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If we continue to deplete critical ecosystems, they will soon become
unable
to regenerate.
Second, most small creditors are “non-adjusting,” in the sense that they are
unable
to monitor and study the financial institution’s situation when agreeing to do business with it.
There were so many generous subsidies, grants, and transfer payments – aimed at everyone from the truly needy to artists
unable
to sell their work – that after-tax wages were often barely higher than benefits.
Both candidates indicated that they did not favor military intervention to prevent the Syrian government from killing more of its citizens; but, neither was prepared to say when they would be prepared to accept the responsibility to protect citizens who come under attack from their own government, or from forces that their government is unwilling or
unable
to restrain.
But this is possible only if sufficient technical and financial assistance is channeled to poor countries
unable
to afford anti-retroviral drugs.
Each claims to be acting with the Supreme Leader’s full authority, but ultimately are
unable
to make commitments because they have little idea of what Khamenei wants to do.
This failure to strengthen key functions at the IPCC left the organization
unable
to prevent and respond effectively to the minor mistakes that appeared in its last assessment report, published in 2007.
Even if anti-takeover provisions hurt firms’ performance, however, investors may be
unable
to make trading profits if prices come to reflect the effects of these publicly-known provisions.
Overall, our findings support the view that markets might be
unable
to price new governance provisions and practices accurately right away, but that they can be expected to learn over time to do so.
So far, Rouhani has been unwilling or
unable
to use the power of the presidency to reform Iran.
At a time when the US is reluctant or
unable
to project military might to back up its foreign-policy goals, it is seeking to use financial might as a surrogate.
The Yugoslav army would have been integrated into NATO’s military system and
unable
to be used by a reckless Serb leader to gain territory at the expense of the other republics.
Crop yields in the region lag far behind global averages, in part because women are
unable
to invest enough in their operations.
When women living in poverty are
unable
to work or contribute socially, growth stagnates.
On the other hand, fish – cold, slimy, and
unable
to scream – arouse little sympathy, although, as Jonathan Balcombe argues in What a Fish Knows, there is plenty of evidence that they feel pain just as birds and mammals do.
Now 16, she is raising three children alone; she has been
unable
to return to school.
It has been said that only barbers learn on other people’s heads, but some countries seem
unable
to learn even from their own experience.
In emerging markets, especially in Asia, rapid economic expansion has brought life-threatening smog and constant gridlock to cities
unable
to expand their infrastructure fast enough.
In particular, the traditional disbursement mechanisms for cohesion funds must be reassessed in countries where the state bureaucracy is
unable
to administer them effectively.
They told me that in the past, hepatitis patients had to travel for hours to be diagnosed and treated at a city hospital, while many others who were
unable
to make the journey suffered without treatment.
And, if Republican challenger Mitt Romney is elected, he will need months to form his national security team and assemble his cabinet, leaving him
unable
to attack Iran immediately.
Burdened by non-performing loans accumulated during the 2000s real-estate boom, Iranian banks have been
unable
to lend for investment since 2012, owing to sanctions.
Governments have proved
unable
to protect unskilled and semi-skilled employees from the consequences of globalization and technological change.
And, as hard as they try, many traditional media outlets – especially those
unable
to claim quite distinctive content – find it increasingly difficult to compete.
With the emerging powers largely trying to adapt their strategic positions to their national aspirations and interests, they are unwilling or
unable
to articulate the ideas and binding rules that should underpin a new international order.
He knows that what the economy needs in the short run is different from what needs to be done to manage public debt in the long run, but he is
unable
to provide decisive leadership.
With a weak and divided EU
unable
to resolve Europe’s many crises, and with nationalism resurgent, we can expect further disintegration in different forms.
With the state unwilling to spend, and the private sector
unable
to borrow, total investment fell by 9% in the first nine months of the 2016-2017 fiscal year, after falling by 17% during the same period the previous year.
At the same time, he has become
unable
to control infighting among the elite.
If the 58 million children who are currently
unable
to attend school cannot be brought to a classroom, then the classroom must be brought to them.
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