Example sentences of "[vb mod] not be able [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | in theory they should not be able to talk to each-other because they 're either answering the phone and talking to somebody else bloody getting on looking at the screen and typing |
| 2 | There are , however , many other situations in atomic and nuclear physics where there is some kind of barrier that particles should not be able to penetrate on classical principles but that they are able to tunnel through on quantum-mechanical principles . |
| 3 | The waste from one pipe should not be able to flow into another |
| 4 | The basic rule about safer sex is that infected body fluids from your partner should not be able to get into your body ( or from you or your partner 's body ) through open , uncovered cuts or wounds , through ulcers or sores in your mouth or through the inside of the vagina or anus . |
| 5 | Rather to the surprise of my new employers , since I had been so eager to work for them , I told them I should not be able to start for a fortnight ( I needed to recover , being exhausted by my burden of guilt ) . |
| 6 | Criminal bankruptcy orders , designed to ensure that those who committed large-scale crimes , especially fraud , should not be able to benefit from the fruits of their criminal activities , were also included . |
| 7 | If the budget worsens after revenue-yielding tariffs have been reduced , governments may not be able to wait for the longer term trade gains to emerge to replace the lost revenue . |
| 8 | After Lithuania , Spain come to Dublin and , the way the group is shaping up , the Spaniards may not be able to settle for a point as they did in Belfast last year . |
| 9 | May not be able to sleep on the left side because of the palpitations and suffocation . |
| 10 | If the ballvalve on the feed-and-expansion tank jams open , it could cause the tank to overflow ( remember that the overflow pipe is really just a warning pipe designed to warn of a leaking valve , and it may not be able to cope with the flow if the valve is fully open ) . |
| 11 | Do n't try messing around with ordinary control units , by the way , as they may not be able to cope with the different wattages . |
| 12 | Slightly overcrowd your tank , but not to the extremes otherwise your filtration system may not be able to cope with the extra loading placed upon it . |
| 13 | And they may not be able to cope with that , which is why I am always a little bit anxious if marriages break up very quickly , because it might indicate that what they 're really doing is just going into that second phase . |
| 14 | Well , couples will either work on , work out that phase or not , and of course some may , may , may not be able to cope with it and decide to split up . |
| 15 | Social justice means that we deny ourselves many things so that others may have to do without them as well , or , what is the same thing , may not be able to ask for them . |
| 16 | For this reason private firms may not be able to rely on implicit control systems based on observed output but may have to monitor performance directly . |
| 17 | If they are to be fulfilled at the time of the service of the notice then , for example , the landlord may not be able to rely on a breach of covenant to decorate " in the last year of the term " since no breach of that covenant can be positively asserted until the expiry of the complete year . |
| 18 | Thus , without prior agreement , they may not disclose confidential information to their backers as this could damage the business of the company and affect the price which the vendors may be able to obtain for their shares ; they may not be able to vote at board meetings on major issues affecting the company if those issues might adversely affect a possible management buy-out ; and they can not involve any of their colleagues in the buy-out or persuade staff to become involved . |
| 19 | Having said all of which , I have to admit that I may not be able to vote on Thursday . |
| 20 | I begin by joining my right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) in lending my full support to the Prime Minister in everything that he said , and in giving my full support to the motion — although I fear that my right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley and I may not be able to agree on other matters , with which I shall deal later . |
| 21 | ‘ I may not be able to agree to this particular request . |
| 22 | He may not be able to call upon the driver who took over the car to support his defence and to help him discharge the balance of probabilities in his favour , because that driver would not want to expose himself to the criminal charges of aggravated car theft . |
| 23 | This can be very helpful on both sides , as their advice can be asked and issues discussed in a way that girls may not be able to do with their parents or anyone else . |
| 24 | If there are few good journals in a specialty , editors may not be able to publish during tenure unless some mechanism can be found to allow for this eventuality . |
| 25 | It mean that we may not be able to rejoice in what is happening now . |
| 26 | And we may not be able to rejoice in certain things that have happened in our past . |
| 27 | In the case of a Japanese company wishing to invest in this country , whereas hitherto the attractions of the United Kingdom economy , along with the English language , which is important in Japanese investment , have been significant , for the future we are issuing a warning to the Japanese investor to be careful ; he may not be able to price across Europe in the future , he may experience high interest rates in this country and he may find it much harder to trade into the Community , because if we are not participating in the single currency we may not get all the benefits of the single market either . |
| 28 | There has been some focusing on why people may not be able to come to a CAB and which groups may be affected . |
| 29 | However , it is possible that the vet may not be able to come to your home immediately , and it can be extremely traumatic to have to wait a whole day until the vet is free to leave the surgery . |
| 30 | We may not be able to come to a conclusion . |