Example sentences of "[prep] not [be] able to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm one from Paddy and I have an official letter er apologizing for not being able to be here . |
| 2 | I give my apologies for not being able to be present myself . |
| 3 | Having said that , I must apologise to members of the Midlands and Southern Divisions for not being able to ‘ land on their patch ’ . |
| 4 | The teacher 's perception is likely to be affected by his feelings about the pupil , dented self-confidence through not being able to be a ‘ good enough ’ teacher to him , which a more objective analysis may help to restore . |
| 5 | I think that what we have to decide today , or one of the things that needs to be decided is , is the new settlement in the longer term a sensible answer given that all the all the various considerations , and that erm arguing about residual numbers , here or there has to be taken in the much longer context , I think that 's what all I would like the to say at the moment on on new settlement erm because of the situation I am in of not being able to er say too much in detail about it , I sha n't be making very many contributions to this particular debate . |
| 6 | This varies from a reluctance to enrol bilingual students onto courses on the grounds that their English is ‘ not good enough ’ through feelings of helplessness at not being able to ‘ get through ’ to bilingual students to a wish to learn about approaches and materials that will enable these students to complete courses and pass examinations . |
| 7 | He will also obviate the effects of early disappointments at not being able to " speak like a native " after several weeks of study . |