Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] impossible [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they get married I 'll tell them to use family planning because prices get higher every day and it 's impossible to support a large family . |
| 2 | That 's what this programme is about , and in that time I mean I think , I was thinking actually as Terry was speaking , erm you said that it was not clear that you can judge somebody on a hundred days , and I must say I agree with that , and I think at the moment in the last hundred days we 've been at war and it 's impossible to judge a new Prime Minister , who 's come into office in the right at the beginning of what potentially could have been a very nasty war . |
| 3 | So it 's impossible to make a hard and fast distinction between fissure and central eruptions . |
| 4 | Erm , by hangers-on I mean that there are all the Dukes and the Viscounts and whatever else there is and that whole strata in society , which , I think is English society , erm I mean I know that there are Dukes in Scotland but there are n't so many , and I mean they own quite a lot and I think that it 's impossible to have a classless society because the monarchy perpetuate class divisions . |
| 5 | ( ii ) It is impossible to translate a literary work ; |
| 6 | As Shneidman makes it clear : ‘ While different components of the educational process aim at the development of different qualities and values , it is impossible to draw a clear distinction between them and to separate physical education from other segments of communist upbringing ’ ( 1979 , p.6 ) . |
| 7 | And yet [ wa ma'a thaalik ] , it is impossible to draw a full picture of Arab political humour , reflecting the psychology of the Arab peoples , their way of thinking , and their politics without casting an overall glance on Arab history , beginning at least with the rise of Islam . |
| 8 | A character model may be armed with any weapons available to the troops themselves , subject to the usual restriction regarding weapon use — for example , it is impossible to wield a double-handed axe and a halberd as both require two hands to use . |
| 9 | It is impossible to see a logical pattern running through the narrative as Luke records it . |
| 10 | It may be doubted as a matter of law ( as opposed to politics ) whether it is impossible to create a European Central Bank ( or system of central banks ) by the same method . |
| 11 | Carolingian sources usually refer to counts without specifying their civitates at all ( which explains why it is impossible to give a complete list of counts for any ninth-century county ) . |
| 12 | It is impossible to give a meaningful figure of the total personnel employed in social services , as definitions vary too much , but the social services are now an important sector of employment , and many of the personnel involved require training . |
| 13 | On the other hand , it is impossible to give a full account of English law without discussing the impact of European Community law , and this will receive attention at various points . |
| 14 | It is impossible to give a full account of all the activity that took place but a look at one , a poetry session , will give a flavour of the whole . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , since it is impossible to obtain a clear picture of the Yugoslav economic system , and of the origin of its present economic difficulties , without giving attention to its monetary institutions and policies , this section will contain an outline of the main characteristics of these institutions and policies . |
| 16 | The result is certainly a change of meaning : The cat sat on the moss ; but in this case it is impossible to find a different sentence in which the same substitution of forms produces a parallel change of meaning . |
| 17 | No list of when consent is a defence was provided in relation to cll. 70 , 71 , 72 and 75 because " it is impossible to provide a comprehensive and closed list " , a rather lame sentiment . |
| 18 | It is very difficult to pursue an issue when it is impossible to produce a detailed case . |
| 19 | With constantly changing membership , chairmanship and recording practices , it is impossible to discern a clear linear development of its thought and resolutions , though its discussions have ranged far and wide through such issues as : ( 1 ) the desirability of RBL |
| 20 | Does the Prime Minister agree that it is impossible to have a genuine single market without a single currency ? |
| 21 | Anyone who knows anything about the building workers and continued process working will understand that there are numerous reasons why it is impossible to have a 40 hour working week . |
| 22 | It is impossible to have a proper exchange of views of the kind which is essential for the true functioning of a parliamentary democracy if everybody is wearing headphones . |
| 23 | I wish only to add that in my judgment I have , after some hesitation , come to the conclusion that it is impossible to extract a general discretion to rectify the register from section 82(1) ( h ) of the Land Registration Act 1925 beyond that necessary to cover some unusual error which did not fall under paragraphs ( d ) to ( g ) . |
| 24 | The theory suggests that it is impossible to gain a significant understanding of an individual without first understanding the functioning of the systems within which the individual operates . |
| 25 | It is impossible to make a technical distinction between strategic planning and business planning : both use techniques such as SWOT analysis . |
| 26 | A synthetic chemical is , in theory , identical to that found in nature ; in practice , as every chemist knows , it is impossible to make a 100 per cent pure chemical . |
| 27 | It is impossible to make a final assessment of the Woodvilles ' contribution to the crisis . |
| 28 | It is impossible to make a final assessment of the Woodvilles ' contribution to the crisis . |
| 29 | Of course it was impossible to board a returning troopship without papers . |
| 30 | It was then discovered that it was impossible to put a solid roof on the stadium , so a compromise was reached in the form of an awning — a ‘ symbolic roof ’ . |