Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [been] impossible [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were by then ‘ splendid edifices ’ in London , Oxford , Cambridge , Manchester and Glasgow , and to retain researchers at the RI would have been impossible without new accommodation for their research . |
| 2 | The development of the retinue would have been impossible without royal backing and reflected , rather than negated , the king 's authority . |
| 3 | The development of the retinue would have been impossible without royal backing and reflected , rather than negated , the king 's authority . |
| 4 | The report was useful in pointing out the confused state of the Company 's knowledge of its charities , and certainly the generosity would have been impossible without rigorous financial control ( from 1810 to 1816 , for example , expenditure had exceeded income by £10,000 , largely because of the work on the Company 's almshouses at Acton ) . |
| 5 | They not only allowed the third party an action which would have been impossible at civil law , but also permitted specific performance . |