Example sentences of "[vb past] it impossible [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Moreover , both parties found it impossible to sustain widespread interest in political organization .
2 The government found it impossible to refute such charges or change the overwhelming climate of opinion which believed the NHS to be seriously underfunded .
3 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 .
4 The resultant political disunity , probably exacerbated by quarrels over the best methods to adopt against the Scandinavians , and coupled with the king 's apparent inability to provide the necessary leadership , made it impossible to assemble successful armies .
5 The all embracing structure of the nation as a family headed by the Emperor , made it impossible to challenge particular aspects of the social order without calling into question the ultimate authority of the Emperor .
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