Sentence examples for were unable to prepare from inspiring English sources

Few, if any, were given access to the documents compiled by the prosecution until the trial started, so they were unable to prepare a defense of their clients, the lawyers said.

And then there were those who discovered that they were unable to prepare what food they had, bathe or even wash their hands, flush the toilet, put gasoline in the car, go to places they had to go, entertain themselves and their children and, of course, see what they were doing after the sun had set.

Wall and Alderson's (1993) and Wall's (2005) Sri Lanka washback studies showed that students from poorer families and in schools with fewer resources were unable to prepare well for tests, because books were too expensive or unavailable.

Scientists were unable to prepare compounds of argon until the end of the 20th century, but these attempts helped to develop new theories of atomic structure.

His lawyers pointed out that they were unable to prepare a defense in such a short period of time, and in fact had not even spoken with their clients; but the judge was unmoved.

As the first isotope of neptunium to be discovered has such a short half-life, McMillan and Abelson were unable to prepare a sample that was large enough to perform chemical analysis of the new element using the technology that was then available.

"But since we are on strike, we are unable to prepare for the visit.

Let's just do it.' " Until the strike by the Writers Guild of America ended a week ago, Mr. Stewart, 45, was unable to prepare, or even to think much about, his Oscar assignment.

The Patriots, though, will present a different test for the new faces, one that even Manning may be unable to prepare them for.

Griffin and the pistol formation seem to pose a set of unsolvable problems, a flexibility that the defense is unable to prepare for.

David Cameron was wrong to blame top universities for a lack of diversity as the problem partly lies with state schools being unable to prepare their students for Oxbridge, headteachers have said.