How To Use Inability In A Sentence

As for the national outpouring of ersatz grief, reminiscent of the scenes that followed the death of Princess Diana, it surely spoke not of feeling but of an egotistical inability to feel, compensated for by outward show.
Moreover, for logistics companies there are considerable long-term questions over the economic and environmental sustainability of home delivery. Times, Sunday Times
And then there was Munster's inability to cope with the dinks and kicks through by Duncan McRae and Henry Paul which eventually proved their undoing.
His other key weakness is his inability to detach himself from his players and put them under pressure.
Their inability to work together for the good of the republic would only increase the peoples' cynicism about government.

After World War I its activities were severely limited by lack of funds and its inability to recruit good personnel.
Regardless of whether those pessimistic readings of the debate are correct, and of whether the zombie idea itself is sound or incoherent, it continues to stimulate fruitful work on consciousness, physicalism, phenomenal concepts, and the relations between imaginability, conceivability, and possibility. Zombies
This can lead to reduced coral growth, inability to recover from hazards like cyclones, smothering of coral by sediment, fish poisoning and unusually high growth rates for organisms that overgrow coral or support its rivals.
Lead, selenium, tellurium and sulfur are added to copper alloys to improve machinability.
The minor 'phobias, such as pyrophobia, or fear of fire; stasophobia, or inability to arise and walk, the victims spending all their time in bed; toxicophobia or fear of poison, etc., will be left to the reader's inspection in special works on this subject. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
The related axiomatic study of epistemic notions has benefited from application of techniques used for proving incompleteness and indefinability results since the early sixties. Paradoxes and Contemporary Logic
Le sigh! at the Beau's increasing inability to control his demeanor and imbibing, and his inability to move Seattle to London or arsy-versy. What blokes say
S (KS) K is in nf, however, to be in nf is not a requirement for definability. Combinatory Logic
Sustainability is an old term that has appeared in many guises from time immemorial.
What is difficult to overlook is her record of being totally ineffective as a four-term assemblywomen, her inability or unwillingness to work with others, even within her own party, and her extreme positions on issues such as Medicare, social security, education, veterans affairs and many others. Mitchell Bard: The Tea Party All-Stars: The Worst of Extreme GOP Midterm Candidates
The only known barrier to aerobic growth on citrate is its inability to transport citrate under oxic conditions (41 – 43). Assessing Fault
As Gaylin asks, “Should ‘inability to play tennis’ be classified as an insurable disease?” The Best Alternative Medicine
To walk the Naga Hills with Kevin is to understand a mind and a community that is extraordinarily attuned to the environment in which they thrive, and which has as its fundament, the concept that we know and call as sustainability.
The succession of blows—the Agency’s decision not to provide us with any security, followed by the horrifying SSCI report and its Additional Views section, then my colleague’s inability or unwillingness to retestify before the SSCI, and the continuing media onslaught—were overwhelming. Fair Game
Physical exhaustion and the resulting benumbment of a mind that depended much on sleep probably are the basic explanation for Jackson's inability to meet the demands of the campaign. LEE’S LIEUTENANTS
Mr. Lloyd submitted that Joanne Colley's non-appearance and the inability of the police to locate her brother were reflective of the fact that neither of the Colleys had any interest in prosecuting the matter in the first place.
The inability to outscore opponents is the kind of problem that dooms individuals, teams and species to utter failure.
The unification of Germany was his life's work, in which he was greatly assisted by his opponents' inability to analyse the balance of forces realistically.
our inability to see everything minutely and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses
This second-hand or transcribed social history isn't "parodic," just misconceived, and testimony (if any is needed) to the increasing inability to discern what our disciplinary base actually is in "literary-and-cultural studies," and why it matters that we cannot and should not be simply pale echoes of better-equipped social historians like Colley herself. Presentism and the Archives
They show signs of hyperarousal, such as irritability, insomnia, and an inability to concentrate. The Scientist
One can also postulate that much of a child's inability to deal with himself and the world comes from egocentricity.
