Sentence examples for is not able to function from inspiring English sources

Asked today if the United States was seeking to capture Mr. bin Laden and put him on trial, or simply kill him, Ms. Rice replied: "I think the most important thing is that he is not able to function any longer and we're agnostic as to how that happens.

It has been tried to express cellulase genes in Z. mobilis [8 13], but their secretion was difficult; thus, a cellulase-expressing Z. mobilis without secretion is not able to function as a CBP cell in lignocellulose biorefining processes.

The technical discourse of the detailed, operation-oriented guidelines, however, is not able to function as a compass in this process, as they are primarily safeguarding the technical perspective from single value perspectives and do not codify how to trade off values.

If the justice system, the judicial system, is not independent, and is not able to function freely, how is this a democracy?

"I mean, the fact that he hasn't even filled a lot of the positions in the State Department and the other major federal agencies tells you that the government is not able to function at the normal level that it does.

The data provided from this study suggest that the immune system is not able to function fully during periods of high physical stress.

I've never seen why I have to be labelled to do that, but unfortunately our society isn't – and lets not kid ourselves really still isn't – able to function on this level, yet.

"Now that the dust is settling, people are feeling like they are not able to function," she said.

Once the young but unused John Wallace did dust himself off to play in Game 4 against Indiana, he was not able to function on command.

It was the second time in several weeks that the Web site was not able to function during a transit crisis.

Sometimes, the wells are not able to function.