Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [be] unable [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | An insurance company 's agent had pocketed premiums paid to him by Haslip , so that she was unable to pay medical bills following hospitalization . |
| 32 | If you are likely to incur any losses in the future , particularly if your injury is so serious that you are unable to continue in normal employment , then we will undertake the investigation necessary to recover appropriate compensation . |
| 33 | The thought of entering the disaster area of an elderly widow 's grief and shouldering some of the responsibility for helping her to bear it , and to rebuild what is left of her life , is enough to create feelings of anxiety in anyone ; and admittedly this can be a very difficult assignment , for not only will you be well aware that you are unable to give her the one thing she really wants — the return of her husband — but you will feel , as we all do when faced with the bereaved , that their personality seems suddenly to have been crushed like a flower under the heel of a vandal , showing it to be so fragile and vulnerable that almost any attempt to revive it would seem to be doomed to failure . |
| 34 | Failure to do so will mean that your efforts in negotiating long-term security of tenure might be in vain , as you could eventually find the shareholders deciding to bring your contract to a premature end and discover that you are unable to claim compensation for the full period during which you expected to work . |
| 35 | you may believe that you are unable to control your life |
| 36 | Another way of creating a bad impression at a social interview is by being so self-conscious and aware of what is going on that you are unable to act naturally and show yourself in the best possible light . |
| 37 | Right now — including the fact that you are unable to love yourself ! |
| 38 | It does n't mean that your regional accent is going to be bullied out of you , so that you are unable to use it ever again — on the contrary , your accent may in all probability be your most interesting and valuable possession . |
| 39 | This knowledge ensures they start every letter with ‘ I know you must be swamped by requests to open bizzarres [ sic ] like these but — ’ and ‘ Your secretary assures us that you are unable to speak at our annual dinner in John O'Groats but — ’ and that 's about as far as understanding goes . |
| 40 | Thoughtfully Adam said , ‘ It was , perhaps , a pity that you were unable to stay on with your friend Mrs Higby . ’ |
| 41 | Furthermore , is my right hon. Friend aware that we are unable to vote on that matter — |
| 42 | In addition , competition may mean that we are unable to recoup our initial investment even if we win the contract . |
| 43 | We sometimes find that the representation generated is not the same as any of the irreducible representations of the character table , or that we are unable to define the character according to the procedure used above . |
| 44 | We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions . |
| 45 | We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions . |
| 46 | We regret that we are unable to answer your letters personally . |
| 47 | We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions . |
| 48 | We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions . |
| 49 | We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions . |
| 50 | We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions . |
| 51 | We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions . |
| 52 | We , in residential work , often appear to recreate this ambivalent split in our feelings , consequence that we are unable to feel what we feel . |
| 53 | If by chance you have already visited Craigendarroch under the terms of this special invitation , I very much regret that we are unable to make the offer a second time . |
| 54 | We have become so obsessed with dowries and transfer payments that we are unable to look comprehensively at the needs of users |
| 55 | In the UK we have become so obsessed with dowries and transfer payments that we are unable to look comprehensively at the needs of users , let alone ask their views , and community care encourages this approach to service delivery . |
| 56 | However , there is an inevitable distortion somewhere else in the economy that we are unable to remove . |
| 57 | We regret that we are unable to provide this rail fare facility for clients booking within one week of departure . |
| 58 | We regret that we are unable to refund money on tickets , except in the event of a cancelled performance . |
| 59 | We even succeeded in securing the adoption of our basic principle that accounts must present a ‘ true and fair view ’ — notwithstanding that we were unable to explain precisely what that expression meant . |
| 60 | Well we 're not saying that we would n't have turned up it 's just that we were unable to turn up . |