Example sentences of "[modal v] be unable " in BNC.
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| 1 | But not all behaviour can be explicable in this fashion , because if it were , we should be unable to distinguish the neurotic from the normal . |
| 2 | If the methylated residues were involved in protein binding , mutated oligonucleotides should be unable to form retarded complexes as observed with wild type sequences . |
| 3 | Under item 4 , the Policyholder must be unable to engage in or give attention to ANY KIND of profession or occupation . |
| 4 | Neither is there any screening of precariously unstable people , who might be unable to cope with what comes up . |
| 5 | She might open the box and find nothing there , she might be unable to remember the features of his face and the habits of a marriage . |
| 6 | I might not reach the telephone , or I might be unable to dial a number , the doctor might be out … . |
| 7 | Without this protection , particularly frail customers could be discriminated against and might be unable to counter the discrimination on their own behalf |
| 8 | There is in fact a sceptical tendency in foundationalism of this sort , just because it leads us to see as problematic everything other than our knowledge of our own sensory states ; it acknowledges the danger that we might be unable to construct the superstructure which the foundations are intended to carry . |
| 9 | The Isle of Wight TEC says that it notified the Department of Employment in August that it might be unable to meet the YT guarantee within the funds allocated for the purpose . |
| 10 | That I think recognizes a possibility , by no means a probability , but a possibility that Paul might move away from home and the more real possibility that in due course that Mr and Mrs might be unable to bear their part further as carers . |
| 11 | THE man heading the fight by Scottish councils against any water sell-off yesterday seized on comments by the shadow Scottish Secretary , Tom Clarke , in which he acknowledged Labour might be unable to remove private water companies after the next election . |
| 12 | Then you 'll be unable to use the card — and may even have it taken away . |
| 13 | If her hip and knee and ankle are as badly damaged as I hope — I mean as they could be — she 'll be unable to take herself up or down the stairs . |
| 14 | If you look at the general secretary report under the regional sections there is an invisible service you 'll be unable to find the health and safety side . |
| 15 | Competitors are certain to jump on the bandwagon with rival systems and Nimslo 's much-vaunted patents could be unable to stop them . |
| 16 | He claims : ‘ If we charged less , we 'd be unable to maintain the same standards . |
| 17 | Looking back at this time , Nigel was surprisingly patient , but he was worried that , if he did n't improve , he 'd be unable to help with the move as almost any movement of his right arm increased his suffering . |
| 18 | I 'm as much in line for the title as the rabbit you inferred a moment ago I 'd be unable to support . |
| 19 | Maybe the 'phone was in the living room and she 'd be unable to talk anyway . |
| 20 | She 's one of several who 'd be unable to study if it were n't for the nursery . |
| 21 | A report commissioned from Lazard Brothers , the merchant bank , by members of the Ferranti family and obtained by The Independent , reveals that Sir Derek Alun-Jones , Ferranti 's chairman , was told that Ferranti ‘ may be unable to exercise full management control ’ and that ISC was likely ‘ to be a significant drain on its ( Ferranti 's ) cash resources ’ . |
| 22 | So the horse may be able to cope with one incident that provokes anxiety and stress ; but if two stressful incidents happen at the same time , the horse may be unable to cope and as a consequence refuse to eat or get colic . |
| 23 | There are suggestions that Rolls-Royce may be unable to fund the cost of the new model , due out in the next few years , and that Vickers will not be able to carry the burden much longer . |
| 24 | Erwin Koeman , 30 , the Dutch international midfield player , may be unable to help his country defend the European Championship . |
| 25 | ( 1986 ) and Borgman ( 1980 ) have found from their studies that older children especially are not willing to move to a new family if contact with their biological families is to be severed , though of course some children may be unable to voice their reluctance and tend to go along with the plans . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | At school leaving age , parents who had previously been able to cope with a child attending or possibly boarding at a special school are faced with the continuing prospect of full time life with their mentally handicapped son or daughter who may be unable to find a place in a training centre or enter full time education . |
| 28 | A horse that is fit for hunting may be unable to cope with a long schooling session . |
| 29 | The senior manager may be unable to cope with his or her own work either and so much of the overflow simply drifts down to the next level . |
| 30 | 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 . |