Example sentences of "[verb] it impossible [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In areas where the inflation of housing prices has made it impossible for many local people to obtain their own homes , the sight of outsiders purchasing houses when they already have one elsewhere can be an affront to local dignity . |
| 2 | Asserting , what was palpably untrue , that ‘ There are probably few people in India who do not sincerely regret that you should have made it impossible for any government to leave you at liberty ’ , he handed down a sentence of six years ' simple imprisonment , pointing out — the crowning touch-that the sentence was the same as that given to the nationalist hero Bal Gangadhar Tilak , twelve years before . |
| 3 | The low level of the aircraft on entering the Harbour and its speed , would have made it impossible for heavy anti-aircraft guns to depress and traverse to follow the aircraft and even difficult for 30mm cannon such as Bofors , even when the aircraft climbed to sixty feet to drop its torpedo . |
| 4 | To impose the condition that disabled parking spaces must be taken up before 10.30am will render it impossible for many , many of them to take advantage of this ‘ concession . ’ |
| 5 | He has written on the issue to the new Fisheries Minister , Gillian Shephard , claiming that certain technical requirements in the Act could make it impossible for local fishermen to secure an adequate allocation of fishing days Royal crystal challenge STAFF at Welsh Royal Crystal , Rhayader , were commissioned to manufacture and supply the specially designed bowls which will be presented to each concert winner in the preliminary rounds , as well as goblets for each competitor , in this year 's Cardiff Singer of the World Competition at St David 's Hall . |
| 6 | The Bosnian Serbs refused to sign the Vance-Owen plan because , if it were ever implemented , it would make it impossible for this generation of Serbs to link Serbia proper with the Serb-held parts of Bosnia and Croatia to make them a single state . |
| 7 | These peaks and troughs made it impossible for developing countries to plan ahead . |
| 8 | As well as strengthening the role of governors , the 1986 Act made it impossible for political nominees to control governing bodies , as they often had in the past , while the 1988 Act transfers the management of most schools from local education authorities ( LEAs ) to the individual school . |
| 9 | This made it impossible for those who did advance reform proposals , such as Panin under Catherine II and Pahlen under Alexander I , to organize united pressure upon the Tsar to compromise his authority . |
| 10 | Swan seemed unwilling to fly very close to these creatures from another world , and this made it impossible for Little Billy to see them clearly . |
| 11 | No mourners followed but an unmarked car appeared in the road and made it impossible for any vehicle to tail the hearse . |
| 12 | It was this same moral , ethical dimension which finally , after September 1939 , made it impossible for Nizan to remain working within the ranks of that same party . |
| 13 | The military crisis of the early 1740s ( see pp. 290ff ) made it impossible for this situation to continue . |
| 14 | The last of these poses a special problem , since the terms of Lady Barber 's bequest make it impossible for temporary exhibitions to take place within the building . |
| 15 | Family and employment pressures make it impossible for many parents to offer help and their feelings and attitudes need careful consideration . |
| 16 | In fact , the erratic supplies of kerosene and LPG make it impossible for many middle-class families to rely on one source of energy . |
| 17 | A lack of capital , the tied cottage system , and the workers ' age and lack of formal qualifications make it impossible for many to move to better jobs elsewhere ( Newby 1972a ) . |
| 18 | Hence the current emphasis on sustainable development ( meeting our needs without making it impossible for future generations to meet their needs ) , which is what the Earth Summit is meant to be giving some practical expression to . |
| 19 | This debate has its origins in Laski 's deprecation of the narrow social basis of recruitment into the higher civil service in Britain , making it impossible for such people to understand working-class problems ( Laski 1938 ) ; and Kingsley 's prediction that an unrepresentative bureaucracy would block radical reformist policies and therefore threaten democracy ( Kingsley 1944 ) . |
| 20 | The Immigration ( Carriers ' Liability ) Act 1987 was an abominable piece of legislation , privatising immigration and putting it in the hands of aircraft and shipping companies , encouraging the use of bogus identity documents and , in many cases , making it impossible for legitimate asylum seekers to leave their own countries . |
| 21 | ‘ That 's friendly ! ’ he shouted over the engine noise , and he pointed through the windscreen at the concrete airstrip which not only had the yellow cross painted huge at its western end , but also had two trucks parked in its centre line , thus making it impossible for any plane to land . |
| 22 | One new size has replaced two old ones , making it impossible for half the customers to get a correct fit . |
| 23 | These viruses change their composition every time they load , making it impossible for conventional scanning software to find a known , fixed , virus signature . |
| 24 | If anything it will make their lives easier by making it impossible for American companies and citizens to keep anything confidential . ’ |
| 25 | The second defect is that the suggestion is too strong and is likely to make it impossible for any of us to know anything at all . |
| 26 | The provision of such a variety of telecommunication and travel facilities makes it impossible for any community however large or small to develop in isolation . |
| 27 | Most difficult of all is the third problem , since the present manual system of serial control makes it impossible for up-to-date information about periodicals to be made available either in the Issue Hall or at other service points . |