Sentence examples for only unable from inspiring English sources

A year later, France was not only unable to stop the war, but it paid a big price in Europe.

The future of the UK may see monolingual Brits not only unable to eavesdrop on the tube, but increasingly locked out of international conversations, negotiations and business opportunities.

These were not only unable to prevent the fall of Kunduz, but their attempt to retake the town a day later failed dismally.

So there he was, hanging by a single length of cord eight millimetres thick, in the gathering dark, in a snowstorm, in Peru, with Yates not only unable to hear his cries but also slowly sliding toward the abyss himself.

"A generation of refugees left out of school means a generation of young adults not only unable to get work but also more vulnerable to extremism and radicalisation," Cameron warns.

The president was not only unable to prosecute the police officers who killed and tortured many of the liberal activists, but also granted the army almost all what it wanted.

Whether clever viral marketing or legitimate word-of-mouth (one can never be too sure), the company soon had to make the app invite-only, unable to scale the capacity the Reddit posting demanded.

The bedroom tax seems not only incompetently drafted, but unable to achieve any of its stated goals.

Some told us they had been crossed off the UN refugee register, their only lifeline, unable to reapply.

Gardner was the only one unable to get his snowmobile out of the rugged, steep terrain and soft snow.

Security guards not only were unable to prevent the drug use, the security director said, but showed up to work smelling of alcohol themselves at times.