Example sentences of "feel unable " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the parents of a mentally handicapped child immediately reject the child on realising that it is handicapped , or find that life with the child is so difficult that they feel unable to cope , it falls upon the state to find an alternative place of residence , in particular on local authorities . |
| 2 | In extreme cases , trainees can hand over to the minder where they feel unable to cope . |
| 3 | Many teenage children feel unable to talk to parents about intimate or emotional issues but it is important to be ready to talk , if they show that they want to . |
| 4 | If at this distressing time , however , you feel unable to study this , simply take the death certificate and the pension book to the Social Security Office and one of their officers will be glad to help and advise you . |
| 5 | For example , some parents feel unable to reprimand asthmatic children in case this provokes an attack . |
| 6 | Where this is so , people feel unable to express their pain and grief , their anger or fear ; they will learn to be ashamed of the various ‘ taboo ’ feelings they have . |
| 7 | If you care for a relative or close friend on a long-term basis and feel unable to return to full-time work it may still be possible to make alternative arrangements in order to work for one or more days or nights a week . |
| 8 | Knowing all about how to have safer sex is of no use if we feel unable to bring it up with a partner . |
| 9 | Certainly I feel unable at this stage to say , with the degree of certainty necessary to make a striking out order , that the third party will inevitably be exempted from making contribution under section 2(2) . |
| 10 | Such excellence sometimes has the effect of creating an ‘ us ’ and ‘ them ’ attitude in parishes , where their parish musicians feel unable or unwilling to settle for more than a mediocre level of performance . |
| 11 | At the same time , the top management might find the organisation so large and complex , and changes in policy and procedures so difficult and time-consuming to implement , that they also feel unable to give direction to the organisation . |
| 12 | If , however , you feel unable to do this , it would still help us if the questionnaire could be filled in for the largest course , and some indication be given of provision in other courses . |
| 13 | ‘ Some feel unable to stand by their man ; they feel horrified at the crime , or betrayed by his ‘ double life ’ . |
| 14 | When it comes to taking time off for work , most of you feel unable to give a truthful reason to your employer , and the usual excuse is a stomach upset or migraine . |
| 15 | Is the person likely to understand the purpose of your intervention or feel unable to control the outcome ? 5.3 |
| 16 | There are many teachers , however , who feel daunted by the possibility of the work they are doing being ‘ tokenistic ’ and therefore feel unable to do anything . |
| 17 | The family should be warned against condoning the patient 's anorexic behaviour , which they may do either because they feel unable to tolerate the patient 's anger or because they themselves gain vicarious gratification from the illness . |
| 18 | Erm the er desire that I twelve conveys to encourage district councils to make special provision in their you know to emphasize high density employment in their city centres is understood , no quarrel with that , but if you ca n't , if you feel unable er at county level to be absolutely explicit , that a district would be free if it so chose , it might not choose to do so , if it so chose to make I twelve decisions that did n't come out of its I five , er they would n't have to come out of its I five allocations , unless you can be clear that they 're free to do that , erm it suggests to me sir that may be it 's I twelve that 's that 's getting in the way , erm and w that might well be something we can do without . |
| 19 | She said the organisation 's counsellors visited family homes because many people feel unable to come into the office . |
| 20 | Well people who 've commented on this say that they 're now aware that they feel unable to say to women students things they would say to male students . |