Example sentences of "[pers pn] was impossible [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was impossible for middle class feminists to attack theories of sexual difference directly because of their purported scientific authenticity . |
| 3 | All items had to be packed so that they weighed less than twenty-two pounds and sometimes there were so many parcels filling the room that it was impossible for other customers to pass through the door ; the postmaster would then telephone the Newtown depot to request a special van to come and collect them . |
| 4 | Again , as it was impossible for wheeled implements to cross the frequent deep water-cuts of a field ploughed in this way , all cultivation had to be done along the stetch itself ; and this meant that implements — drills , hoes , harrows , etc. — had to be adapted to fit the width of stetch used . |
| 5 | His purpose was to demonstrate not that the earth did spin but that it was impossible for human reason to prove that it did not . |