Example sentences of "[adj] to tell where the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The guilt of that rashly administered vodka , combined with a sense of shame at decades of serving up meals of such a consistency that it is impossible to tell where the food ends and the plate begins , is obviously weighing heavily on his shoulders . |
| 2 | The red glow from the furnaces fell across the treadmills , turning the steel mesh to angry crimson , bathing the creatures inside them to eerie , unnatural life , blending and merging them with the machinery , until it was very nearly impossible to tell where the treadmills ended and the human creatures began … |
| 3 | Like the sound of a gong , it was impossible to tell where the clash of the clapper on the bell ended and its echo began . |
| 4 | ‘ So it 's hard to tell where the atmosphere ends and the planet itself begins . ’ |
| 5 | Unable to tell where the fire 's coming from . |