Example sentences of "impossible [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The broad concept of confidentiality agreements is unobjectionable but care is needed to ensure that such agreements do not impose limitations in the scope of our work such that it would be impossible to report in accordance with the terms of engagement . |
| 2 | The broad concept of confidentiality agreements is unobjectionable but care is needed to ensure that such agreements do not impose limitations in the scope of our work such that it would be impossible to report in accordance with the terms of engagement . |
| 3 | One tutor or clinical teacher would find it impossible to work in isolation . |
| 4 | However any such rule would be inelegant and be impossible to apply in practice because of the prohibitive amount of case checking required . |
| 5 | The final composition of a governing coalition was almost impossible to predict in advance , however , in view of the high turnover rate of legislators — about one half of incumbent MPs had lost their seats in previous elections — and of the byzantine negotiating process which tended to characterize the post-election period . |
| 6 | In a short study it is impossible to deal in depth with the vastly complex web of politics that surrounded Barbarossa ; a glance at the list of popes shows just how complex the situation was ; hardly had any pope become established and negotiations opened , than another was taking his place . |
| 7 | But in order to gain compensation , the child would still have to show that its defects were caused by in vitro fertilisation , and this may be impossible to do in practice . |
| 8 | Of course , being a boy made it the more difficult , it would not be as easy , but it had begun to seem to her not impossible to keep in touch with Pen wherever he was . |
| 9 | Equally it is impossible to prescribe in advance for all factual contingencies . |
| 10 | The bishops also argued that any so-called restricted form of divorce was impossible to maintain in practice and that divorce might solve the partners ' problems but only created them for the children . |
| 11 | Again , if the acceleration is poor the climb must not be steepened quickly or it will be impossible to recover in time if the launch fails . |
| 12 | ‘ ) My answer would be , it is impossible to say in advance . |
| 13 | An ideal programme to help those in poverty ( which is probably impossible to attain in reality ) may be defined as one which meets the needs of the people concerned , without adversely affecting their incentive to self-help , by which means the individuals might reduce or eliminate reliance ( or dependency ) on the state . |
| 14 | That is all very well in theory but almost impossible to achieve in practice . |
| 15 | Purely reactive filters are , of course , impossible to achieve in practice and , in any approximation to them , the components inevitably exhibit resistive losses . |