Example sentences of "[vb pp] [be] unable " in BNC.
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| 1 | If fewer convictions result , this is a price which must be paid and a price which the police force as at present trained are unable to accept . |
| 2 | These involved being unable to breathe properly , and on occasions even caused her to faint . |
| 3 | Because of the lack of a pervasive craft history , since Japan incorporated advanced mechanisation and new technologies at a comparatively early stage in its development , the unions which were formed were unable to make a sharp separation among job groups a basis for organisation . |
| 4 | As regards the distribution of lands between the districts , erm if I can refer to Mr Curtis 's comments first , the Greater York study never anticipated that the distribution of housing around the Greater York the districts would be based around the percentage of population within those districts , but purely on capacity of sites within those districts to accommodate future housing growth without compromising greenbelt objectives , Ryedale , as I 've said before , has taken the largest proportion of recent housing in the Greater York area , and has identified a substantial amount of new land for housing within its Southern Ryedale local plan , what the District Council is concerned about is that within the local , Southern Ryedale local plans , this is taking a large proportion of its district wide total plans , yet the District Council from the structure plan figure given is unable to calculate the remainder of housing that should be allocated in the remainder of its district . |
| 5 | Number thirteen , what is the proportion of benefit C was your right answer , a reduced benefit , payable throughout the working life , if the life assured is unable to follow their normal occupation and engages in a different occupation at a lower income . |