The Infinite and the Absolute are _only_ the names of two counter _imbecilities_ of the human mind" [296] -- that is, a mental inability to conceive an absolute limitation, or an infinite illimitation; an absolute commencement, or an infinite non-commencement. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles
Evidence for this fact can be found in the terribly low quality of this entry, and my true inability to write anything better.
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Drift-netting is another example of our inability as humans to establish a sustainable relationship with the planet.
For sustainability and depth, we maintained the next-up company on a two-hour launch string, while keeping the third company down for future contingencies.
In light of this "curious case of the cacophonous snack pack," I find that many people see sustainability as a version of a Faustian dilemma; they often knowingly make choices that have immediate personal benefits, but in the long run are disastrous for all of us. Ron Ashkenas: Sustainability's Faustian Dilemma
There’s sustainability and then there’s *sustainability*. Nutrition and health in agriculturalists and hunter-gatherers | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
Phase 1 selects students for further training, based on their suitability and trainability.
The principal shortcoming of the existing communications infrastructure lies in its inability to provide integrated voice, data, and video services.
Whether they were taken as a result of his inability to sleep or because of an ongoing addiction to certain drugs is up for debate, but the fact remains — this actor was cut off too early in life and had a lot more to offer. Eric’s Top 10 Untimely Actor Deaths » Scene-Stealers
A strong identity for the main retail area can also vastly improve experience and sustainability. Times, Sunday Times
If we don't allow people to hug our Republicans without a legitimate reason, it's for reasons of sustainability, not necessarily a lack of pulchritude. Entering Massachusetts: Please Don't Hug the Republicans
That inability to distinguish between free enquiry and deliberate insult reminds me of those who wielded the blasphemy laws which were used to persecute freethinkers and rationalists in the middle ages.
The Government has also yielded to public disquiet over the inability to deliberately spoil votes.
More often than not the inability to cope manifests itself in mental disorders, says experts.
Claiming he was willing to put that behind him, Raggio added, "What is difficult to overlook is [Angle's] record of being totally ineffective as a four-term assemblywoman, her inability or unwillingness to work with others, even within her own party, and her extreme positions on issues such as Medicare, social security, education, veterans affairs and many others. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Inevitably, there is suspicion that the latest internal recasting of the MoD, though triggered by 10 months' work by Lord Levene and the defence reform unit, has also been shaped at the 11th hour by Downing Street's extreme anger at recent unauthorised public complaints by the service chiefs about the sustainability of the Libya mission. Ministry of Defence: Too many chiefs | Editorial
And already this belief helps nourish a central strand of the postmodern condition: a powerful inability to take things seriously. Christianity Today
At what point does indecision, does the inability to act at all, become legitimately frightening?
This inability to translate pressure into points seemed to erode their tenacity and the forwards, in particular, lost concentration.
Picasso's critics reproached him for an inability‘to forge a personal style’.
This double-talk has shown us a lack of leadership and an inability to implement strategies for quality of life and a sustainable infrastructure.
This is a third reason for being cautious about the sustainability of current UK growth. Times, Sunday Times
Patients may complain of an inability to sit or stand still, or a compulsion to pace or cross and uncross their legs.
The capacity of consumers to drive efficiency can be undermined by an inability to make an informed choice between plans.
Lead, tellurium and selenium are added to copper and its alloys to improve machinability.
In ‘Dead,’ a spare country-rock shuffle, Harris analogizes the deaths of great songwriters who died too young with her inability to escape love.
Once dried (to 6-8 percent moisture content) and placed in an airtight container, the seed maintains a germinability of 75-80 percent for several years. Chapter 6
Excessive doses can cause panic, confusion, inability to sleep, hallucinations and paranoia.
Dormancy is defined as the inability of a viable seed to germinate under conditions otherwise adequate for germination.
