Sentence examples for unable to act and from inspiring English sources

Totally unable to act, and totally ugly.

As Syria disembowels itself, politicians stand back, unable to act and unable to admit the mistakes they made in Iraq.

Bringing in Mr. Volcker seemed to indicate that was possible, but at crucial points the firm's management seemed to be unable to act, and in the end it was unable to cut a deal to give Andersen new life.

Perhaps the most extreme of these are two seemingly throwaway remarks Sacks makes concerning his sexual life: aged 21, and desperate to lose his virginity, he found himself in the tolerant atmosphere of Amsterdam – yet, trammelled by his Orthodox Jewish upbringing and the social repression of the era, he was unable to act, and instead sat in a bar all evening drinking "Dutch gin for Dutch courage".

Under these conditions, the growth factors are unable to act alone and trigger angiogenesis, and the ECs need to establish concurrent integrin-mediated adhesive interactions with matrix-bound ligands during neovascularization.

Hesitating family members who are unable to act as proxies and to make a decision (for example, through respecting the advance directive or 'amanet' of the patient) aggravate delicate situations such as near-death ones.

He was unable to act effectively while Russia, Austria, and Prussia dismembered his nation.

Chaotic and unable to act consistently, they are natural havens for criminal and terrorist networks that may have local grievances but harbor regional and global ambitions.

Cicero, who was consul in 63, was kept fully informed of the growing conspiracy by his network of spies and informers, but he felt unable to act against the still-popular and well-connected Catiline.

Although herbal products (ie, Salvia Divinorum, Damiana and Kratom) are widely available, this research will focus on synthetic substances since their increased popularity has caused a furore in the media and problems for the authorities who are unable to act quickly enough to monitor and legislate on the vast array of new substances being created in this burgeoning market.

The report said the "no win, no fee" agreements were leaving newspapers shackled and unable to act as public watchdogs.