Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] possibly [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thy even asked how those outside the group felt and I answered that since I could not even think of anyone in the Church who contributed nothing I could not possibly answer the question . |
| 2 | It took Mr Gorbachev a year or two to perceive that he held a hopelessly weak hand — that the Soviet Union could not possibly match the enormous economic and technological resources Mr Reagan commanded and was prepared to employ , including the much-maligned Strategic Defence Initiative , which Mr Shultz strongly supported . |
| 3 | Without it we could not possibly deliver the high quality of service that we do . |
| 4 | I could not possibly entertain the mad supposition that you would stay at Mannheim , where there is no longer a court … |
| 5 | If we were talking in terms of the possibilities of identification provided by logical combinations of words from the dictionary , then ( 7 ) could not possibly identify the same entity , or set of entities , as ( 4 ) or ( 5 ) . |
| 6 | The manager of the branch concerned could not possibly pay the cheque , but , since the Ingard group has many small investors and its collapse would have wide repercussions , he at once referred it to the board . |
| 7 | Van Gogh could not possibly demonstrate the validity of his vision to someone who lacks that inner visual sense by which his greatness as an artist is perceived . |
| 8 | You must understand that , upon discovery of such an unsavoury correspondence , your master and mistress could not possibly take the risk of leaving their young children in your hands . |
| 9 | But I could not possibly desert the grace of Christ and accept the views of foolish men who were completely ignorant of all that was going on within me . |
| 10 | Jack could not possibly run the house from Oxford , and Warnie was still a serving officer in the Army . |
| 11 | I think this was due to the fact that we did n't have 9-to-5 jobs and we were entertainers and could n't possibly manage the £7 a week rent . |
| 12 | ‘ Your father could n't possibly make the journey . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's like one of those dreams , ’ said Breeze , ‘ that are so vivid that you think you could n't possibly forget the slightest detail ; yet when you try to describe them , they simply disappear . |
| 14 | And of course that also meant she could n't possibly spare the time to do her usual singing spot in the club . |
| 15 | I could n't possibly get the peg in the door before he got his foot in it . |
| 16 | ‘ We could n't possibly afford the plane fare , ’ mumbled Daisy . |
| 17 | " I could n't possibly afford the flat if I were renting it now , but I got it on a long lease just after the war , when rents were much less than they are today , " she said . |
| 18 | ‘ So you ca n't possibly do the programme ? ’ |
| 19 | For I assure you that people who do not travel ( I mean those who cultivate the arts and learning ) are indeed miserable creatures ; and I protest that unless the Archbishop allows me to travel every second year , I ca n't possibly accept the engagement . |
| 20 | A religion can not possibly serve the world if it can be understood only by people who have been especially educated . |
| 21 | Yet one also fees that the race itself is too insubstantial to bear the weight of this titanic myth , that ten seconds can not possibly represent the interface between the life before and the life afterwards . |
| 22 | However carefully and thoroughly you prepare the ground , you can not possibly hold the whole complex totality of a novel in your head in all its detail at any one moment . |
| 23 | Therefore the woman , not having had the same training as a man can not possibly demand the same wage ; also not being physically as strong , she can not compete with him where heavy lifting is required . |
| 24 | However , there is a different form of uncertainty that can not possibly help the theist 's case , and that is uncertainty about what is meant by talking about God . |
| 25 | Many people now regard the sending of flowers to a funeral as an inexcusable waste of money , arguing that since they can not possibly help the deceased , it is better to help the living . |
| 26 | A Georgian TV source said : ‘ We can not possibly afford the money Linfield are asking . |
| 27 | I realise that this is a short debate and that I can not possibly ask the hon. Lady all the questions that I should like to ask . |
| 28 | He has little knowledge of a shepherd 's life since he writes his idyllic poem from the town , as a wealthy poet , and can not possibly see the reality as one would have it from experienced eyes . |
| 29 | We can not possibly accept the MacSharry proposals as they stand because they discriminate against British farming more than anything else . |
| 30 | Applying the opposite rudder can not possibly cause the spin to reverse as is sometimes stated , unless the pilot is keeping the stick right back . |