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we are not able vs we are not be able

The phrase to use is "we are not able." This correct form uses the verb "are" followed by the adjective "able." The phrase "we are not be able" is incorrect in English.
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we are not able

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to express the inability to do something. It follows the structure of subject + verb "to be" + adjective.

Examples:

  • We are not able to attend the meeting tomorrow.
  • She is not able to lift heavy objects.
  • They are not able to solve the problem on their own.
  • I am not able to swim.
  • He is not able to speak French.
  • Without those, I would submit that we are not able to judge whether or not the tunnel is safe.
  • It is only when we are not able to agree with the Commission that we move on to conciliation.
  • Our frustration also expresses itself when we are not able to make use of our abilities and our knowledge at summits.
  • The desperate try to restore order and normality, and if we are not able to cut this circle of violence, it will be transferred to the next generation without a doubt.
  • We are not credible when we set the fight against climate change as one of the most important priorities for Europe and afterwards we are not able to agree on specific goals for our policies.
  • We can transport weapons to every corner of the world, but apparently we are not able to do this with food.
  • Granted, we are not able to define these notions precisely, but this debate is a manifestation of how Europe has changed.
  • Moreover, we are not able to make a decision on this alone.
  • If we are not able to do that, we create our own institutions, in order to ensure that the development takes place within the necessary timescale.
  • If we are too generous here it will lead to distortions of competition that we are not able to calculate in political terms.
  • In essence, we are not able to convert the high quality, basic research that is done in the EU into world leading technologies.
  • Moreover, we are not able to obtain statistics on how many children in the enlarged Community were left without parents when they emigrated in search of employment and left their children without appropriate care.
  • Then we have problems with the gas supply in Europe where we are not able to deliver or have an agreement between the Member States to invest in future projects such as interconnections or gas storage.
  • What is the use of a European technology university producing innovative ideas, if as a Union we are not able to agree a quick and easy patent registration system?
  • We make progress by tackling these issues more systematically, but we must realise that we are not able to solve all the problems connected with the complex nature of these situations, and we must remain realistic in our approach.
  • Personally, I expect that there is a plan B for the case where we admit, one day, that we are not able to achieve what we wanted to achieve.
  • The problem is that we are not able to respond to them sufficiently, at least not always quickly enough.
  • I am talking about a European Union political project rather than about an exhaustive list of measures which, at the end of the day, we are not able to communicate.
  • There is pressure on us to spend money, there is too much money floating around and we are not able to spend all that money.
  • It will be extremely difficult to explain to our citizens why we are not able to agree on the fundamental pillars of the response to this crisis when we are trying to respond to challenges of the current magnitude.

we are not be able

This phrase is incorrect in English.

  • Mr President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, we must be realistic: despite being the powerful European legislator that we are, we will not be able to do anything about the origin of this crisis.
  • We are not likely to be able to do anything about this before the next round of Treaty changes.
  • Fossil fuels are the main source of emissions and we are not going to be able to ban them in the immediate future.
  • Advertising is something we are not going to be able to get away from.
  • We are not rich enough to be able to postpone dealing with this topic.
  • We are clearly not going to be able to satisfy all of them, otherwise we would far exceed the half an hour set aside for these purposes.
  • If work programmes are drawn up in this way, we are not going to be able to have any meaningful influence on the Commission's activity or on our Parliament's political activity.
  • In the Balkans, which, like Turkey, I know very well, we have countries with whom we are not going to be able to talk about membership for years to come.
  • I am told that we are running very short of time, so we are not going to be able to allow everyone to speak.
  • We are not going to be able to sleep.
  • When the circumstances in which that Article could be applied were explained to me, I was tempted to say, 'it is impossible, we are not going to be able to do it'.
  • If it is obvious that Europe must set an example, it is no less obvious that we are not going to be able to overcome global problems on our own.
  • As long as women are affected by gender-based violence - just because we are women - we will not be able to call our society an equal society.
  • We are not therefore going to be able to anticipate, and nor is the Ecofin Council, the decisions on abrogation of the excessive deficit procedure for Slovakia before the time of year that Malta's excessive deficit procedure has been abrogated.
  • I might... be able to wait till tomorrow.
  • The European Parliament should be able to request consultations.
  • Haiti must be able to determine its own future, she said.
  • Interested parties will be able to apply for EU funds very quickly.
  • I hope Parliament will also be able to support this.
  • We need to be able to discuss these issues.

Alternatives:

  • we are not able to
  • we cannot
  • we are unable to
  • we are incapable of
  • we lack the ability to

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