Example sentences of "they [modal v] be unable " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present , however , there are often neither the places nor funds available for very young autistic children to receive the schooling they need , and although they can be placed in general ESN(S) schools , they may be unable to provide the particular forms of training which the autistic child will need . |
| 2 | Offering small quantities would also give greater variety to people 's diets , a variety which they may be unable to obtain if they can only buy in quantity . |
| 3 | They may be unable to make some of the viral proteins that should trigger the immune system into action , leading to a weakened immune response against the infection . |
| 4 | They may be unable to take in the reality of what has happened . |
| 5 | Boat owners are worried that they may be unable to move their vessels freely in EC waters unless they can prove that VAT has been paid . |
| 6 | When these adaptations are tested by significant loss , they may be unable to reconstruct a secure world for themselves . |
| 7 | ‘ They may be unable to live their lives as they want to because of influences from the past . |
| 8 | They may be unable to afford appropriate housing , or may live in an area where such housing does not exist in the private sector , and thus would look to the local housing authority to solve their housing problem . |
| 9 | Or they may be unable to find food . |
| 10 | The dilemma for the Americans is that , if they reject the argument that Israel must be part of the Middle East peace process , they may be unable to secure international endorsement for any settlement procedure ; so they could be left with the invidious alternatives of an ignominious withdrawal or a long-term military presence . |
| 11 | They may be unable to assess or contribute adequately to national nursing education needs or desires . |
| 12 | It is said that they place great strains on family life , and people feel they would be unable to cope with a mentally handicapped child . |
| 13 | There may be all kinds of professional practices which frail and inarticulate older people hate , but which , without support , they would be unable to articulate . |
| 14 | They said they would be unable to manage 60 carers and would each require an assistant development officer when the project was fully operational . |
| 15 | Presumably they would be unable to burrow or hide from the Sun like small mammals . |
| 16 | Faces in the hall registered distress at this price as it became clear to many of those present that they would be unable to win anything with their limited sources . |
| 17 | However , if they simply analysed the parts in isolation from each other , they would be unable to explain how life was maintained . |
| 18 | They would be unable to compete with larger companies which could buy and sell in bulk , and take advantage of advanced technology . |
| 19 | I would reject the submission made to the Court of Appeal that so long as the terms of paragraph 33 had been brought to the notice of the prosecution authorities they would be unable to adduce in a criminal court evidence disclosed in compliance with the order . |
| 20 | The same would apply to patients kept in hospital under a section of the Mental Health Act , since they would be unable to find alternative care outside the hospital sector by the nature of the section . |
| 21 | Whether this ethic is actually held by the individual peasants concerned is irrelevant ; presumably they would be unable to specify the grounds for their own actions in this way , but what matters is that their behaviour actually appears to follow this rule , and this has to be sufficient explanation . |
| 22 | They would be unable at times to concentrate or even to stay awake , It is very noticeable that Barratt required " as far as possible " the attendance of the children at school during the winter " when they are unemployed " . |
| 23 | In the absence of any informed critical guidance , it is true , they would be unable to go any further : the experience would remain isolated and leave nothing behind it . |
| 24 | He said that if deputies took such a blinkered view of property relations and of lessening the economic power of the state over production , they would be unable to draw up a logical law reflecting the need for better social conditions . |
| 25 | They would be unable to meet them with Third Division gates , and possibly not even with the added revenue Second Division status would guarantee . |
| 26 | They would be unable to meet them with Third Division gates , and possibly not even with the added revenue Second Division status would guarantee . |
| 27 | ‘ The majority of local authorities wo n't even publicise that they have a duty to provide because they were frightened it would result in a huge increase in demand they would be unable to cope with ’ , she said . |
| 28 | Scottish banks have warned council chief executives that they will be unable to cope with even a modest level of account arrestment . |
| 29 | But if anyone moves to Belfast they will be unable to vote Labour because the party does not put up candidates there . |
| 30 | Putting it bluntly , many Protestants fear that they will be unable to continue to practise and promote their religion in a united Ireland . |