Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb base] not [be] able " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only animals I have n't been able to check on are the sheep . ’ |
| 2 | In these few paragraphs we have not been able to do more than provide a sketchy summary of these rich concepts . |
| 3 | There they will remain for most of April , at least one of the pair on guard at all times on the loch in order to ward off any attempted ‘ take-over ’ , perhaps by young pairs who have n't been able to locate a suitable breeding site . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , a blow has been struck for the land-owning taxpayer , particularly those less well-off individuals who have not been able to defend themselves against the local district valuer 's increasingly aggressive commercial techniques . |
| 5 | We have not forgotten this offer , although for various reasons we have not been able to develop an idea until now . |
| 6 | They say they 're having to deal with more and more dogs owned by families who have n't been able to give them the exercise they need . |
| 7 | Their house is a repository rich with the things they have n't been able to bring themselves to sell . |
| 8 | At the time of writing I have not been able to hear any of the discs , but they include the first integral recording of the ten Mahler Symphonies complete sets of Brahms , Beethoven and Shostakovich , Stravinsky , Gershwin and Copland , plus concertos with Serkin , Stern and Francescatti . |
| 9 | And yet , gradually the reputation has gone down , it 's become an area in which erm basically people who have n't been able to get housing . |
| 10 | With the limited resources available at our disposal we have not been able to build too many expert systems and most of these have been on a small scale . |
| 11 | Many times in this council when we 've been discussing more important points , when we 've been discussing the needs of people who have real needs , we have not been able to have our priority we have not been able to have our priority because we could not afford it . |
| 12 | The general member auditors , er , I 'm told that they , they look after the money they 've not been able to find themselves seats I understand this morning , so hopefully everything 's in order but somewhere around Eric George and Arthur are they around ? |
| 13 | ‘ Now that 's one mystery I have n't been able to solve . |
| 14 | A similar thing has happened to Ms , especially in Britain and Australia : instead of replacing Miss and Mrs it has been added to the system to make a further distinction , referring in many people 's usage to older unmarried women , divorcees and ‘ strident feminists ’ — in other words , to ‘ abnormal ’ and ‘ unfeminine ’ women who have not been able to get — or keep — a man . |
| 15 | A Mr Ross from Leominster , who owned a shoe shop in Bishop 's Castle , was a keen cine photographer and when he came to Bishop 's Castle ( by train ) he was in the habit of taking film of the railway , but the family moved away to the South Coast , after selling the business , and to date we have not been able to trace the family or film . |
| 16 | Actually it has , though whether by enough to require a bigger bag I have n't been able to make out . ’ |