Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] impossible for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's almost impossible for him to get to the decent matches . ’ |
| 2 | Wild animals tend to hide away when they fall ill or are injured , and those in captivity try to do the same , but it 's almost impossible for them . |
| 3 | Now one of the problems is in the Army , that if you do need support , it 's a sign of weakness , it 's a sign of failure , it 's almost impossible for you to get the kind of counselling and help that a lot of young lads need , and I think that a lot of young people in the Army today who maybe have got a lot of worries in their soul , and they do n't have the courage at the moment or the possibility of getting that help because of the Army culture . |
| 4 | In many areas it is simply impossible for them to go out and win a big share in an intensely competitive market without the Government 's explicit support and cooperation . |
| 5 | During that process the proposals are amended — it is not impossible for them to be amended , although to hear Opposition Members speak one would think that the proposals went straight from Commission draft into law without an intermediate stage . |
| 6 | However , it is clearly impossible for us all to stand back and watch the booksellers ' position , in total terms , being undermined by some publishers ' double standards . |
| 7 | Unless low income-earners can achieve , at a stroke , a very large rise in earnings and jump right out of the trap , it is virtually impossible for them significantly to improve their situation . |
| 8 | As a result , he continued , ‘ It is quite impossible for me in a letter to give you a detailed account of my proceedings my time being at present fully occupied in unpacking arrangements and other matters . ’ |
| 9 | Obsessional neurosis is shown in the patient 's being occupied with thoughts in which he is in fact not interested , in his being aware of impulses which appear very strange to him and his being led to actions the performance of which give him no enjoyment but which it is quite impossible for him to omit . |
| 10 | It was clearly impossible for him to stay on in the studio . |
| 11 | There 'd been some snow , and erm er he was n't well , and could I if I cared I could look for a work elsewhere , as i it was just impossible for him to pay wages , you see ? |
| 12 | At last , with Greg 's help , they managed to get him on to a stretcher to which he was firmly secured with nylon strapping so that it was virtually impossible for him to move , then the stretcher was carefully lifted down from the jig and into the waiting ambulance . |
| 13 | But mind you , according to some people it was virtually impossible for him to beget any bastards , but still . |
| 14 | Once over-50s lost their jobs it was virtually impossible for them to find other permanent work , and victims of age discrimination faced reduced pension rights and enforced inactivity for the rest of their lives , the report said . |
| 15 | This was telling them — trying to bolster their morale — that we were coming to their aid when it was virtually impossible for us to aid them at that time . |
| 16 | We had an idea at that time that it was absolutely impossible for us to be defeated . |
| 17 | Similarly , the Ministry of Rural Development published progress in four Zambian languages , but its circulation was very low : although intended for peasant farmers , it was almost impossible for them to obtain . |
| 18 | So good that it was almost impossible for him to forget anything . |