Sentence examples similar to actions were unable to from inspiring English sources

Even those who witnessed her in action were unable to explain how she got the interviews she did.

The Guardian, which had contested the action, was unable to tell its readers that it had been injuncted.

In three encounters (off Plymouth, July 31 [July 21]; off Portland Bill, August 2 [July 23]; and off the Isle of Wight, August 4 [July 25]), the English harassed the Spanish fleet at long range and easily avoided all attempts to bring them to close action but were unable to inflict serious damage on the Spanish formation.

The president of the Uni formed Firefighters Association, Michael J. Maye, warned yes terday that the city's firemen might take strike action if they were unable to negotiate a sat isfactory contract in current bargaining talks.

Text messaging was one of the first services to go, followed by digital radio and the internet, and shops soon lost their tills, ATM machines went out of action, and garages were unable to dispense fuel as their pumps need electricity to operate.

When the action commenced, the enemy were unable to sustain the attack of our men long, and turned their backs; our men pursued them as far as their speed and strength permitted, and slew a great number of them; then, having destroyed and burned every thing far and wide, they retreated to their camp.

Pai also said the FCC would take action if the companies were unable to comply.

The majority of the 16 proposed actions were well met, except we were unable to identify national guidelines on physical activity and specific food policy actions to address the marketing of foods and beverages to children, as explicitly mentioned in the Action Plan.

Although the Wanderers' goalkeeper, W. D. O. Greig, was called into action several times, the Etonians were unable to get the ball past him, and the match finished 3 0 to the Wanderers.

Thus, a mixture of explanations was found that might be related to limited knowledge about DM, also evident in discussions concerning the pathophysiology of DM, action of drugs, and many were unable to identify the disease at the onset and suspected other diseases such as HIV, AIDS, malaria etc.

The majority of the 13 proposed actions were well met however we were unable to locate clinical guidelines addressing chronic respiratory diseases.