Sentence examples for but unable to shape from inspiring English sources
Outside, we would end up like Norway, subject to every rule for the Single Market made in Brussels but unable to shape those rules.
Mostly, he looked what he was: an ageing great, grateful for the adulation but unable to shape matches in the way that once came so naturally.
That insurance plan would keep Britain bound inside the E.U. customs zone, obeying E.U. customs rules and regulations but unable to shape them — the exact opposite of the stated goal of Brexit advocates.
Superficially, both Cinderellas must depend on outside help and are unable to shape their own fates – but Aschenputtel is slightly different.
The West has been unable to shape events on the ground, with its "red lines" apparently fading into insignificance.
However, engineers have been unable to shape these materials into complex 3D shapes while providing the hardiness that is characteristic of conventional plastics.
Saddled with one failure after another, the administration seems paralyzed, completely unable to shape the big issues facing the U.S. and the world today.
Unable to shape these events into a dramatic structure, the director, Camilo Vila, resorts to a meandering tale of random indignities suffered by a lead so bland he comes across less as principled than as stupendously naïve.
Occasionally, he leaves a stray morsel: "I was sick and miserable for a long time, and I'm working desperately on 'The Radetzky March.' The material is too much, I am frail, and unable to shape it".
It is not irrational to prefer not to be at the end of our lives, unable to shape them further, and limited to reminiscing about days gone by.
