Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [be] unable [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I hope I am not so complacent that I am unable to acknowledge the difficulties of trying to bring about change . |
| 2 | However , my corresponding Ego fantasy is of losing my wits to such an extent that I am unable to work ; I am living in a filthy bedsit and the floor is strewn with pieces of paper that I am unable to make sense of , final demands which have not been paid , dirty clothes , plants which have fallen over , unwashed plates and mugs — and I am curled up in a foetal ball , wishing the world would go away ! |
| 3 | It is my grief that I am unable to repay at this time the money that is due . |
| 4 | However , my corresponding Ego fantasy is of losing my wits to such an extent that I am unable to work ; I am living in a filthy bedsit and the floor is strewn with pieces of paper that I am unable to make sense of , final demands which have not been paid , dirty clothes , plants which have fallen over , unwashed plates and mugs — and I am curled up in a foetal ball , wishing the world would go away ! |
| 5 | I regret that I am unable to assist you with this aspect at this time . |
| 6 | Please remember that I 'm unable to accept legal responsibility for answers |
| 7 | Please remember that I 'm unable to accept legal responsibility for answers . |
| 8 | What is important is that I was so surprised by my opponent 's failure to fall over in agony that I was unable to stop him attacking me . |
| 9 | However , the under-manager of the society pointed out to us both in the politest possible terms that I was unable to withdraw one penny of the deposit until the first full year had been completed . |
| 10 | It was as well that I was unable to visit the Aran Isles , for if they had changed since the 1930s my disappointment might have been too great to bear . |
| 11 | I desperately tried to draw my sword but my belly was churning with such fear that I was unable to grasp the hilt . |
| 12 | I 'm sorry that I was unable to get , well two things went wrong first of all the date of the exhibition 's changed Gaugin and his friends in Brittany , due to circumstances beyond our control . |
| 13 | It was most unfortunate and ironic that I was unable to assist as my main project , the Claudian conquest , was well under way . |
| 14 | I deeply regret that I was unable to have a word with the housekeeper when she was more collected in mind . |
| 15 | It was for these reasons that I was unable to accept any of the submissions advanced on behalf of the applicant , and that I therefore concluded , in agreement with the other members of the Appellate Committee , that the appeal should be allowed . |
| 16 | We do it when we decide that someone is unable to attend a school we have already described as ‘ comprehensive ’ . |
| 17 | One way to deal with an oppositional patient is to begin a brief trial of outpatient therapy , if only to convince her that she is unable to alter her behaviour despite her belief to the contrary . |
| 18 | In fact , Mrs Jenkins is left in such a poorly condition that she is unable to present her version of events when the matter is brought before the police court . |
| 19 | Once she has digested the news that she is unable to conceive naturally , she will be offered IVF — with the caveat that the method has only around a 30% chance of success . |
| 20 | She in turn tried to get away from the bird , but was so firmly strapped into the chair that she was unable to move . |
| 21 | On the one occasion when I made a direct appeal to her , in connection with the battle against the closed shop for journalists which I describe later , her response was gratifyingly supportive and it was no fault of hers that she was unable to persuade Lord Hailsham to a course of action that might well have altered journalistic history . |
| 22 | None of this , however , could obscure the triumph of the Prince 's baptism at Notre Dame on 14 June 1856 , a long delay having been necessary because the Empress had been so weak after the birth that she was unable to leave her bed for months . |
| 23 | Greetings were received from Kay Evans , who was sorry that she was unable to attend the training day . |
| 24 | The year 1848 had demonstrated that she was unable to control the territory which was hers already . |
| 25 | She was followed five minutes later by an angry Carole , suitcase in hand , who was to find that she was unable to quit the hotel until midnight . |
| 26 | She felt such powerful energies in the crypt that she was unable to speak . |
| 27 | I think their greatest achievement was to realise that despite the fact that she was unable to speak , she was still able to communicate in other ways . |
| 28 | Initially it seemed quite exciting to her , but she quickly realised that she was unable to care with the intensity felt by the other members of the group . |
| 29 | ‘ Do you have a dustpan and brush ? ’ he asked mildly , then gave a funny little grin that she was unable to interpret . |
| 30 | His mother had wanted him to be put into care and felt that she was unable to relate to him . |