Example sentences of "it [be] impossible to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a tedious pounding at the heart of this music , a sincerity that allows for only one angle of delivery , a passion that has created a pop atmosphere in which it 's impossible to be clever , cool or cynical , a soul whose impulse is NOT to embrace the avant-garde , like Faustus , and be cut into a thousand pieces by a sampling machine . |
| 2 | I 'd say he was dead by eleven but it 's impossible to be accurate about these things . |
| 3 | It 's impossible to be sure what fate befell the mightiest Orc Warlord of all time , but whatever became of him his reputation and memory lives on . |
| 4 | That 's why it 's impossible to be prescriptive about how you should allocate your own time — and that 's why it 's essential that you learn how best to manage your time for yourself . |
| 5 | It is impossible to be indifferent towards her , and she prefers it that way in her criticism , as she preferred it in life . |
| 6 | However , in the absence of detailed comparative work on the Continent it is impossible to be certain , but such textiles are viewed as a Continental fashion entering southern England through Kent . |
| 7 | Although it is impossible to be certain , this assumption is supported by the overall length of service of the majority , their attachment to the particular employer , as well as their answers to specific questions about redundancy and early retirement . |
| 8 | It is impossible to be certain , however , whether it is always technology that has caused change or whether technical innovation has been spurred by changes elsewhere . |
| 9 | It is impossible to be certain that the child is making explicit his indecision about which square is being targeted ( though the eye movement record suggested that this was the case ) . |
| 10 | If this is correct , and it is impossible to be certain how far the places for which adequate data survive are typical , it may indicate that rural areas saw an earlier recovery of population than the towns and certainly suggests that there were marked variations between different regions of the country . |
| 11 | In the absence of an obvious bleeding point , it is impossible to be certain that bleeding originates from the angiodysplasia until the rest of the gastrointestinal tract has been examined . |
| 12 | Variable proportions of patients with anaemia are found to have dual pathology and it is impossible to be certain which lesion is the major contributor to blood loss until the lesions have been treated . |
| 13 | It may be said that this is just one of the cases where it is impossible to be neutral . |
| 14 | Although it is impossible to be sure what happened , this latest incident follows a developing pattern of violence in the camps . |
| 15 | That is , the common ancestor of these phyla was much simpler in its anatomy than any of them , and the anatomical complexities ( e.g. segmented body plan , skeletal structures , image-forming eyes ) evolved independently in the different phyla , although it is impossible to be sure of this in the absence of an adequate fossil record before about 600 million years ago . |
| 16 | The end result is a novel in which it is impossible to be sure of anything . |
| 17 | Of the speeches he made on these occasions we have such various descriptions it is impossible to be sure what he actually said . |
| 18 | Obviously it is impossible to be sure who he meant by it , and Freeman , who noticed this long ago , suggested that he was indicating troops levied mainly within the western shires . |
| 19 | In the absence of any research findings , it is impossible to be sure about this , let alone quantify it . |
| 20 | When one is with her it is impossible to be bored . |
| 21 | YOU : It is impossible to be precise under the conditions that we encountered . |
| 22 | It is impossible to be precise over how much influence Parliament exercises over government policy . |
| 23 | But it is impossible to be competitive in world cup without taking risks , and that tricky gate eluded at least ten other racers . |
| 24 | It was impossible to be sure whether these were new recruits to the Krishnapur field , perhaps freed from the victorious siege of the feringhees somewhere else on the plain , or simply men who had deserted during the rains returning now to finish the job . |
| 25 | It was impossible to be sure . |
| 26 | It was impossible to be euphemistic about the basic facts of nature when one lived on a stud farm , Harry told himself as he watched Cora-Beth rise from the swing seat where they were sitting and walk across the veranda into the house to fetch a fresh jug of lemonade . |
| 27 | It was impossible to be nervous of someone you were sorry for , and she was sorry for him . |
| 28 | It was impossible to be polite and distant with this man . |
| 29 | It was impossible to be afraid ; but impossible not to be alert , alive , crisp in every sensation , glad in the headlong abundance of reviving life that washed about them on every side . |
| 30 | Fenella , who had almost forgotten about this , was cheered , because it was impossible to be afraid ( well , almost impossible ) with Bith and Culdub and Flaherty and the rest of them . |