Example sentences of "[verb] it impossible [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , both parties found it impossible to sustain widespread interest in political organization . |
| 2 | Cohen , however , found it impossible to make this approach work as a result of a confrontation with the kabaka in 1953 , and by 1955 Buganda had confirmed its special constitutional status within Uganda , a status which was if anything reinforced in the independence constitution of 1962 . |
| 3 | It was suggested that Library staff could take over this function , since they are scanning the journals in any case , and the work would lend itself to the eventual creation of an image database , but Library staff shortages have made it impossible to undertake this work systematically . |
| 4 | Rice production had fallen , however , by 29 per cent ( to 29,300 tonnes ) , because rehabilitation work on the Massingir dam in Gaza province had made it impossible to supply sufficient water to irrigated land normally planted with rice in the Limpopo valley . |
| 5 | I apologize for the fact that delays in obtaining some of the necessary information have made it impossible to produce detailed cost estimates , but the considerations listed below should enable us to determine whether such a change would be worthwhile . |
| 6 | Other work in progress has examined this issue in one district where it seems that the other community services are so much less well organized than the special service that managers have found it impossible to prevent that service being undermined by lack of staff , continuity , training , and good practice leadership . |
| 7 | More often than not no-one bothers about the height factor , with the result that the speaker may have to peer at his notes or stand awkwardly or otherwise find it impossible to combine proper use of the mike with proper use of the lectern . |
| 8 | Also patching the good eye of a child whose lazy eye has an acuity of 6/24 or less may make it impossible to manage normal school work . |
| 9 | The position for the international station chosen by Baxter would make it impossible to provide any route between Thameslink and the east coast main line . |
| 10 | Resource limitations may make it impossible to follow one project with the next one on the list , and projects must then be resourced in an order that makes efficient use of the resources available . |
| 11 | Resource limitations may make it impossible to follow one project with the next one on the list , and projects must then be resourced in an order that makes efficient use of the resources available . |
| 12 | The reversal of the conventional speech/writing hierarchy which is implied in the term archi-écriture makes it impossible to see any use of language , written or spoken , as being determined by presence , intention or representation . |
| 13 | The inadequate statistical material available makes it impossible to prove either claim . |
| 14 | The lack of an appropriate animal model makes it impossible to investigate this question further at present . |
| 15 | The very different behaviour of coordinate time t and the proper time τ when the probe approaches and crosses the horizon illustrates vividly how spacetime curvature makes it impossible to cover all space–time with one set of Cartesian coordinates . |
| 16 | Mr Edwards reiterated his warning that the Government would find it impossible to privatise British Coal without such long-term supply deals . |