Example sentences of "[conj] it be impossible [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , semaphore signalling is still used at sea , where it is impossible to use wires or cable for communication . |
| 2 | But inspection under these schemes is entirely voluntary , and although it is impossible to gather figures , it is certain that many more organisations ( both private and public ) operate outside the recognition schemes than operate within them . |
| 3 | I do not doubt that the majority of opinion as expressed in the submissions was opposed to the opting out process , although it is impossible to categorise opinions in the way that the hon. Gentleman would wish . |
| 4 | The fact that it is impossible to borrow words from one language to another with exactly the same form and meaning means all such systems are a compromise . |
| 5 | The Radcliffe Report ( 1959 ) emphasised in stronger terms the problems associated with financial change and maintained that it is impossible to define money , because there is no clear criterion with which to determine those assets that are part of the money supply . |
| 6 | It is not too strong to say that it is impossible to test Marx 's thesis regarding the labour theory of value at a micro-economic level because Marx and Marxists have totally disregarded any element of profit which may result from risk-taking . |
| 7 | The crux of this argument is the contention that it is impossible to attribute consciousness of its interests to a class ( even to the revolutionary proletariat ) , without interpreting this notion in terms of the intentional properties of its members . |
| 8 | Miguel de Unamuno , the Spanish philosopher , made a point of this when he showed that it is impossible to separate belief from emotion : |
| 9 | The problem with any general behaviouristic account of knowledge is that it is impossible to make sense of any behavioural description without being able to make sense independently of statements about how the world is . |
| 10 | Prove to your husband that you are not extravagant but point out that it is impossible to make ends meet on a pittance . |
| 11 | The banks argued that the overdraft system meant that it was impossible to control bank lending as precisely as quantitative limits would imply . |
| 12 | He laughed , so that it was impossible to take offence . |
| 13 | You were pretty then , but now — ’ he stood back and surveyed her so admiringly that it was impossible to take offence ‘ — now you 're absolutely beautiful . ’ |
| 14 | The possibility of breaking up British Gas into competing units was also successfully opposed by Sir Denis , who argued that it was impossible to achieve competition in a natural monopoly . |
| 15 | In 1795 , after a severe winter and the failure of many crops , the price of provisions soared to an unprecedented height ; the price of wheat in London was 108 shillings a quarter : and this meant that it was impossible to buy bread , even if it were obtainable . |
| 16 | Silviu Brucan , a leading NSF member , was reported on Feb. 3 as stating that it was impossible to share executive power among so many parties . |
| 17 | Cabezón and Narváez were the pioneers of diferencias , sets of variations , and it is impossible to claim priority for either . |
| 18 | Just before his own exile Sidonius described to bishop Basil of Aix-en-Provence the state of the Church in the areas under Visigothic rule : Bordeaux , Perigueux , Rodez , Limoges , Javols , Eauze , Bazas , Comminges and Auch were all without bishops , and it was impossible to enter basilicas because their doorways were overgrown with brambles . |
| 19 | I wondered what I would have been like if Lili had been my mother , but it was impossible to imagine Lili in the depths of maternity . |
| 20 | He had got himself put up for Pratt 's because it was impossible to have lunch there . |
| 21 | On the other hand , while it is impossible to keep values out of research , the more you let your own values and feelings ‘ take over ’ , the more you will write about your own values and reactions , and the less you will see of what is going on around you . |
| 22 | Secondly , from a harmonic point of view , as it is impossible to form chords such as the dominant with pentatonic scales , the harmony is slightly static , there being no decisive resolution or strong cadences . |
| 23 | ‘ As it is impossible to reduce police strength any further to offset the estimated cost of the two major investigations , the force will have to implement some or all of the measures mentioned . ’ |
| 24 | It was this particular feature that made its isolation so difficult , for it is impossible to grow chlamydia on the normal media used for bacteria , since they do not contain living cells . |