Example sentences of "make it impossible [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was suggested that Library staff could take over this function , since they are scanning the journals in any case , and the work would lend itself to the eventual creation of an image database , but Library staff shortages have made it impossible to undertake this work systematically .
2 The position for the international station chosen by Baxter would make it impossible to provide any route between Thameslink and the east coast main line .
3 The reversal of the conventional speech/writing hierarchy which is implied in the term archi-écriture makes it impossible to see any use of language , written or spoken , as being determined by presence , intention or representation .
4 The inadequate statistical material available makes it impossible to prove either claim .
5 The lack of an appropriate animal model makes it impossible to investigate this question further at present .
6 The very different behaviour of coordinate time t and the proper time τ when the probe approaches and crosses the horizon illustrates vividly how spacetime curvature makes it impossible to cover all space–time with one set of Cartesian coordinates .
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