Example sentences of "seemed unable [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the head seemed unable to leave the subject . |
| 2 | Coleridge had after all an interest in the maintenance of this humanity , for without it he seemed unable to regain those peaceful days represented in Frost at Midnight . |
| 3 | We have discussed this in more detail in Chapter Three where we saw how the parameters of this debate as set out in these campaigns were seized upon by the Tory Party with little or no response from the Labour Party who seemed unable to cope with the authoritarian drift . |
| 4 | When Nancy was out in the street again , she sat down on a door-step , and for a few minutes seemed unable to move . |
| 5 | Although membership remained low , only about 20 per cent of the West Bank labour force , the resurgence of the union movement symbolized a new national populism which the authorities seemed unable to stifle . |
| 6 | Everything about him assailed her senses in a way she resented bitterly yet seemed unable to do anything about . |
| 7 | They were also out of sympathy with the Protestant Germans who , though faintly alarmed at the poverty of the Polish peasantry , seemed unable to realise what part they themselves might have played in creating and maintaining these conditions . |
| 8 | Bullets seemed unable to set up a consistent attack — Alan Murray was top scorer with just 11 points — and they could not put things right in the second half . |
| 9 | ‘ Know what ? ’ asked Dieter as she seemed unable to go on . |
| 10 | Keynesian economic management seemed unable to deal with the new phenomenon of stagflation — high inflation coupled with low growth and high unemployment — and market liberals mounted a strong attack on the welfare state as the cause of Britain 's economic problems . |
| 11 | But in fact they were so ill prepared that they lost their naval base of Minorca and seemed unable to organize any effective counter-measures . |
| 12 | On Sunday he seemed unable to settle . |
| 13 | Like the child who long before had fled from the schoolmaster 's house at Ottery , Coleridge in his flight to the dragoons was escaping from intolerable external pressures , from the certain disapproval of his family , and from emotions within himself he seemed unable to control . |
| 14 | These negative trends were becoming more common as people ‘ looked towards money ’ rather than socialist moral values , a situation the party leaders regretted but seemed unable to control . |
| 15 | But there have been disappointments over the years when in the heat of excitement he seemed unable to control an over-inflammable Slavonic temperament . |
| 16 | She knew she was acting in a stupid , childish manner , yet she seemed unable to control it . |
| 17 | Miguel Sol , appeared to take no action to crush the rebellion , and Col. Hercules Galon seemed unable to control the dissident elements of the 402nd Brigade which allowed Nobel 's forces to pass unhindered through several military checkpoints during the drive between Butuan and Cagayan de Oro . |
| 18 | It appears that the case had been in progress before the Heliopolitan Divine Council for eighty years and the gods were understandably becoming impatient and short-tempered , yet they seemed unable to decide upon a judgement . |
| 19 | Desert Orchid had often won from worse positions , but he seemed unable to quicken , and was half a length down on his two younger rivals as they landed over the last obstacle . |
| 20 | She seemed unable to appreciate the fact that Henry himself was one of a threatened species , even though that threat was treated with contempt by most ecologists and nearly all women . |
| 21 | He looked at us both and became busy with his pipe which he seemed unable to get lighted . |
| 22 | The female when on heat was obviously erotically inclined herself , and could soon arouse the male , but , once aroused , the sexual drive of both animals seemed unable to direct them towards the exact behaviour demanded by the situation . |
| 23 | His eyes seemed unable to focus . |
| 24 | Piphros seemed unable to speak for long , needed to rest its chest , which wheezed and bubbled . |
| 25 | He seemed unable to speak . |
| 26 | New problems had arisen which the old parties , with their controversies over free trade or the gold standard seemed unable to solve . |
| 27 | She stared at him and , as her eyes met his , once again , like the moment he 'd seen her in the pool , she seemed unable to look away . |
| 28 | He seemed unable to look directly at her . |
| 29 | Unfortunately local officials seemed unable to look beyond the confines of their own little scene and the opportunity to develop the game here was lost . |
| 30 | For all his sincerity , Jimmy Carter seemed unable to communicate any real sense of vigour or purpose to his domestic policies , which remained conservative and essentially piecemeal . |