Example sentences of "he [modal v] be unable " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dressing apraxia refers to difficulty in putting on clothes ; the patient may manipulate them haphazardly , unable to relate them spatially to his own body , or he may be unable to put them on in the correct sequence . |
| 2 | And having asked the question it now occurred to him that with this woman 's shrewd , sharp eyes upon him , he may be unable to bear the answer . |
| 3 | Looking back at this time , Nigel was surprisingly patient , but he was worried that , if he did n't improve , he 'd be unable to help with the move as almost any movement of his right arm increased his suffering . |
| 4 | A sensitive pilot could then be so confused that he would be unable to respond logically to the situation , particularly if it happened at night or in cloud . |
| 5 | But Home Office officials indicated that , in the absence of new evidence , Mr Waddington would make it clear that he would be unable to take any initiative . |
| 6 | It was clear that in spite of the NSDAP 's grip on the local population and the conciliatory attitudes of British and French politicians , he would be unable to bargain Danzig back into the Reich . |
| 7 | With Thursday only a day or so hence , why did not he inform us there and then that he would be unable to convey our message to the queen our mother ? |
| 8 | For a second it seemed that he would be unable to respond , but then he found his voice . |
| 9 | Maidstone prison contains one man who has already served 33 years and staff seemed torn between two beliefs ; one , that the risk he posed ( of further offences against children ) meant that further incarceration was inevitable , the other that his extraordinarily long period in custody meant he would be unable to survive outside the prison walls , anyway . |
| 10 | In 1939 , when war was imminent , he feared he would be unable to face the Wellsian type of disaster that he imagined was to come . |
| 11 | ( This can be translated as ‘ He would be unable to be killed ’ : the final — ti represents the same morpheme as — dü ) . |
| 12 | I did not question him because I knew he would be unable to describe what and how he felt , even if he had been willing to do so . |
| 13 | It was also clear , however , that on this point he would be unable to carry with him a majority of his colleagues . ’ |
| 14 | But he declared that he would be unable to recognize Roksanda , after having seen her for such a short time , and that only by the light of his master 's ring . |
| 15 | Jehan knew that he would be unable to go back to sleep again . |
| 16 | He could ransack his brain a dozen times , he realized , and still he would be unable to explain it . |
| 17 | It was next day , Wednesday , that Bill Muggeridge went to Mr Crumwallis and said he would be unable to take the Burleigh team to the All-Swessex Schools Swimming Championships on Thursday . |
| 18 | If she walked out , then he would be unable to follow her unless he 'd brought back-up with him , and somehow she rather doubted that he had . |
| 19 | Premier Hun Sen accepted the proposal on April 6 , but on the following day claimed that he would be unable to attend because he was due to undergo unspecified medical treatment . |
| 20 | Pérez de Cuellar informed the Security Council on Oct. 19 that he would be unable to send a commission to Jerusalem without the co-operation of the Israeli government . |
| 21 | The sixth annual summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation ( SAARC ) , due to have been opened in Colombo , Sri Lanka , on Nov. 7 , was postponed indefinitely after King Jigme Singye Wangchuk of Bhutan , who faced unrest among ethnic Nepalis in southern Bhutan [ see p. 38534 ] , said on Nov. 1 that he would be unable to attend ; the Indian government insisted that SAARC 's constitution stipulated that summits required the attendance of heads of state or government from each member country . |
| 22 | Mr Empey today said he would be unable to attend because of a prior engagement , but he defended the use of ratepayers ' money to fund the trip and described SDLP opposition as ‘ hypocritical ’ . |
| 23 | His father Kang , a mechanical engineer , said : ‘ My wife and I were very worried about our son 's education because in China , he would be unable to attend school if he was n't able to walk . |
| 24 | The builder will not start more houses than he can reasonably be sure of completing in an economically short period of time , nor at a price at which he will be unable to dispose of them . |
| 25 | An unoccupied person , finding a drum , may be seized with a desire to beat it ; but unless he is an imbecile he will be unable to continue beating it , and thereby satisfying a need ( rather than a ‘ desire ’ ) , without finding a reason for so doing . |
| 26 | Unless Mr Gorbachev can persuade — or force — Russia and others to back down , he will either have to print roubles even more furiously than before ( result : hyperinflation ) , or else he will be unable to pay for the huge central bureaucracy and , more seriously , for the army . |
| 27 | As a result , he will be unable to maintain a rhythm during his work or be in balance . |
| 28 | Amidst the smoking , charred ruins and the roar of civil war , he will be unable to discern the grand and stately outlines of the future society . |
| 29 | If the landlord has not opted to tax , he will be unable to recover the VAT on his costs , and the tenant will have to reimburse the VAT-inclusive cost . |
| 30 | Unlike the power to impose conditions on processions , the grounds upon which a ban may be sought are still restricted to those of serious public disorder which the senior police officer believes that he will be unable to prevent , even taking into account the imposition of conditions under section 12 . |