Apart from squandering the resources of a prodigiously gifted cast, the film's greatest shortcoming must be its inability to generate the merest scintilla of dramatic tension around its central narrative thread.
But he demanded high standards and as a classical scholar was exasperated by my inability to cope with Latin.
For each course, Hajime would explain what we were eating, Casson would discuss the sustainability of the seafood, and Eric Verne, the sake specialist, would talk about the sake he paired with each dish. Menu For Hope 6
This inability of a provincial court judge to put public safety above the comforts of the criminal is unacceptable.
However, being multi-vocular is not the same as being an archipelago of hermetically sealed cries; history provides the difference between Babel (the interminable inability to communicate one's suffering and one's love, faith, and hopes) and a possible common future. Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
For sovereigntists, it is impossible not to recognize that Gill carrying the Canadian flag is the result of his inability to carry his own.
What is wrong is the inability to resist the temptation of delivering a moralistic little homily when someone does take out one of your seductively promoted loans.
Many Japanese seem to make a fuss over the inability of foreigners to eat anko, a sweet bean paste usually made from adzuki beans, which I have never had a problem with. Coke or Pepsi? in Japan
The inability to reverse operations is characteristic of the cognitive activity of the preoperational child.
So why this continuing inability to produce the people needed? Times, Sunday Times
The movement promotes homemade, handmade food, biodiversity, sustainability - and, above all, taking the time to savor good food at the table.
One of the results of relativism is the inability to discuss place as anything other than an uninterpretable given.
The “green” incarnation of travel, called ecotourism, mandates that travelers minimize cultural, economic, and environmental impacts as much as possible to promote sustainability. 2008 September
It would be another quarter of a century before scientists finally identified Carol’s condition she was suffering from phenylketonuria, or PKU, brain degeneration caused by inability in the newborn child to process a chemical called phenyl, a deficiency that can be treated only if detected in its early stages. PEARL BUCK IN CHINA
Patients with COPD have progressive airflow limitation leading to disabling dyspnea, with an inability to properly oxygenate the blood.
The inability to kneel is seen as the very essence of the diabolical. 04/01/2004 - 05/01/2004
While the industry still lacks universal guidelines around natural products, broadly accepted sustainability reporting guidelines, known as G3,Âhave been established by the Global Reporting Initiative GRI. Perry Romanowski: Is the Beauty Industry "Green-Washing" Sustainability?
Obama points to his inability to lead. carolle laroche-dure Beat 360° 9/16/2009
Like sustainability, usability is an adjunct concept to the practice of graphic design.
One of the main reasons on the pitch was our inability to convert opportunities.
This defective recovery of DNA replication suggests an inability to coordinate lesion bypass or to initiate new replicons.
- What criteria should be used: How relevant are considerations such as biophysical and socio-economic indicators, adaptability/transferability, sustainability, institutional complementarity or scientific value? 1. Tree products in agroecosystems: economic and policy issues.
Some people, who misinterpret Barr's own observations, declare that our inability to understand the biblical worldview by the analysis of its language should prevent us from theologizing.
Sustainability, protection of wildlife, controlling agribusiness and pollution are first principles, not afterthoughts.
The far more common type 2 results from an inability to utilize the insulin the body produces.
It's really this blockheaded inability to recognize the humanity of others that is the root of almost all animosity out there on the roads. The High Road: Working Your Way Up
A characteristic of many psychiatric disorders is the person’s inability to assume the abstract attitude or to shift readily from the concrete to the abstract and back again as demanded by circumstances. alexia Loss of a previously intact ability to grasp the meaning of written or printed words and sentences. alogia An impoverishment in thinking that is inferred from observing speech and language behavior. Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 11, 2006
The two election defeats were put down to an inability to convince the electorate that they could be trusted with the nation's finances.
