Sentence examples for unable to pass on from inspiring English sources
It may help exporters and firms with overseas operations, but it means higher costs for those companies with overseas suppliers costs they will probably be unable to pass on to struggling consumers.The big question is not whether 2008 profit estimates will have to be revised down; they almost certainly will.
The giant computer maker is suffering partly because of a slowdown in orders on millennium-bug worries.Dell Computer gave a warning that third-quarter profits would suffer after a sharp increase in chip prices which it has been unable to pass on to customers.
Analysts suggest that competition could soften the impact on consumers, with retailers and producers unwilling or unable to pass on in full higher raw material costs to shoppers.
Under the new ruling, players will be unable to pass on inside information to a third party who uses it for betting.
Yet, some analysts said that consolidation might be the only way forward for many airline operators and that more airlines could go out of business, especially smaller ones unable to pass on the higher costs to its customers.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.11611.017 As DNA replication only generates two copies of the genome, cells making more than one bud are unable to pass on a full genetic complement to each daughter.
February saw a record decline in house prices across 20 major US cities, because banks are unable and unwilling to pass on rate cuts to homeowners.
Paris Match was unable to turn over the evidence to authorities because they were only shown it and do not have a copy to pass on, he said.
"Most small businesses run on lean margins, operate in a price-sensitive environment and are unable to pass costs on to consumers.
The result, according to the former justice secretary Ken Clarke, has been a "UK justice system unable to pass judgment on these vital matters".
There were concerns that the OCR would be unable to pass results on to the university admissions service, Ucas, in time.
