Example sentences of "is impossible [verb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 But even making allowance for the circumstances of their times , it is impossible to save the Protestant reformers from their own political philosophy , which finds its clearest statement in the old Scots Covenants , documents much loved by Ulster conservative Protestants and the model for many unionist statements of political faith .
2 Phoenician art was itself a great borrower — from Egyptian , neo-Hittite and Assyrian — and it is impossible to disentangle the particular influences , direct and indirect , on Greek artists at this time .
3 With so much tree growth over the years it is impossible to identify the bare rocks of the engraving .
4 It is impossible to regard the vast buildings and their dependencies which constitute a chief terminal station of a great line of railway without feelings of inexpressible astonishment at the magnitude of the capital and the boldness of the enterprise which are manifested in the operations of which they are the stage .
5 Brighton says that it is impossible to quantify the likely gains from an international facility , because a number of important factors ( such as displacement costs ) depend heavily on prevailing economic conditions .
6 It is impossible to break the magic wards on the Grimoires , so the adventurers can not use them .
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