Based on these comments in the pages of Britain's leading conservative magazine, I will no longer bother to worry about the enfeeblement of Britain, the collapse of its sense of moral order, its inability to control drunken yobs in the streets of London and other cities, or its unwillingness to stand up against immigrant groups who would like nothing better than to cut every unbelieving throat in a single night. Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
Many corporations have long since figured out that a small short term outlay in the present to create environmental sustainability can produce huge cost savings in the future and win scores of PR brownie points at the same time. Philip Slater: A Misconception by Pessimists
From previous sessions of the inquiry, Foy's inability to recall much detail of events under examination has been well established.
Their inability to speak up for themselves, their numbing inhibitions, their fear of exposure is the psychological residue of this catharsis.
But inability to navigate is as incomprehensible to me as colorblindness, or discalculia. John Joseph Adams » Adventures in the New Office
Groucho Marx's flippant remark about the inability of any photograph to capture his inner beauty is profoundly insightful.
But their apparent inability to work with some charities is staggering. Times, Sunday Times
What resulted in the cancellation of the contracts was the inability/failure of Latreefers to pay the keel laying instalments when they fell due and the Yard's cancellation of the contracts thereafter.
gotten some recognition for its dogged drive towards greenishness: a good-enough-everywhere-but-Columbia grade of A - on the third annual Sustainability Report Card for American colleges. The Bwog
Seyyed Nasr rightly but abstrusely laments science's inability to fit consciousness into nature.
This calamity is exactly what happened to my Uncle Joseph, who was removed from my grandparents when he was a toddler and sent to the Texas State School because he had begun acting out in rage at his inability to communicate with others. Archive 2009-06-01
Engineering and sustainability for the office pavilions was designed by Arup Engineers and includes natural daylighting as well as ventilation routed through central atria with louvered skylights. Shanghai's River Cooled International Cruise Terminal | Inhabitat
Genital surgery as young children that was not personally consented to often causes compromised genital sensation and inability to orgasm, and functional damage can give rise to feelings of loss of body ownership.
And triumphalism has a certain quality of unsustainability about it.
It may protend the inability to make real progress once in office. Carville: Obama likely to win nomination
Indeed, the new contradictions not only affected the conception of set and logical concepts, they also came to include the notion of definability and its relation with a fundamental issue: the structure of the mathematical continuum and in particular whether the continuum can be well-ordered and whether Cantor's Continuum Hypothesis (CH) holds. Paradoxes and Contemporary Logic
If his legacy remains, like that of the beggarwoman, tenuous, it is because he offers us a lesson about the inability of our allegories of intellectual history to account for the linguistic structure of the events they strive to depict. Reading, Begging, Paul de Man
Circumcision will prevent several conditions that cause an accumulation of fluid and swelling around the foreskin and glans, as well as a problem known as phimosis, which is the inability to retract the foreskin.
The frontier mentality and adversarial roles are being replaced with new models of sustainability.
No-one would nowadays identify the two (except, perhaps, for certain quasi-realists and anti-realists), but the view that imaginability is a solid test for possibility has been strongly defended. Dualism
Most local NGOs are dependent on donor funds; their sustainability without such funds is doubtful.
He never goes to extremes and has no vices, except for the inability to pass up a bargain.
After about half an hour of inability to go back to sleep, I ran a hairbrush through my bedraggled hair and stumbled down four flights of stairs to get to the dining hall.
Hiding behind humour, he was intensely aware of his inability to produce works of political significance.
Environmental sustainability is high in its goals. Times, Sunday Times
This cult of irresoluteness, this satisfaction with pointing out the difficulties, this inability to make up one's mind and carry it out, recalls to me a jest in Punch about how the sculptors have carved many a hero seated on a horse but up-to-date have never carved a hero seated on a fence. Palestine As A U.N. Responsibility
Only one in five put environmental sustainability. Times, Sunday Times
Controls on seed production and seed germinability in Eriophorum vaginatum. General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels
But he demanded high standards and as a classical scholar was exasperated by my inability to cope with Latin.
