Sentence examples for was unable to attach from inspiring English sources

Though Lee was unable to attach the mine, he did manage to set off a massive explosion close enough to the ship that the British fleet retreated to a safer position.

But the defence say he was unable to attach his prosthetic limbs in time to confront the perceived threat.

Pistorius contends he was acting in self-defence after mistaking Steenkamp for an intruder, and feeling vulnerable because he was unable to attach his prosthetic limbs in time to confront the perceived threat.

On September 7, in the first documented case of submarine warfare, Sergeant Ezra Lee, volunteered to pilot the submersible Turtle to the Eagle and attach explosives to the ship; the submersible's drill struck an iron band it could not penetrate, and Lee was unable to attach the required explosives.

The inactive E2 conjugase, because of a critical substitution in the ubiquitin conjugating domain, was unable to attach ubiquitin to the V247M mutant resulting in a diminished degradation.

Therefore, courtships in which females failed to mount the male, or in which the male was unable to attach a spermatophore were scored as unsuccessful.

Pratt sometimes regrets that he and Montag became so despised that they were unable to attach their personal brand to a consumable product.

Under normal circumstances, if a cell is unable to attach to the extracellular matrix, it dies through induction of programmed cell death (apoptosis).

Normally, if a cell is unable to attach to the extracellular matrix, it dies through induction of the cell suicide program known as apoptosis.

That is a stark contrast to the choreographically rich "Uncommitted," a work set to music by Arvo Pärt, about people who are unable to attach themselves to others, and "Gossamer Gallants," to sections of "The Bartered Bride," by Bedrich Smetana.

"Another person crossing a busy intersection where many people were walking said, 'Oh, those Presbyterians should be more careful.' It's not a question of not knowing, but being unable to attach what you know is the meaning to the sounds".