Example sentences of "impossible in a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	It appears to be even more prevalent in ‘ socialist ’ states than in ‘ capitalist ’ states : the compulsory movement to ujamaa villages in Tanzania in 1975 would have been impossible in a society which genuinely respected peasant opinion .
2	The answer to that argument is very simple : manipulation is impossible in a system that requires an adjudicating officer , a social security appeal tribunal or a commissioner to be convinced that the law has been complied with .
3	Most incontinent women have either genuine stress incontinence or detrusor instability , or both , yet distinguishing between these two on the basis of symptoms is impossible in a quarter of patients .
4	But an integrated set of policies of this nature is impossible in a period of political paralysis , because ( a ) nobody will take the initiative to devise it , and ( b ) nobody will take responsibility for implementing it .
5	Nothing is impossible in a world which , science tells us , began from the primaeval slime and , taking its time , produced both Shakespeare and Hitler .
6	It seems most unlikely that the testator had any intention of this sort ; and it is pointless to assert that such a decision would have been impossible in a legacy , since the whole context — a disposition charged on a non-heir — is one in which a legacy could not have functioned .
7	Although it is impossible in a doorstep survey to estimate network strengths for individuals , it is extremely likely that varying network strengths are also implicated in the simplification pattern .
8	But narrative on the scale which it demands is impossible in a book like this .
9	It is impossible in a book of this size to describe the vast number of small animals and the lives that they lead .
10	It is impossible in a book of this size to include every Chinese symbol with its accredited meaning , but the most frequently encountered are listed below .

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