Example sentences of "[not/n't] be able to [unc] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Erm well why would you er get engaged in a , a contest erm with er the three warring factions , because you certainly would n't be able to con confine yourself to one , and since there 's no national interest as such , I know there have been many attempts to link er Bosnia with er peace in the world generally or with world order , in fact there is no threat er this is a civil war , strictly speaking , and th there 's no evidence that it would er sp spill over into a major war unless it was made a major war er by those er with the er forces that exist .
5 However , as I said before erm if you are the farmer or the grower , the apple grower whose crop has been completely decimated you wo n't be able to er benefit from the very high , high prices if you have got very little output right , so your as an individual your income may be very low , right , in bad years , right , but on average when we look at the industry as a whole , industry incomes will be very very very large .
6 He 's I mean he , he just would n't be able to er contribute enough .
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