Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [be] impossible " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the early 1920s , therefore , it has been impossible to talk about any aspect of British cinema without drawing unfavourable comparisons with Hollywood . |
| 2 | This has always constituted something of an Achilles Heel : it has been impossible to prove the value of development activity in most cases . |
| 3 | December 23rd , 1891 — It has been impossible to do much work this week , for the room has been so cold , we have been obliged to drill to keep ourselves warm . |
| 4 | In this short article it has been impossible to give a full account of the increasing impact of bioceramic research in medicine and dentistry . |
| 5 | While every effort has been made to express the ideas in everyday language , it has been impossible to dispense with some scientific terms . |
| 6 | The Cleveland Inquiry ( Secretary of State for Social Services , 1988 ) noted that : ‘ It has been impossible from the evidence provided to the Inquiry to arrive at any consensus or to obtain any reliable figures of the general prevalence of sexual abuse of children in the country or in Clevelend ’ ( p.4 ) and later comments that : ‘ We are strongly of the opinion that great caution should be exercised at the present time in accepting percentages as to the prevalence and incidence of sexual abuse . |
| 7 | As has been pointed out , however , In recent years it has been impossible to tell where natural justice stops and fairness begins . |
| 8 | In the absence of mass mobilization around antiracist aims , it has been impossible to construct structures that could span the gulf between the elements of the movement which are outside the local state and the residues which are dedicated to remaining within it . |
| 9 | It has been impossible to verify this , but one American source told me he had heard there were no American agents inside Iraq now , but that there were three British ones . |
| 10 | In some districts it has been impossible to make it available to everyone . |
| 11 | This year it has been impossible to plan policing in Northumbria because the force has 112 fewer officers than last year . |
| 12 | It has been impossible to judge whether increases in telephone charges could be justified . |
| 13 | Vellayati said afterwards , however , that " it has been impossible to propose any plan as each attempt has been rejected by one side or the other " . |
| 14 | But narrative on the scale which it demands is impossible in a book like this . |