Example sentences of "[noun sg] it seem impossible " in BNC.
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| 1 | The constant impression given by the Prague School is that the sort of description and analysis they call for is essentially objective and scientific in character , but in practice it seems impossible to exclude a strong element of subjectivity from this kind of structural study . |
| 2 | In the eighteenth century it seemed impossible to build a barn without creating a work of art . |
| 3 | For a long time it seemed impossible to refer to Communists without using the words ‘ conspiracy ’ and ‘ sons of bitches ’ . |
| 4 | For girls who had delayed making their pregnancy public , at the time it seemed impossible to tell anyone , but afterwards they all wished that they had . |
| 5 | Our prospective visitor bowed to the inevitable and wrote to us : ‘ Owing to procedure for obtaining a visa usually taking a long time it seems impossible to start our work at the date you suggested . |