Although the plot for the cinematic version has been notably streamlined and occasionally reworked in substantial fashion from the bloviated novel, viewers are, by the end, possessors of this little nugget of truth: Dan Brown is just as bad at plotting as he is at writing, and his inability to create characters who are believable is equaled only by his inability to accurately represent the history, art, architecture, and technology found strewn throughout novel/movie. "Angels & Demons" is methodical, pedestrian, and quite silly
He is aware of his side's inability to keep a clean sheet at home in the first knockout phase. Times, Sunday Times
Eliot's lines from the first section of The Waste Land reflect the speakers's inability to give voice to her feelings.
Perhaps it is right here that we catch the clew to their futility, put our hands on the pulse of their unpractical inability to put an end to violence by the perpetration of deeds of violence. Jack London's Nonfiction Collection of Unpublished Book Forwards
What if we reoriented our international trade and aid policies to focus on fairness, equity, self-determination, and sustainability? Hope Lewis: Can the U.S. Afford Economic Rights in an Economic Crisis?
Tarski's theorem on the undefinability of the truth predicate shows that, given certain general assumptions, the resources of the metalanguage or metatheory must go beyond the resources of the object-language. Axiomatic Theories of Truth
The inability of ARPE-Rho 0 cells to respire was confirmed by oxygen consumption analysis in a respirometer.
A refusal to bend to underhand practices is admirable, but an inability to present a united front has been negligent. Times, Sunday Times
Inability to execute an intended action is known as apraxia, slowness and difficulty in doing it is dyspraxia.
The inability of both companies to launch rocket boosters on time certainly does not bode well.
The government made open confession of its inability to cope with the crisis.
Edward begins his journey by leaving “a house on Egypt Street” where he is in bondage to his inability to love. 2009 July « One-Minute Book Reviews
Angie began to have occasional lucid periods where, besides the coughing and inability to rise, she was quite herself once more.
The chief limitation of the harvester is its inability to separate seed from debris.
Within a month, you are guaranteed a paunch, a pot belly, and the inability to walk up stairs.
This is talent squared: hand-eye co-ordination multiplied by athletic 'trainability'. Times, Sunday Times
But the larger problem was the government 's inability to raise the money needed to pay for the war. Times, Sunday Times
Those remarks were considered by the administration as ‘a part of a longer term record of inability to perform her duties,’ an official said.
Jim challenged me to take the first step, to propose a new economics of sustainability - specifically, to outline a theory that wasn't just a rehash of the old economics.
When the fruits were ready to dehisce, the seeds were counted, weighed and planted to test for germinability as described in the previous experiment.
Moving out of this stage requires a substantial increase in cost-effective and affordable energy sources, while minimising environmental hazards and ensuring social equitability and sustainability.
His inability to stay at one job for long had finally proved too much for her.
Recently, James had taken heat for his poor free-throw shooting and for the Cavaliers 'inability to win showcase games against quality opponents. USATODAY.com - Basketball - Miami vs. Cleveland
The stupidity of this government and its inability to manage this country effectively and fairly astounds me.
My inability to do needlework was treated with surprising indulgence by my teacher.
The concept of boredom entails an inability to use up present moments in a personally fulfilling way. Wayne Dyer
Tommy declared that he would become a Doukhobor to please her, but she said something about the inability of Ethiopians to change their skin. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
FW: Pseudosciences like craniology and phrenology in the 18th and 19th century were once used as a basis for scientific racism that dealt with the inability of certain races to have intellect – thus the bizarre depiction of "happy darkies" that the Gone With the Wind group loved so well. The WritingYA Weblog: Winter Blog Blast Tour, Day Three: M.T. Anderson
Hundreds of cities around the nation have climbed onto the sustainability bandwagon.
Speaker after speaker inveighed against their inability to speak out against the Tesco plan.
I idly went back to the archives for last January and read with amusement my musings about my lamentable inability to keep my desk clean or to engage in other seemingly modest self-improvement projects.
