Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] be able " in BNC.

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1 The program is menu driven but one of the best features is the ability to input new data at practically any stage , i.e. if you are entering an invoice and the product does not exist you are able to create it there and then without exiting to the previous menus .
2 I am greatly relieved that the name Hall is now no longer associated with a company which , having all the necessary finance , does not feel it is able to build , for itself , robots that can compete with the world 's best .
3 if you may or may not remember we were able to buy the D U S from Holland on it
4 If that power was sufficient , the holy spirit , if that power was sufficient to raise Christ from the dead , you not think he 's able to exert that power in your life and in my life to make us live lives that are pleasing to God , of course it is so we do n't do it ourselves , just let me in closing mention one other thing , this relationship we have needs to be maintained , you know for any relationship to grow , one needs to spend time with the other person , I do n't give a lot of credence to the saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder , it does with somebody else , it 's true , it does not make it grow fonder of that person the person is you know who you , you heard this story so often , like particularly like going back during the last war , folk who were separated sometimes for , for , not just for months but for several years , there they were in concentration camps perhaps , in prisoner of war camps , separated for years , they come back home they 've got to get to know each other all over again you see that a relationship on a human level as well as in our relationship with God is dependent on , on association , it 's dependent on companionship , it 's dependent on spending time with the other person and in our relationship with Christ this is achieved by , by prayer , by knowing and understanding God 's word , by having fellowship with other Christians and fellowship with other Christians is not just meeting them and passing the time of day with them , oh that 's fellowship but it 's far more than that is required , there 's the fellowship in worship , we worship together , of course I can worship God at home of course I can do it , so can you do it and we , we should do it , but there 's that re , there 's that need , that requirement as God 's people we come together to worship him in a corporate act , in the sacraments , in , as we mentioned in , in earlier on in taking the bread and the wine and remembering the lords death , there 's a sense in which I can do it by myself
5 Supernaturally strong though the monster was , I could not visualize its being able to scale the sheer outside wall of the tower .
6 Stuttgart coach Christophe Daum had named Chapman as his side 's biggest worry after the pre-season Makita tournament at Elland Road , saying : ‘ He is so dangerous when the ball is played into him in the air , and I do n't think we are able to cope with that . ’
7 Oh I do n't think I 'm able to give you a specific answer .
8 I did n't feel I was able to tell her I was pregnant right from the start .
9 Before the Batty sale we supposedly had an overdraft of 6m quid , so I ca n't see us being able to spend 4–5m ( or whatever he 'd cost ) on a new player at the moment .
10 ‘ I do n't suppose you were able to go for a run this morning in this weather ? ’
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