Example sentences of "[was/were] not possible [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , it was not possible to say when a commercially viable FBR would be built . |
| 2 | The court in that case was quite happy to imply an air of confidence even though it was not possible to say how the confidential information ( that is , the prints taken from the engravings ) came into the defendant 's hands . |
| 3 | Both door and window were curtained so that it was not possible to see inside . |
| 4 | It was not possible to put together a written record of the work we did not displays at the July ‘ 81 Q.T. Day , as some sections ’ notes ( 1st & 2nd Ball groups , 2nd Club group ) were never received . |
| 5 | Sometimes it was not possible to know precisely which kind were actually included in a particular scheme . |
| 6 | It was not possible to hurry downhill in that half-light , so I made myself go slowly , and at last reached the beach and the end of the causeway . |
| 7 | It was not possible to ascertain directly how many halogen moieties had ended up on the football . |
| 8 | It was not possible to determine how the woman had died , since she was dismembered and her head was never found . |
| 9 | Similar behaviour was also obtained with fully interactive ozone , but because of the radiative coupling of the ozone field to the dynamical evolution it was not possible to identify unambiguously the contributions of heterogeneous and homogeneous chemistry . |
| 10 | I had learned that it was possible , if tedious , to speak of evil , but that it was n't possible to speak clearly of God . |