Sentence examples for years we were unable from inspiring English sources

For many years we were unable to stop the illegal diggings while at the same time demand was sustained because purchasers here had no problem buying".

For years, we were unable to identify this culprit, because no one had been able to measure funds' pure, theoretical return -- how much they would have made if they had no expenses or trading costs and were always fully invested.

"In the early years there were districts in Slovakia where there was 50%% unemployment… What Slovaks have achieved in the last 20 years we were unable to achieve in the previous 1,200 .Today, this member of NATO, the EU and the euro zone is confident about its independence, even if many of its citizens are still hazy on how all of this came about.

In each case the records showed ashes were created, but the report stated: "As cremation application forms are only retained for 15 years we were unable to verify whether the ashes dispersed in the Garden of Remembrance was undertaken at the request and with the full support of the bereaved family.

Separated from her for six years, we were unable to feel our abuela's love.

Despite sampling from three globally distributed referral centres collected over two years, we were unable to identify any sequences belonging to the HMPV A1 sub-genotype.

Lastly, as census data are only gathered once every five years we are unable to track economic and social change as closely as something like a longitudinal survey with annual follow-up.

"It adds to the anger that for nearly a year we were unable to drink our water from the tap because of the cryptosporidium bug in the supply," said 56-year-old Dette McLoughlin.

Finally, because the closure happened just before the end of the school year, we were unable to survey the students subsequently about how they behaved during a normal week.

Owing to variation in sampling and the data collected each year, we were unable to examine data for each year between 2003 and 2011.

Since several changes to curricular content and website design were made in any given year, we were unable to measure the impact of any single change on learner satisfaction or knowledge outcomes.