Sentence examples for be unable to understand from inspiring English sources

Up to the age of 7 or 8, children are thought to be unable to understand the nature of advertising — developmentally, they can't identify the underlying persuasive intent.

We conclude that more reflection is needed when designing studies on childlessness, and that we will be unable to understand the complexities of the process of remaining childless unless better data and methods are implemented in these studies.

But without a public discussion of proposals like this, too many American citizens will be unable to understand the virtues and problems of our Constitution and how it might be improved.

Mr. Grasso, so good at assuring that the exchange could do its job of trading shares, seemed to be unable to understand how bad that looked, even after it became public.

Because my editor here at guardian.co.uk/books is unaccountably unwilling to allow italics in my submissions, I suspect you will be unable to understand the following: "You can't teach creative writing". You can't teach creative writing, but I can.

The idea that it's strange to ask a woman to coach a man at tennis is presumably based on a muddled notion that Mauresmo would be unable to understand the different pace or skills required in the men's game (even if the same delineations would have her down as part of the "more empathetic" gender).

He was tired of being unable to understand his mail.

He complained of being unable to understand his witness statement.

Walker is unable to stop bashing himself, and his father is unable to understand him.

"But I am unable to understand why the minister released the glacier report now.

He was unable to understand the proceedings due to the poor quality of interpretation.