Example sentences of "[was/were] not possible [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found it was not possible even to get up out of her seat without shoving people , elbowing her way , pushing past them . |
| 2 | Earlier , in June , the Finance Minister , Theodor Stolojan had said that it was not possible suddenly to remove controls on prices without creating an inflationary spiral in the ensuing price-wage explosion , although he agreed that the current pricing mechanism distorted prices and adversely affected supply and demand . |
| 3 | It was not possible suddenly to change direction , yet the damage being done to education was obvious as campuses sometimes resembled market-places rather than institutions of higher learning . |
| 4 | During the period of the project , because of the teachers ' action , it was not possible systematically to collect data relating to generalization . |
| 5 | Having concluded that it was not possible accurately to assess industry 's wishes , the Report then proceeded to make a number of far-reaching recommendations . |
| 6 | It was not possible merely to apply management skills and manuals across different sorts of business . |