Example sentences of "unable [to-vb] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In it he recounted the farcical activities of a couple who wished to divorce but were unable to do so unless one partner committed , or pretended to commit , an act of adultery . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) The London Stock Exchange may , at the request of the Panel , withdraw temporarily the facilities of the market from an offender ( for instance , a bidder which wishes to issue its own listed shares as consideration for the bid will be unable to do so if the London Stock Exchange refuses to admit them to listing ) . |
| 3 | Gregory was unable to do so and counselled us to abandon the lesion method altogether . |
| 4 | This article suggests that the British hoped to create an international civil aviation environment favourable to their interests , but were unable to do so because of American opposition . |
| 5 | For the poll tax the Government gave councils 18 months to get their computer software in order , but the councils were unable to do so because they did not have the resources and the rules and complexities kept changing . |
| 6 | If a third party has harmed the child , therefore , the statutory criteria will only be met if a reasonable parent would have acted to prevent the harm or was unable to do so because of his lack of control over the child . |
| 7 | Firms may want to produce more at point B but are unable to do so because of insufficient resources . |
| 8 | Dodman offered to give evidence against another man whom he claimed had carried out the burglaries , but he was unable to do so because of a mental condition and the charges against the other man were dropped . |
| 9 | Dodman had offered to give evidence against another man whom he claimed had carried out the burglaries , but he was unable to do so because of a mental condition and the charges against the other man were dropped . |