Example sentences of "was [adv] impossible [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was thus impossible to make the kind of pact that had been made with Clovis in France . |
| 2 | At Christmas they always played ‘ You came down from the stars ’ and at Easter they usually played a Pastorale , and what with the roar of the traffic and the crowds of chattering shoppers or tourists it was practically impossible to distinguish the tune except in short bursts . |
| 3 | They saw the camp-fires lighting up the winter dusk well before they reached the Hoddom area , near where the Water of Milk joined Annan , which meant , of course , that the enemy ahead presumably would be apt to see them also ; but it was practically impossible to hide the presence of a major army anyway . |
| 4 | It was unfortunately impossible to ignore the Renaissance Man . |
| 5 | Transport cost so much that it was virtually impossible to make a profit by importing anything that could be produced locally ; although salt cod was brought across the Atlantic , in general nothing but luxury goods like gold , silver , furs , and spices would yield a reasonable return after paying for a costly ocean voyage . |
| 6 | For the police , it was almost impossible to identify the body . |
| 7 | Certainly , it was almost impossible to get a taxi in the City after about 8.0 p.m. these days . |
| 8 | Even in the wet , it was almost impossible to get the test car 's tail moving as it was fitted with Mercedes ' Anti-Skid Control ( German acronym ASR ) , which works like anti-lock brakes but in reverse . |
| 9 | A critical element in these surveys was that data for past and future plans were to be presented at constant prices , as it was almost impossible to interpret a time series of expenditure for a period in which prices fluctuated significantly . |