This entire generation of footballers get it in the neck for their conspicuous inability to solve differential equations. Times, Sunday Times
She was heavily critical of what she described as the defiance of the state of Georgia and its inability to admit that it had made a mistake. Troy Davis execution set to go ahead as judge rejects last-minute appeal
But they were all powerless to join me in my revels, victims of their own bad planning and a fundamental inability to shank, scull and top the ball with anything like my comfortable lack of effort.
He suggested that the information society will empower the poor, combat world hunger, ensure environmental sustainability, and blah, and blah, and blah.
An inability to suffer fools gladly or desist from partisan argument left him vulnerable. Times, Sunday Times
The science which, with all its preliminaries, has for its especial object the solution of these problems is named metaphysics -- a science which is at the very outset dogmatical, that is, it confidently takes upon itself the execution of this task without any previous investigation of the ability or inability of reason for such an undertaking. The Critique of Pure Reason
England shocker is no longer a surpriseEngland had another of their humbling moments at Wembley on Tuesday, shocking the nation with their inability to even look like beating a fledgling football country with a population of just 670,000. Roberto Mancini is showing the bottle needed to be a success
Police officers should not speak to eyewitnesses after the lineups regarding their identification or their inability to identify anyone.
My birding is restricted only by my own inability to escape from the confines of city life.
A Nietzschean may see it as a lie with which the feeble and timid console themselves for their inability to seize life as it should be seized.
Proving that the predicate "x is constructible" is absolute requires formalizing the notion of definability, which in turn requires formalizing the notion of satisfaction. Kurt GÃ¶del
One of the most distressing aspects of spinal injury is an inability to regulate bowel function.
He blames his wrist position for an inability to command his outswinger as well as he does his inswinger. Times, Sunday Times
Such a decision would involve many factors: cost, maintainability, and consumer preference/branding issues, among others.
Today's NASA, in contrast, is focused on re-engineering big, expensive expendable rockets provided by hand-picked favorite contractors to launch throw-away spacecraft (also provided by hand-picked favorite contractors) whose designs are shackled to ancient architectural mentalities driven almost entirely by lunar access expediencies instead of long-term operational sustainability considerations. Sean O'Keefe Responds to Jay Barbree - NASA Watch
His inability to recapture his former brilliance led him to alcohol and other stimulants, and his behaviour became increasingly erratic. Times, Sunday Times
Differentiating otitis externa from acute mastoiditis may be difficult because of severe ear pain and the inability to visualize the tympanic membrane.
Even so basic a global public good as the freedom and security of the seas is nibbled away, bit by bit, through high minded treaties that make it possible for the usual enforcers to plead the inability to enforce. The Volokh Conspiracy » How to Be a Hegemon
The collapsed core will become a white dwarf, composed of degenerate matter supported by the inability of two electrons to occupy the same space.
I suppose you could run these reactions from the right wing through the Kübler-Ross grief cycle and that they are at the active stage of the anger stage, but I think it ultimately comes down to denial and the inability to come to terms with the fact that they lost and that the majority of the voters in the country rejected them and their ideas. Keeping Up with the Wingnuts
Instead, we get the flimflam of the weasel words that are scattered through this legislation about environmental sustainability and economic benefits.
The anhedonia was pervasive, including sleeping problems, waking early and inability to concentrate in school, even in sports.
This should end all of the talk from the Repuppetcans talkin about how the POTUS is a coward, for the real mark of a coward is their inability to be able to speak in front of a group of people that they dont agree with. Think Progress » Republicans dismayed by Obama’s strong performance, say it was a ‘mistake’ to let cameras roll.
Sustainability of the economic recovery is another major topic. Times, Sunday Times
Chances were at a premium in a cagey first half ruined by high winds and a total inability to mount dangerous attacks. The Sun
Sustainability of the harvest is the only issue for me. Canadian Beauty Queen Stands Up For Seal Hunt
It's a clear example of an inability to think clearly is undermining the Israeli intelligence community.
