Unable to conquer Acre, Napoleon returned to Egypt, and the death of Al Jazzar in 1804 removed Bashir's principal opponent in the area.

Unable to conquer any territory on his own, Dias de Novais made alliances with both Kongo and Ndongo, serving as a mercenary army.

Unable, however, to resist the urging of Charles V, the pope, after proposing Mantua as the place of meeting, convened the council at Trent ( at that time a free city of the Holy Roman Empire under a prince-bishop ), on December 13, 1545 ; the Pope's decision to transfer it to Bologna in March, 1547 on the pretext of avoiding a plague failed to take effect and the Council was indefinitely prorogued on 17 September 1549.

Unable to take the city by force of arms, Tarquin had recourse to a clever stratagem.

Unable to successfully manage money, Disney's studio became loaded with debt and wound up bankrupt whereupon he decided to set up a studio in the movie industry's capital city, Hollywood, California.

Unable to maintain the utilities and bickering constantly with each other, they soon abandon most of the city to the British.

Unable to take the city by force, he and some companions entered through an unused water conduit under the walls of the city, roused their supporters, and seized control of the city in a midnight coup d ' état.

Unable to find the murderers, Diomedes founded a mythical city called " Oenoe " at the place where his grandfather was buried to honour his death.

Unable to make a profit, the farmers decided to sell their land to the city.

Unable to keep his mind blank, Stantz remembers a beloved corporate mascot from childhood, " something that could never, ever possibly destroy us ," whereupon the destructor arrives in Stantz's chosen form of the giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and begins laying waste to the city.

Unable to persuade Sacramento State to upgrade Hornet Stadium to something approaching professional standards, Anderson tried to get the city to build a new stadium for the Gold Miners and his minor-league baseball club.

Unable to fight the dragon on her own, she begins a quest to find the great thief Galtran, and so she travels to the city of Valkaria.

Unable to breach the city's defences, the Roman armies established a permanent camp just outside the city, digging a trench around the circumference of its walls and building a wall as high as the city walls themselves around Jerusalem.

Unable to bring himself to kill her, he instead orders her to flee the city and never return.

Unable to care for them, in 1990, Boo Kim sent them to live with an uncle and aunt in Campo, a California city near the United States-Mexico border.

Unable to convince the state legislature to grant him another term ( U. S. Senators were chosen by state legislatures until the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment ), he returned to his Chattanooga law practice, dying in that city in 1937 and being buried in its Forest Hill Cemetery.

Unable to build an underground rail in the city centre after the cancellation of the Picc-Vic tunnel scheme, Manchester designed Metrolink as a mixture of commuter rail and street running trams where because of cost constraints tunnels could not be bored.

Unable to broker a timely agreement, the city council voted 6 – 1 to scuttle the sale on February 5, 1985, although the city was still interested in owning the park.

Unable to take the city, however, Ixtlilxochitl lifted the siege, and returned to Texcoco.

Unable to ride, he could not leave the city and was captured by Henry of Trastamara.

Unable to contain the development inside the city walls, many cities expanded outside them.

Unable to adequately mount an offensive that would allow them to neutralize the enemy, The Iron Dukes continued on to Najaf, but would later return to rid the city of the insurgents that remained.

Unable to sustain the loss from lawyer's fees, Data General ended up being taken over by EMC Corporation.

Unable to use any of the dilapidated buildings remaining on the island from previous occupants, they constructed a crude shelter from cement bags and tin salvaged from Quonset huts built by the American military twenty years earlier.

Unable to control her anger, Logno attacks but is killed by Murbella.

Unable to afford the services of the Elvis band for a month, the band featured the talents of obscure Colorado-based rock guitarist Jock Bartley ( soon to skyrocket to fame with Firefall ), veteran Nashville sideman Neil Flanz on pedal steel, Kyle Tullis on bass and former Mountain drummer N. D. Smart ( once described by Canadian folksinger Ian Tyson as " a psychotic redneck ").

Unable to draw Flaminius into battle by mere devastation, Hannibal marched boldly around his opponent ’ s left flank and effectively cut Flaminius off from Rome ( thus executing the first recorded turning movement in military history ).

Unable to decisively engage and defeat the standing Russian armies, Napoleon attempted to force the Tsar to terms by capturing Moscow at the onset of winter.

Unable to find a bass player in New York City, Frantz encouraged Weymouth to learn to play bass by listening to Suzi Quatro albums.

Unable to secure Curtin's support, and with an unworkable parliamentary majority, Menzies faced continuing problems with the administration of the war effort and the undermining of his leadership by members of his own coalition.

Unable to absorb the force of the explosions, the vibranium was destroyed, but it did succeed in entirely absorbing the sound made by the explosion preventing damage to the surrounding area.

Unable to limit what they called " government by injunction " in the courts, labor and its allies persuaded the Congress of the United States in 1932 to pass the Norris-LaGuardia Act, which imposed so many procedural and substantive limits on the federal courts ' power to issue injunctions that it was an effective prohibition on federal court injunctions in cases arising out of labor disputes.

Unable to make any headway, Bruce agreed to a pact with Mowbray — if no relief came by midsummer 1314, the castle would surrender to Bruce.

" Unable to silence Qutb by incarceration, Nasser accused him of conspiring with the Saudis in attempt to assassinate him and had Qutb executed in 1966 as a result ; the Muslim Brotherhood consequently sentenced Nasser to death.

Unable to sail to Italy during the winter, Titus celebrated elaborate games at Caesarea Maritima and Berytus, then travelled to Zeugma on the Euphrates, where he was presented with a crown by Vologases I of Parthia.

* Unable to defeat Agesilaus's army, Pharnabazus decides to force Agesilaus to withdraw by stirring up trouble on the Greek mainland.

Unable to free himself, the wrestler was devoured by wolves.

Unable to find passage to Europe, the three brothers spent a year in Cuba, until they were unexpectedly expelled by the Spanish authorities.

Unable to keep up, Borman agreed to the sale of the airline in 1986 to Texas Air, led by Frank Lorenzo.

Unable to perform, Cristal finds herself replaced by Nomi as the show's lead.

Unable to reconcile these differences Scott resigned in 1947 ; a competition was held and won by Basil Spence with an uncompromisingly modern design.

Unable to achieve much else, Platov and Uvarov moved back to their own lines and the action was perceived as a failure by both Kutuzov and the Russian General Staff.

Unable to meet the borrowing requests of all their corporate customers, commercial banks helped their “ best customers ” establish programs to borrow directly from the “ capital markets ” by issuing commercial paper.

Unable to ignore it, Clamence attempts to silence the laughter by throwing off his hypocrisy and ruining the reputation he acquired therefrom.