Example sentences of "[was/were] not possible [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew Sentance , economics director at the Confederation of British Industry , said the economy was balanced on a knife-edge but it was not possible to say whether it was heading irretrievably for recession . |
| 2 | Second , we found that ill health was an important factor in the decision to retire early , although it was not possible to say whether or not it was the overriding factor . |
| 3 | Merkur Island were not parties to any contract for the supply of towage services , so it was not possible to say that the purpose of the action was to prevent the supply of services between an employer who was party to the dispute ( Merkur Island ) and the employer under the contract of employment to which the secondary action related ( the tug owners ) . |
| 4 | The lawyer said that it was not possible to say that the young people had suffered any permanent effects as a result of their experience . |
| 5 | Their father told them that as they were the only people present in the deserted station , it was not possible to see or hear such things . |
| 6 | Mortensen ( 1933a ) remarked that O. spinea was similar to O. hamula but as few specimens of either had been collected it was not possible to judge if they were conspecific . |
| 7 | It was not possible to resell or rebottle hot whiskies . |
| 8 | It was not possible to ascertain if the son wanted to take over . |
| 9 | A control non-diabetic group was not recruited in this study so that it was not possible to determine whether the prevalence of hypertension in diabetics was greater than in non-diabetics . |
| 10 | It was not possible to determine if neither or both hypotheses contributed to adaptation . |