Example sentences of "not [be] able to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not been able to in Edinburgh , but now seemed the ideal time . |
| 2 | Forster made use of this in a way his predecessors had not been able to . |
| 3 | Guilt rose in Dinah ; she had never returned Mrs Gracie 's money ; she had not been able to . |
| 4 | He was aware of this and in principle disliked it , attempting when he first set up in private practice , to resist it , but he had not been able to . |
| 5 | All your enthusiasm vanishes ; not only have you not been able to ‘ do ’ it , but you are now convinced you are not cut out for mathematics teaching at all and none of your pupils could produce anything like that . |
| 6 | BR have not been able to very helpful in this direction , largely because of the financial constraints imposed on them . |
| 7 | We used to , we , I used to go when my husband was alive we used to go to erm Devon cos I had a brother living in Devon we used to go there , but er unfortunately I lost him when he was only fifty with a coronary , and so erm , in , cos and after that I lost my husband you see so cos we I 've never been away like that before , not , not since , years ago that was , he 's been gone twenty one years this Christmas sixteenth might be so , I 've not been able to so I , I , I go with the erm , I went with the Red Cross this year the year before last I went erm er , Char Charlie took me away we went to er a chalet we stayed at and er a friend of mine we went there for a week had a week there , that poured of rain every day , this year it poured of rain every day |
| 8 | Not been able to er |
| 9 | Six or seven days , I would say — I 'll not be able to be more precise until the autopsy . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps Mr Browning was entirely above reproach , though there were those who saw him constantly at Isa Blagden 's and thought that friendship promised more ; perhaps he was able to subdue the desires of a healthy man in his prime , but Ferdinando would not be able to if temptation was set in his way . |
| 11 | ‘ I may not be able to be with her . ’ |
| 12 | But you muste prove yourself to do som thynges that you were never taught , or else you shall not be able to doo any more than you were taught , and were rather to learne by rote than by reason . |
| 13 | You may not be able to actually tell them . |
| 14 | You can also decide to help some charities after your death in a way you may not be able to while you are alive . |
| 15 | They will not be able to because , when you restart , you do not place one cup face upwards . |
| 16 | But Mr Clinton will not be able to immediately bask in the outgoing President 's glory . |
| 17 | ‘ No , no , I 'd not be able to . ’ |
| 18 | Erm there is just one , may I just er , make one final point erm paragraph on page four refers to improvements in services of minority groups and also on page five and six the need for sa input , input into priorities shall not be able to for this . |
| 19 | Indeed on one analysis , for procedural reasons , B may not be able to raised the issue dealt with here in Strasbourg . |
| 20 | This can not be articulated in a sufficiently quantifiable form , and even those elements more amenable to measurement will not be able to be measured accurately . |
| 21 | She may not be able to , but she must be asked . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I have to be quick , ’ I told Eric , and explained why he would not be able to be the principessa 's gardener . |
| 23 | Because I might find them or because I might not be able to ? |
| 24 | Such decisions will not be able to be made by a single Prime Minister without reference back . |
| 25 | Ours would appear to be an academic qualification , which may not be able to be adapted to suit NVQ . |
| 26 | Medical science may not be able to specifically pinpoint the cause of the disease or link negligent conduct to its appearance . |
| 27 | Alright , so where farmers are locked into a specific rotation , and rotations are quite generally used , alright , they may not be able to erm , change their output erm , until they can change the rotation . |
| 28 | If the ratio is too low , there will be the risk that customers ' demands may not be able to be met : this would cause a crisis of confidence and Possible closure . |
| 29 | This will then overcome this silly bigotry of the Labour Group in trying to ostracise the opted-out school in and the College , when this Charter is in place , we 'll be able to compare every facet of education across the district because the results will be published for all to see and these two schools will not be able to be frozen out of that exercise . |
| 30 | Now at this stage er it is the plaintiff 's case that Mr er considered that this caused major financial problems , because the property at Frinton was simply not one that was open to him to offer as security , it was clear that the bank would now as he saw it , on the deal that he understood that he 'd struck and he knew that without the bank 's help he would not be able to er proceed with this purchase and operate he business in the way he had wished to . |