Others may point to the possibility that an inability to process serotonin could have led to depression and hyperaggression. Cooperative Blog » 2007 » April
Justin van Kleek and Caroline Savery engaged in a multi-post dialogue on (re) defining sustainability. The Twelve Days of sustainablog: Urban Homesteading, Green Colleges, and Recycling by the Numbers
Consequently, for common-pool resources whose flows are highly subtractive, institutional arrangements related to the allocation of the flow of services are intimately tied to the sustainability of the resource.
However, elements of abstraction in this work parallel Baselitz's own age and inability, as a young child, to entirely assimilate what was happening around him from his birth through the gloom of the early post-war period. Alexander Adler: Georg Baselitz: The Early Sixties
Clinton's unsleeping critics attributed the confusion to a leadership vacuum, to the inability of a domestically oriented President to frame foreign policy issues forcefully.
In the end, the sustainability of the aquaculture industry will benefit from a description of the gastrointestinal biota of aquatic organisms.
When the inability to control leakage becomes problematic, it is called urinary incontinence UI. OUR BODIES, OURSELVES
To some, this inability to disconnect from work might sound like hell. Times, Sunday Times
I know that my inability to act is my fault, based on several long-running problems, but being with them emphasises it.
They are forced into cooperation within the tribe by the erratic ecology of the lands they inhabit and their consequent inability to sustain the accumulation of wealth. THE AGE OF CONSENT
Complete "locked-in syndrome," which is sometimes characterized as "living eyes in a dead body" and was the condition described by Jean-Dominique Bauby in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, [1] is identified by tetraplegia (the paralysis of all four limbs), paralytic mutism (an inability to speak), the oculomotor deviation known as lateral gaze palsy, and the inability to breathe unaided. The Case of Theresa Schiavo
Parkinson's Disease is a severe disorder of movement, presenting with muscle rigidity, tremor, and most distressing of all the inability to translate a thought into a movement.
And this is one of my favorite things about Wallace when he's at his best: he sets up an exploration of meaning that endlessly folds in on itself, so that you come away feeling that you have experienced the irreducibility of an idea, the inability to simplify virtually any idea that is explored at enough length. Doing Something as a Reality
Of course this mulish inability to understand the other side characterizes elements in both parties.
It will entail improvements to self-defence and war-fighting capabilities and enhancement to the ship's reliability, maintainability, availability and supportability.
He publicly criticised the Government's non-performance, and admonished the police and the judiciary for their inability to produce significant results in the war on crime and corruption.
You could try blaming your teachers' inability to impart knowledge on their boring and monotonous voices. Times, Sunday Times
Then Casson took the floor, and explained how sustainability relates to seasonality. Menu For Hope 6
His inability to see her side of this was infuriating.
June 20, 2006, 4: 21 am dollar tokens for slot machines says: dollar tokens for slot machines ejaculations Libya undefinability stabled: neutralize poetical, The Volokh Conspiracy » Senators call for investigation of comments by Supreme Court leaks:
The U.N.'s inability to stop the slaughter in Cambodia was a great failure.
The inability of water to penetrate is the result of a phenomenon known as water tension.
The devilry exhibited by minibus drivers and their long-distance counterparts is fuelled by the inability of transport proprietors to maintain their fleets or single vehicles in reasonable condition.
Scoring good marks in most subjects, he is foxed by his inability to do well in maths.
We have more or less overcome illiteracy in this country, yet the problem of 'aniconism', the inability to interpret images appropriately, has not even entered public awareness. Eurozine articles
Colt was developed using the same mathematical logic as the AAM and Aircraft Sustainability Model used in reparable inventory management.
Le sigh! at the Beau's increasing inability to control his demeanor and imbibing, and his inability to move Seattle to London or arsy-versy. What blokes say
As the consciousness grows that we must develop a sustainable economic system to survive, beginning at the local level, as sustainability must, the idea of plundering the globe to loot recources begins to look self-defeating, even stupid. Going Local

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