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The Communists were not able to control their secret weapon.
Los comunistas no eran capaces de controlar su arma secreta.
And his brothers were not able to answer him, for they trembled before him.
Ellos no podían responderle, ya que estaban espantados de verlo.
It appears the engineers were not able to isolate the virus.
Al parecer los ingenieros no son capaces de aislar el virus.
However, the relevant authorities were not able to provide statistics.
Pero las autoridades interesadas no han podido facilitar estadísticas.
Arabs were not able to live in the same communities as Jewish citizens.
Los árabes no son capaces de vivir en las mismas comunidades que los ciudadanos judíos.
by their language, were not able to reason.
por su lenguaje, no fueron capaces de razón.
Student: I would assume they were not able to be enlightened.
Estudiante: Yo asumiría que ellos no fueron capaces deser iluminados.
Some of those who were granted the permits were not able to renew them.
Algunos de quienes sí habían recibido un permiso no habían podido renovarlo después.
Skirmishes continued, but the Esopus were not able to repel the Europeans.
Las escaramuzas continuaban, pero los esopus ya no eran capaces de repeler a los europeos.
Although some industries were not able to adapt to this new environment,
Aun cuando algunas industrias no fueron capaces de adaptarse a este nuevo ambiente,
The military opened an inquiry but they were not able to give a satisfactory response to the Team
Los militares abrieron una investigación pero no lograron dar al equipo una respuesta satisfactoria
Because most local authorities were not able to work with communities,
Debido a que la mayoría de las autoridades locales no estaban en condiciones de trabajar con las comunidades,
It was a three-year process but they were not able to prove any of the crimes and I won.
Fue un proceso de casi tres años pero no lograron comprobar ningún de los delitos y lo gané.
However, they were not able to reach agreements on them because of the wide gap between their approaches.
No obstante, no consiguieron llegar a un acuerdo debido a la enorme distancia que separaba a sus respectivos puntos de vista.
However, respondents were not able to quantify the impact of the NTMs on their business.
No obstante, los participantes no estaban en condiciones de cuantificar el impacto de las MNA en sus empresas.
Latin American countries were not able to develop a shared vision of their security problems,
los países latinoamericanos no lograron desarrollar una visión compartida de sus problemas de seguridad
They were not able to incriminate me this way,
No consiguieron culparme de esa manera,
Because they were not able to maintain that consciousness,
Debido a que no lograron mantener esa conciencia,
But even the researchers behind this new study conceded that their findings were not able to directly link varicose veins to a higher risk for these conditions.
Sin embargo, hasta los investigadores detrás de este nuevo estudio conceden que sus hallazgos no pueden vincular a las venas varicosas directamente con un riesgo más alto para estas condiciones.
Although the Iraqis were not able to capture the city of Abadan, the way was open
Aunque los iraquíes no lograron tomar la ciudad de Abadán el camino estaba abierto para Teherán
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