Example sentences of "[noun] be unable " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brussels had framed the legislation under a section of the Treaty of Rome which authorises the Commission to aim for the highest possible levels of environmental protection and allows for majority voting in the Council of Ministers when member states are unable to agree . |
| 2 | I for my part am unable to accept this submission . |
| 3 | The anger of those who pay the poll tax will mount as they find out the additional amount that they must pay because their local authorities are unable to collect outstanding poll tax . |
| 4 | Low-income families are put at grave risk and local authorities are unable to administer the housing benefit system efficiently because they are tied to the 20 per cent . |
| 5 | While this remains largely true , there is growing awareness , not confined to elite groups , that decision-makers at the national level are unable to solve pressing domestic problems . |
| 6 | A fundamental need of the aged is for adequate financial provision , since the vast majority are unable to earn their living . |
| 7 | Despite boasts months ago , it has of course been unable to get volumes at 200MHz and probably wo n't until third quarter 1993 . |
| 8 | The problem is compounded further by the fact that software houses are unable to predict what precise configuration is going to be present and so they are forced to provide numerous drivers for peripherals such as displays and printers . |
| 9 | Recent attention has been focused on the stunned myocardium and while established methods of assessing ventricular function are unable to detect such jeopardised myocardium , newer imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography , nuclear magnetic resonance or contrast echocardiography may further improve risk stratification in the future . |
| 10 | Many smaller builders are unable to allocate the financial resources or staff to provide cost accounts and , with the consequential lack of accurate costing information , run greater risks of insolvency . |
| 11 | Some owls are unable to return to the wild , having been brought up by breeders . |
| 12 | This means that the breeding cycle takes more than a year to complete , with the result that the birds are unable to breed every year . |
| 13 | The Census Offices are unable to do this themselves since they can only extract six areas at a time ! |
| 14 | Furthermore , the parties are unable to respond adequately to such developments because of an unwillingness to tamper with a system that works to their mutual advantage . |
| 15 | If the parties are unable to agree on the precise application of the method of calculation to the information derived from the drilling and production , the dispute may be referred by the agreement to an expert to determine . |
| 16 | Where the board or the adviser are unable to form a view on or recommend the offer they must set out fully the arguments for and against . |
| 17 | Some unhappy women , whose husbands are unable to offer them emotional support , quite inappropriately turn to their sons . |
| 18 | Coral are unable to split the pair in ante-post betting for the title and make them 5–1 joint favourites . |
| 19 | Tutors are unable to provide enough teaching support in the clinical area , so this task is falling to clinical nurses . |
| 20 | The RYA are unable to take action against the Italian drivers who maintained high racing speeds despite poor visibility , one colliding with a moored supertanker . |
| 21 | It seems indisputable that there are a tiny minority of pupils whose behaviour is so disturbing that mainstream schools are unable to cope , in the present circumstances , with the manifestations of this behaviour . |
| 22 | The President 's deputy and successor should the President be unable to complete a term of office ; nominated by the President ; given special responsibility for ensuring enforcement of presidential decrees throughout the country . |
| 23 | Should the president be unable to carry out his duties , the State Council would elect a temporary president from among its members . |
| 24 | A photo was requested for inclusion in the book , should Mrs Currie be unable to contribute . |
| 25 | In 1983 production increased from 58.3 MTOE ( 1982 ) to 61.5 MTOE and the Netherlands proposed to Britain that Dutch gas could replace Norwegian should the two parties be unable to reach an agreement on Sleipner as subsequently proved to be the case . |
| 26 | The vendor may have agreed to sell land with vacant possession , but at the date set for completion be unable or unwilling to provide it . |
| 27 | We further requested a signed photo should the PM be unable to meet our request . |
| 28 | This conservative response , led by the fiery Abbot Joseph of Volokolamsk , carried the day , and Ivan 's successors were unable even to halt effectively the further growth of ecclesiastical landholding . |
| 29 | Tickets cost up to thirty pounds a head , and thousands of fans were unable to get their money back . |
| 30 | Fans were unable to see the highlight of the game on television last night after Tyne Tees TV and the football league failed to reach agreement over coverage . |