power that might be harnessed to both the papal curia and the Church as a whole . |
| 14 | With the vast number of products these guides attract , we are not able to give each item a hard edged review . |
| 15 | But he was not able to give any more specific guidance to the jury on how they should seek to compare the harm suffered by Donovan as a result of the libel with that suffered by those claiming damages in personal injury cases . |
| 16 | Most likely in the previous set of experiments we used conditions which were not able to resolve these two complexes and therefore reached a mistaken conclusion . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not able to answer that , Mr Glynn . |
| 18 | ARMY GP NOT able to stop this . " |
| 19 | Being a pondkeeper I was very interested but was not able to purchase these fish without more information . |
| 20 | Elstree is not able to take all the aviation business that 's been displaced for weeks that I know of and , and for Hatfield I 've been notified by two people who are at present at Hatfield , one of whom is going to move to Stansted . |
| 21 | My only regret is that the college is not able to take more of my hon. Friend 's constituents . |
| 22 | Partly for reasons of confidentiality , we are not able to describe this company 's environmental analysis activities in more detail . |
| 23 | She was too full of misery to finish and she brushed past him to go to the stairs , not able to face this at all . |
| 24 | Others were baffled , not able to believe that free people , famous and rich too , could say what they saw printed or heard on Romanian television or radio . |
| 25 | Extremely thin tracks and very small pads are not able to withstand much heat when soldering and may lift off . |
| 26 | As this exploratory study restricted its attention to the centre , we were not able to pursue these points . |
| 27 | My Lords , I er apologise first of all that I was not able to hear some of the earlier speeches in this Debate erm but it does seem to me a most interesting Debate and I have to confess that I always become slightly uneasy er when the great and the good , and I suppose we should collectively cast ourselves in that role of being the great and good of the establishment are all of one view and I wonder whether it is necessarily right and so I begin to question er whether your Lordships enthusiasm for many of these amendments and their attack upon the Government 's proposals is necessarily as soundly based as we might think if we just listen to casually to it all . |
| 28 | Sometimes social researchers are not able to achieve any control at all over the research setting , and are forced to observe the world as it occurs naturally . |
| 29 | He admitted that there was evidence ‘ that it would be useful as a drug for certain conditions where the body is not able to get enough oxygen ’ . |
| 30 | However , he was not able to get enough Cabinet members to support him . |