Example sentences of "[was/were] not possible [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when it was not possible to squeeze another inch from the land do they stop , allowing the coarse heather to take hold on the steep cliffs . |
| 2 | Our study was retrospective and because the quality of general practitioners ' records varies and most records are destroyed after a patient dies , it was not possible to include such patients in our study . |
| 3 | It was not possible to do that . |
| 4 | It was not possible to do this without assuming that dreamwork transformations took place . |
| 5 | In England these were the buyers of boroughs and seats in Parliament , and although it was not possible to do this in Scotland , as there were never any ‘ rotten boroughs ’ in the English sense , those who arranged and meddled in the burgh elections were called ‘ Boroughmongers ’ after the English traffickers in boroughs . |
| 6 | I , I ca n't understand the secretariat allowing this to come out were told by the president that it was not possible to use this money unless it was grant related . |
| 7 | This policy caused great hardship in villages where it was not possible to grow enough rice for the needs of the residents . |
| 8 | However , it was not possible to get any quadraphonic effect from the record , no matter which system was tried . |
| 9 | It was not possible to vary this , because playback machines had to have a similar gearing mechanism . |
| 10 | Clearly , within available resources it was not possible to contact all adult applicants and enquirers about all courses in Scottish colleges and universities . |
| 11 | It was n't possible to go all the way to the road on one 's knees : the undergrowth was too thick , the saplings in places too close together . |
| 12 | Valentin ( the manager ) said he thought it was n't possible to do that honestly , and showed him ‘ Answers ’ by Josh MacDowell , about the lack of mistakes in the Bible , and the boy bought it . |