Example sentences of "seems unable " in BNC.
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| 1 | So perhaps another note for Mr Patten 's no doubt very full in-tray is to look again at the decision to close down the body responsible for developing Milton Keynes , and start a new government initiative to encourage more new settlements throughout the region , rather than leaving it to private consortia to chance their arms through a development control system which seems unable to accommodate new initiatives in planning . |
| 2 | As Marx rightly comments in his notebook , Maine seems unable to imagine property in terms other than the legal terms which his training had given him . |
| 3 | Berkeley 's account of continuity seems unable to explain publicity in any way sufficiently akin to that of the perception-independent world of vulgar common sense . |
| 4 | the ‘ fiction theory ’ must remain unsatisfactory unless it can explain what are the real facts in terms of individual rights and duties which underlie the fiction , and this it seems unable to do . |
| 5 | Despite the cloak of respectability official backing has given it , the Premier League seems unable to reach consensus or take corporate decisions . |
| 6 | In spite of a budget deficit which the government seems unable to control , Italy spends 9.6 billion ecu a year on industrial aid , which represents an average subsidy per employee of 3,136 ecu . |
| 7 | Like many managers Margaret seems unable to say ‘ no ’ to the paper work , to the phone calls that come unchecked at any time , or to the people popping into her office for advice , or sometimes just a friendly chat about a project or some personal matter . |
| 8 | If your child seems unable to play without quarrelling you could try a ‘ token economy ’ , as it is called . |
| 9 | Third , the range of existing services seems unable to cope with the demand . |
| 10 | And I know something he seems unable to face : it will never happen again . |
| 11 | He seems unable to relax . |
| 12 | We played and fought hard , and it is sad to reflect that the plethora of political parties to which the hon. Member referred seems unable to produce the good will , fellowship and spirit that prevailed in those days . |
| 13 | And on the Donegal resort , Bundoran : ‘ It seems unable to shake off its image of seaside seediness ’ . |
| 14 | WHILE Mr Major seems unable to run a government , Graham Taylor appears incapable of running the England soccer team . |