When the banks proved unable to provide much assistance, he turned to 3i.

However, the team still proved unable to score the elusive first win.

Full of internal problems, the team proved unable to play to anything like its potential.

But she proved unable to face a winter in the open.

Yet he proved sadly unable to stay true to his word.

General Foods soon proved unable to support the company's growth.

Schools, courts, and public health systems proved unable to cope.

He married well, mind you, but his wife proved unable to have children.

However, he proved unable to do so and failed the language exam.

However, he proved unable to bring all the provincial interests into a common front.