Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] been unable " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any patient who has been unable to eat or who has lost weight may therefore require extra nutritional supplements before surgery . |
| 2 | Drenched in Shalimar , wearing her pearls , because her diamonds might make people who 'd been unable to change feel under-dressed , Enid awaited her guests , radiating regality . |
| 3 | Having played little part in the August riots ( epitomised by the derisory slogan , ‘ IRA — I Ran Away ’ ) , old IRA men came out of retirement ( Rose , 1972 ) and ‘ there was a steady stream of recruits from young men who had seen houses and streets burnt down by Loyalist mobs and who 'd been unable to prevent them ’ ( Farrell , 1980:267 ) . |
| 4 | American Express said it had received about 100 complaints so far this year from card members who had booked accommodation — only fly-cruises in the Bahamas — some for as little as £99.50 — and who had been unable to board ship . |
| 5 | American Express said it had received about 100 complaints so far this year from card members who had booked accommodation — only fly-cruises in the Bahamas — some for as little as £99.50 — and who had been unable to board ship . |
| 6 | They are recalled as somewhat sad , dependent figures : a ‘ poor old fellow ’ who went out to his sister for his meals ; ‘ a right cripple ’ who had been unable to work for over ten years ; ‘ a very old gentleman ’ who scraped together a living by selling vegetables and tomatoes which he grew in his greenhouse , but was ‘ very unhappy ’ because he had quarrelled with his drunken son . |
| 7 | Group Captain Lord Cheshire , who had been unable to be present , had sent a telegram . |
| 8 | Friedman , writing about the work done by a group of doctors in Family Planning Clinics with women who had been unable to consummate their marriage , typified certain syndromes by reference to myths . |
| 9 | It struck Nathan that these were all people who had been unable to get in . |
| 10 | The four — and a sick Jon Tinker who had been unable to accompany them on the summit bid — scrambled from the disintegrating tent at 9am on Christmas Eve and fled downhill . |
| 11 | Some thirty graduates of the degree came together for an excellent meal in University House , followed by an informal update from one of the joint organisers of the reunion , Keith Moffitt , on the whereabouts of those who had been unable to attend . |
| 12 | A little before midnight Miriam , who had been unable to sleep , came over to see him and tell him the news . |
| 13 | Thereupon the applicants , who had been unable to plead justification as defence in the libel action , applied to the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) , as the court to whom the implied undertaking had been given by B. , to vary the undertaking to permit B. , who was anxious to co-operate , to disclose to them the authority 's documents in the interests of justice to enable them to plead justification with full particularity and in the expectation that admissible evidence would become available to support the plea at trial of the action . |
| 14 | On these occasions those temporary workers recruited were ex-employees — those who had been dismissed in recent downturns and who had been unable to find a new job . |
| 15 | ‘ Nothing , ’ said Comfort , who had been unable either to forget or justify some of the things she had said to Julia during the war . |
| 16 | Along with the hundred copies Hannah dealt with the following day for those who had been unable to reach Skipton the staggering figure of five hundred books were signed . |
| 17 | He was suddenly a doctor before all else , remembering other women he had seen , and tried to examine , victims of a brutal assault , who had been unable to bear a man near them , let alone a man attempting to make love to them , and a score of odd things about her behaviour , hardly noticed at the time , fell into place . |
| 18 | As Kay Evans was unable to be with us during Notices June Bascombe presented their certificates to the three teachers who qualified in 1982 who had been unable to attend the training day in June . |
| 19 | Kay then presented certificates and badges to those new teachers who had been unable to get to the June meeting . |
| 20 | The coverage given to Mr Allen 's remarks must have been particularly galling to Mr Giuliani 's backers in the Republican party who have been unable to make crime an issue in the race . |
| 21 | It is very interesting to note that many people who have been unable to eat cheese because of headaches , migraines or digestive problems following its consumption are able to eat organically produced cheeses with no side effects . |
| 22 | However many couples who have been unable to have children , are , understandably , reluctant to adopt mentally handicapped children . |
| 23 | Nowadays , with unemployment at an appallingly high level , it is far more likely that people who have been unable to find work are simply the victims of economic and political circumstances . |
| 24 | Men and women whether single or married who have been unable to work regularly because they have had to stay at home to care for children and/o-r a disabled or elderly person may be able to safeguard their pension by claiming Home Responsibilities Protection . |
| 25 | The Post Office Users ' National Council exists to assist Post Office customers who have been unable to resolve their problems . |
| 26 | The Post Office Users ' National Council exists to assist Post Office customers who have been unable to resolve their problems successfully . |
| 27 | We pray for those from the church family who have been unable to join in the services of thanksgiving today . |
| 28 | The Race Relations Committee is currently very concerned at the number of ethnic minority students who have passed the Vocational Course and who have been unable to find pupillage for 1992–3 . |
| 29 | Oh Lord we as offer ourselves to you , we think of those who have been unable to be with us today for whatever reason , some on holiday , and we just pray for your blessing to be with each one , and to be with all of as we ask it in your name for your praise and glory . |