Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] able [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reality , individuals may not be able to borrow and lend freely at a given interest rate . |
| 2 | Thank you very much well it 's always a pleasure to hear of about the Seamanship Foundation and I 'm sure that , as you might be saying , and er the need for the foundation 's fundraising will be rather heightened this year as a result of last year 's drop but I 'm equally sure that you will get a tremendous amount of support from the members and on that note which I think is er also is an important method of concentrating our priorities and on the basis of we 're extremely lucky to be able to pursue a really very enjoyable pastime with relatively few problems and that if we can get those opportunities to many more , who would otherwise not be able to enjoy and in fact frequently do n't get to enjoy any other pastime , we should endeavour to do so and consider ourselves lucky that we can . |
| 3 | Their language is a restricted code , so they will not be able to formulate and hence will not be able to understand many of the things which middle-class children can formulate and understand . |
| 4 | So civil servants have to establish that negotiations with outside bodies will be in secret , or else they will not be able to explain and consider alternatives in case the arguments they deploy in favour of an option , not eventually chosen , may later be quoted against their minister . |
| 5 | A disadvantage of moving to a rolling system is that investors will not be able to buy and sell shares within the account period without paying , as happens at present . |
| 6 | They may not be able to fly and one does n't like to enquire too deeply into how elegant they look below the waterline , but steamer ducks — their wings gyrating through the water like paddle-wheels — can make 12 knots , and more in a following wind . |
| 7 | And if you have experienced nothing but a television culture and failed to learn the skills of using books effectively , you will not be able to browse and are unlikely to find the written word sufficiently engaging to hold your attention . |
| 8 | Because without the forest we wo n't be able to breathe and our hearts will stop and we will die . |
| 9 | so as long as we 've got a date by Saturday he can go and do it , if we still have n't got a date he wo n't be able to go and do it |
| 10 | All those people who criticise these young girls and say they wo n't be able to cope and wo n't make good mothers ought to come in here and look at them now because they were absolutely fantastic with those children . |
| 11 | and I said oh she , she said that you 'd phoned and you would n't be able to come and collect her . |