Example sentences of "it was impossible for " in BNC.
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| 1 | LONDON — Margaret Thatcher said yesterday it was impossible for Britain to take in millions of refugees from Hong Kong and urged China to take steps to restore the colony 's confidence , AP reports . |
| 2 | Rachel was undeniably wonderful with the baby ; and took such joy from having Maggie with her that it was impossible for even Phoebe to feel much guilt about the times when she was free . |
| 3 | By the same token , Tony DeFries had a clause in the contract that if the promoter lost money he would pay it to him , so it was impossible for a promoter to actually risk anything . |
| 4 | It was impossible for the nuclear power stations to match those demands . |
| 5 | He thought that precisely because it was impossible for the human mind to construct an idea of God from its inherent mental resources , such an idea could only be given to it by revelation — in other words directly implanted by God Himself . |
| 6 | He walked across the small park on the far side of the street towards the vast exhibition centre , glancing back frequently : he 'd chosen this route because it was impossible for Marler to follow him without being seen . |
| 7 | He wrote : ‘ The gods seem to have possessed my soul and turned it inside out … so that it was impossible for me to stay idle at home . ’ |
| 8 | The immediate application of this engine was in pumping water out of mine workings , which had often become so badly flooded that it was impossible for them to be worked , and pumps driven by waterwheels were unequal to the huge drainage problems . |
| 9 | It was impossible for him to have escaped on his own for the door was secured by a wedge , pushed through a hasp to hold the hinged staple in place . |
| 10 | It was impossible for any society to absorb without hardship a shock like that of the massive loss of trade to Gdynia . |
| 11 | It was impossible for the garrison to fire upon them for some time without risk of injuring their neighbours along with their enemies . |
| 12 | The Unwins themselves — and it was impossible for anyone to grudge them their moment — said over and over that it was great , just great that one of the horses actually on the train had won one of the races , it made the whole thing worthwhile , and the whole party , drifting into the dining car in true party mood , agreed and applauded . |
| 13 | And I thought you felt as I did , that it was impossible for you to have a child . ’ |
| 14 | It was impossible for us to pay her direct debit whether it was 25p or £25 overdrawn . |
| 15 | The Crown 's practical arguments were that the case was so rare that it could not call for a fundamental reformulation of the law and that it was impossible for their lordships to set limits on the application of the principle which , being a matter of policy , was a question for the legislature . |
| 16 | As a result of the controls it was impossible for certain firms to obtain raw materials and replacements , for which no domestic substitutes were available . |
| 17 | It was impossible for Maradona to play in Rome because of the Pounds 2.5m he owes the Italian tax authorities following his turbulent spell at Napoli , where two inspired Championships were overshadowed by sordid drug and racketeering allegations . |
| 18 | ‘ At 2.4% for items over FFr300,000 it was impossible for us to compete , now it is possible ’ , said M. Curiel . |
| 19 | As Barth once put it , he and Brunner were like the elephant and the whale : both were God 's creatures , but it was impossible for them to meet ! |
| 20 | While accepting that Roman Catholicism contained many errors and abuses , they denied that the pope was the Antichrist and that it was impossible for Catholics to attain salvation . |
| 21 | I told you when I rote that it was impossible for me to pay anything , as he was allowed by the parish when he was at Muggerhanger , and I told you I had my daughter on my hands for over seven years , and I have been doctering her all the time so I think you will consider the matter over and no that I can not help in any way , and in any case 4s. is a lot of money to pay a week . |
| 22 | It was impossible for the matron to relieve her . |
| 23 | Like its owner , it was short and stubby , not long like the young man 's , but thick , so thick that it was impossible for most women to put their hand round it . |
| 24 | Such a solution would without question have pleased many of the gentry , but it was impossible for Montrose to agree to it . |
| 25 | A spokesman for Essex County Council , which is responsible for social services supporting the elderly , handicapped and those on low incomes , said it was impossible for the county council to comment on something political . |
| 26 | Handicapped by serfdom , primitive agricultural methods , and the far-flung , inconvenient location of her natural resources , it was impossible for her to keep pace . |
| 27 | It was impossible for the government to derive any clear picture of its own administrative apparatus , let alone of the distribution of resources in the Empire . |
| 28 | One young woman stated that it was impossible for her to come off and stay off while her partner was still using : |
| 29 | We do not need to be told that the factory girls were probably doing their best to make sure that it was impossible for her to pass without brushing against them , and that this would be construed as an insult . |
| 30 | A lot more people got in , and at St Paul 's , just when Alice thought it was impossible for more to get in , five did . |