(1) It had a fireplace and the first night we moved in, not knowing that it was inoperable , we started an enormous fire and smoked everybody out of the apartments above us.

(2) Many of them know, as indeed we know on this side of the House, that if we accept the amendments that have been put forward, the questioning process from a practical point of view will be rendered inoperable .

(3) As the lift was inoperable , my legs are still complaining.

(4) The Doctrine of pre-emption becomes inoperable without unimpeachable intelligence accepted by all as the coin of the realm.

(5) How it has taken almost a month to correct whatever fault that has rendered the traffic lights at this dangerous junction inoperable is beyond me.

(6) Most systems allow all windows but the driver's to be made inoperable from the passenger seats, which is very handy for folk with small children to consider.

(7) The train had its windows smashed and was left inoperable .

(8) Detection of inoperable cancer was the outcome measure.

(9) Well, remember, there are some over 200,000 tons that have been found and destroyed and made inoperable by our spectacular service people who work in the coalition.

(10) The hydrant at the corner of Queen and Frederick Streets, the one closest to the fire, was one of those inoperable ones.

(11) The research, conducted at the Liverpool Lung Cancer Unit, could help prolong the lives of people diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer.

(12) Since her steam engines were long ago rendered inoperable , it would cost an additional $15,000 to have her towed up the river.

(13) Four refineries may remain inoperable for months.

(14) The uneasy separation of motive from outcome, which he blithely assumes in theory, is inoperable in practice.

(15) If it was being done, how is it that they did not know that those hydrants in a critically congested area of the city were inoperable ?

(16) A 63 year old man with pneumonia was admitted three weeks after he had been discharged after investigation and, ultimately, a diagnosis of an aggressive inoperable lung cancer.

(17) This week is one to be lamented as if officially puts an end to the summer and the time has come to resolve to remove the de-icer from the car before the locks freeze up rendering the doors inoperable .

(18) He protested that there was absolutely no brake fluid in the car - none - and the brakes were inoperable .

(19) I wrote to Celtic to complain, but despite getting a reply promising action, the toilet locks remained inoperable , and I now follow my team via the radio, hardly a worthy substitute.

(20) Surgical resection of the pancreas using Whipple's procedure remains the mainstay of therapy, but many cases of pancreatic cancer are inoperable .