Example sentences of "[be] unable to be present " in BNC.
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| 1 | Group Captain Lord Cheshire , who had been unable to be present , had sent a telegram . |
| 2 | reported that the Funeral Service Journal had hoped to attend the Conference , but had been unable to be present owing to imminent magazine deadlines . |
| 3 | As you know , I am unable to be present at this meeting . |
| 4 | They were a young primary school teacher from Awlad Shaikh who appeared in the Magharba list and a professor of economics from Benghazi University with a United States doctorate , who unfortunately was unable to be present himself , but was supported by the Zuwaya . |
| 5 | UNFORTUNATELY , I was unable to be present at the luncheon at a London hotel on Tuesday when the Duke of Gloucester presented the first English Tourist Board car park awards . |
| 6 | Mrs Claudio Abado was another who had worked hard towards making the evening a success , but was unable to be present . |
| 7 | It was very much regretted that Master Fellow was unable to be present due to family illness . |
| 8 | If I may erm we , we , we , we did attend er er er a briefing and myself and James , unfortunately Margaret was unable to be present on that day , although I think she 's had a separate briefing or there is a separate briefing being proposed . |
| 9 | Miss Braithwaite expressed her appreciation of all the hard work undertaken by the retiring Vice-Chairman , Mrs. Ann McMillan and said how much she regretted that Ann was unable to be present at the meeting because of her admission to hospital . |