Example sentences of "[is] impossible [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's impossible to predict the eventual outcome of all of this competition , but the cellular operators will need to overcome some significant hurdles before British consumers ( business and domestic ) are entirely at ease with cellular phones analogue or digital . |
| 2 | Therefore it 's impossible to estimate the actual value of the deal . |
| 3 | It 's impossible to overstate the economic relationship we now have with Europe . |
| 4 | According to ecologists it is impossible to predict the long-term impact of tapping into the area 's subterranean reserve , but ratification of the water district plan could result in the drying up of the natural springs in the Death Valley National Monument in California , destroy verdant valleys throughout the West and kill rare fish species such as the Moapa dace , which has survived since the ice age . |
| 5 | But even making allowance for the circumstances of their times , it is impossible to save the Protestant reformers from their own political philosophy , which finds its clearest statement in the old Scots Covenants , documents much loved by Ulster conservative Protestants and the model for many unionist statements of political faith . |
| 6 | For example , without scanning the entire index , it is impossible to estimate the total number of relevant documents in the system , a figure that is required in the calculation of recall . |
| 7 | It is impossible to envisage the original siting of a settlement , and the reasons behind that siting , without some consideration of whether conditions have altered since the place was founded . |
| 8 | But even if the ‘ social ’ stage is moved forward ( tendentiously ) to the point at which these developed resources can be said to ‘ already ’ exist , it is impossible to overlook the extraordinary social history of the institution of systems for their further cultural development . |
| 9 | Size is often difficult to judge , but the rounded wings of the buzzard are so much shorter that once the sheer length of an eagle 's wings has been experienced , it is impossible to mistake the two . |
| 10 | It is impossible to ignore the increasing use of the media as a source of information and advice . |
| 11 | Phoenician art was itself a great borrower — from Egyptian , neo-Hittite and Assyrian — and it is impossible to disentangle the particular influences , direct and indirect , on Greek artists at this time . |
| 12 | But he is soon forced to the conclusion that in this case it is impossible to keep the aesthetic side entirely apart from the biographical . |
| 13 | ‘ It is impossible to determine the precise motive , ’ a spokesman for the Brussels prosecutor 's office commented . |
| 14 | In each specific case it is impossible to determine the exact line of distinction between faith and faith plus , between our faith in God and our faith in other men . |
| 15 | It is impossible to discover the actual occurrence that stands behind the individual accounts . |
| 16 | In general , it is impossible to measure the economic cost of our system of administration . |
| 17 | With so much tree growth over the years it is impossible to identify the bare rocks of the engraving . |
| 18 | It is impossible to isolate the exact moment at which the downswing of the arms becomes the release action of the lower arms and hands prior to impact . |
| 19 | It is impossible to exaggerate the revolutionary significance of the recognition of a binding judicial tribunal external to the realm . |
| 20 | It is impossible to regard the vast buildings and their dependencies which constitute a chief terminal station of a great line of railway without feelings of inexpressible astonishment at the magnitude of the capital and the boldness of the enterprise which are manifested in the operations of which they are the stage . |
| 21 | Without an understanding of the logic , weighting and constraints of their design situation it is impossible to provide the supportive design aids . |
| 22 | It is impossible to divorce the two . |
| 23 | ( iii ) It is impossible to divorce the general appreciation of a literary work from the appreciation of its style . |
| 24 | IT IS impossible to understand the Victorian age without understanding why Darwin 's theory of the origin of species was so disturbing ; and perhaps it is equally impossible to understand the argument over evolution without learning why it was so fiercely resisted , by scientists as well as laymen . |
| 25 | It is impossible to understand the New Testament and the teachings of Jesus without understanding the Old Testament . |
| 26 | In French , it is impossible to reproduce the above themeless clause . |
| 27 | Brighton says that it is impossible to quantify the likely gains from an international facility , because a number of important factors ( such as displacement costs ) depend heavily on prevailing economic conditions . |
| 28 | Without written evidence , it is impossible to know the wider significance of rituals , even if the cult objects used in the religion are known , let alone the actual beliefs of the people . |
| 29 | It is impossible to break the magic wards on the Grimoires , so the adventurers can not use them . |
| 30 | It is impossible to get the Holy Spirit taped , and to fit his movements in the Acts into any tidy ecclesiastical or doctrinal pattern . |